New Dem Strategy - Men, Just Shut Up!

New Dem. Strategy – Men, Just Shut Up!
The View from the Middle

The old Democrat message used to be - if you disagree with us, you are just deplorable. If you are pro-life, you’re a misogynist. If you are concerned about border security, you’re a xenophobe. If you support law enforcement, you’re a bigot. If you are in a traditional marriage, and a Republican, you’re a homophobe. If you were to suggest that there is a radical and violent element within the Muslim religion that will use terroristic tactics in their effort to create a world caliphate, you’re an Islamophobe. Even President Obama recently indicated that this approach will not attract independent or moderately conservative voters. But, I think I have discovered their new message, and it is, “if you disagree with us, Just Shut Up!”

It was Mazie Hirono, Democrat Senator from Hawaii, who recently announced it and virtually shouted it to America. In front of an array of TV cameras and microphones, Ms. Hirono said that when it comes to Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations of Brett Kavanaugh, “men should just shut up!” There were no qualifiers before the word “men”, so I’m left to deduce that she meant all men, about half of the voting public. Then, as if that was not outrageous enough, she went on to say that men should just, “step up for a change.” For a change? So, no men have ever been noble? No men have ever been supportive of women? No man has ever made the ultimate sacrifice for women and children, like on the Titanic, or in World War I or II? Or like every stinking day! I have a wife and two daughters. Do you think I don’t honor, respect and even sacrifice for them every day? How dare you suggest that I need to “step up for a change”!

So, let me get this straight, Ms. Hirono. If I am even skeptical of a 36 year old accusation, with no contemporaneous corroboration, where the alleged victim can’t remember the date or location of the offense, and the only other witness named in the accusation has denied it ever happened, and the accused has denied it happened, and women have lined up to support the accused for his good character and integrity and support for women throughout his life – I have no right to be skeptical? And I should ‘just shut up”? Really? What happened to the first amendment?

And she’s just the tip of the iceberg. She is the piece of the resistance that has poked its head, maybe inadvertently, out of the water. We have seen this “shut up” campaign for a while now, but it became official when Maxine Waters, Democrat Representative from California, told a crowd in her district, “ If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out, and you create a crowd, and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.” They’re not welcome anywhere? In America? Anymore? Really?

And then the attacks began. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was harassed inside a restaurant in DC, to the point she had to leave. Pam Bondi and her date were assaulted as they came out of a “Mr. Rogers” movie. I guess they weren’t welcome in that neighborhood. Isn’t that a little ironic? And Candace Owens, a black conservative woman, and Charlie Kirk were hassled outside a restaurant in Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. Are they planning these ironic twists? Don’t be confused, however. This harassment tactic is just a plank in the broader “shut up” strategy.

Then we have the “heckler’s veto” which we saw during the Senate confirmation process of Judge Kavanaugh. Of course, these hecklers only jumped up and shouted insane rhetoric when either Judge Kavanaugh was speaking or when a Republican Senator was trying to form a question. Again, don’t be confused. This is just another version of the “shut up” strategy. Their sick, twisted plan is to completely silence the other side so that they can win every argument. No need for debate, negotiation or compromise with the “shut up” strategy.

And, for now Ms. Hirono and the Democrats have aimed this message at men, but women won’t be far behind. If you are a pro-life woman, you can bet that they will eventually tell you to “shut up”. If you are a gay man (or woman for that matter) who supports border security, you will be told to “shut up”. If you are a black man who supports President Trump’s policies, you will be told to “shut up”. Just look at what the left has done to Kanye West. He has been vilified, called a no-talent idiot and an uncle Tom, and that is just another way to say – shut up !!!

If this doesn’t scare you or anger you, then you haven’t been told to “shut up” – YET. We need to get rid of this sort of vile rhetoric from our political process. The way our founders planned for us to do that was to vote these vermin out of office. So, start looking for the intolerant “shut up” proponents and send them home for the holidays - permanently. That will finally deploy their own strategy back onto them.