The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Short Cuts

Insight: “Open discussion of many major public questions has for some time now been taboo. We can’t open our mouths without being denounced as racists, misogynists, supremacists, imperialists or fascists. As for the media, they stand ready to trash anyone so designated.” —Saul Bellow (1915-2005)

Re: The Left: “While urging everyone else to stay inside and practice safe social distancing, Democrats are actively encouraging black people to go outside and gather in large protest groups during a pandemic that has already killed over 110,000 Americans.” —John Nolte

Upright: “I would say to those, particularly, in places like China and Russia and Iran, who may want to use this for propaganda, let’s not be absurd. This is not Tiananmen Square where you’ve mowed down people who disagreed with the government. This is not the invasion of Crimea where you took land from your neighbor. This is not the Green Revolution in Iran where you killed people wantonly because they wouldn’t agree with the theocratic government.” —former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Keep your powder dry: “393,000,000 firearms in America. As the cultural revolutionaries fire up in the country, that number gives me some peace of mind.” —Erick Erickson

For the record: “This is not going to be fixed by endless emails from corporation after corporation trying to prove how woke they are.” —Senator Marco Rubio

Demo-gogues: “No, I don’t support defunding the police. I support conditioning federal aid to police based on whether or not they meet certain standards of decency and honorableness and, in fact, are able to demonstrate they can protect the community and everybody in the community.” —Joe Biden offering “support” with a massive caveat

A blind squirrel finds a nut: “Do I think we should not have police departments in America? No, I don’t. There’s no city in the world that does not have police departments.” —Bernie Sanders

Braying jackass: “There are some negroes that have drunk or will drink the Orange Kool-Aid that’s coming in November, but it’s a very, very small percentage.” —Spike Lee

Non compos mentis: “If President Trump really wants to make a statement about race and unity, one that rocks the entire world, then with the American people watching live on TV, he should simply take the knee in the Oval Office.” —Piers Morgan

And last… “Hilarious to see Hollywood push to defund police. Yes, you’re gonna be perfectly safe behind your gated community with your private security. But who will be hurt by disbanding police? MINORITY COMMUNITIES. You can’t pretend to care about minority communities & defund police.” —Liz Wheeler