The Patriot Post® · Are We Really 'Postmodern'?

Victor Davis Hanson: “Americans go into a frenzy about insensitive language or politically incorrect behavior by some celebrities and public figures – L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the ‘Duck Dynasty’ TV family, celebrity chef Paula Deen, former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, and Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy. But if we are postmodern and sensitive, what do we say or do about premodern racists with nuclear weapons, like the North Koreans? A recent article from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency suggested that President Obama ‘does not even have the basic appearances of a human being. … It would be perfect for Obama to live with a group of monkeys in the world’s largest African natural zoo and lick the bread crumbs thrown by spectators.’ How does the West deal with a mentality like that, originating from a country armed with nuclear weapons? Pyongyang owns no television show that we can boycott, no sports team that we can root against. What do we do in the face of 19th-century evil that is unapologetic, has lethal weapons at its disposal and uses savage rhetoric to goad us? Twitter it to death?”