The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts
Yellow Journalism
“The far right is so obsessed with making babies, they just held a whole conference about it.” —Politico
Missing Context
“Joe Biden … created nine million jobs in his term in office. Donald Trump has the worst record of job loss of any president.” —Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), glossing over and whitewashing the COVID shutdown and recovery
Lack of Self-Awareness Award
“The right to protest is really important. [Y]our freedom to disagree with the government is something we perhaps take for granted here in Canada. … It’s really important for people to be able to express themselves.” —Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Spin Doctor
“I think it’s very distressing that we are framing these as pro-Palestinian protests or pro-Israeli protests. These are anti-war protests.” —"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin
Credit Where It’s Due
“Of course it’s a great American value to protest, but I don’t believe living in a pup tent for Hamas is really helpful.” —Senator John Fetterman (D-PA)
For the Record
“These college students say they are fighting genocide, but they subscribe to the same belief system that led to the Holocaust.” —Lisa Boothe
“A key difference between 1968 and today is that protestors then were revolting against an institution dominated by traditional liberals, whereas the radicals have steadily taken over the universities since. Today’s protestors are only crudely expressing the attitudes and tropes that they hear in many of their classrooms.” —Rich Lowry
Re: The Left
“[People] need [comedy] so badly and they don’t get it. … Where is it? This is the result of the extreme Left and PC crap and people worrying so much about offending other people.” —comedian Jerry Seinfeld
“The left in the last 30 years absorbed America’s main institutions and hallmarks. And now from Disney and Anheuser-Busch to the Ivy League to CNN and blue-state big cities, it has more or less destroyed their brands and reputations. The progressive touch eventually turns everything to dross.” —Victor Davis Hanson
“Imagine being such a strong feminist that you cheer for men to physically dominate women in sports.” —Tim Young
Political Futures
“It was more than Cricket that [Kristi] Noem put down that day 20 years ago; it was very probably her vice-presidential hopes. Social media was made for such moments, and Noem has been memed, GIFed, and pilloried as if she had started a proxy war with Russia or voiced her support for irreversible adolescent transgender surgeries. OK, scratch that. But you get the point.” —Larry Taunton
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