My brother and sister-in-law live in a neighborhood in DC full of rich white people that went nuts around 2016 when the a plan to distribute small, temporary family shelters evenly across the city included one in their vicinity, literally right next to the police station. Suddenly Mr. and Mrs. Whitey McYardsign were worried about overcro…
My brother and sister-in-law live in a neighborhood in DC full of rich white people that went nuts around 2016 when the a plan to distribute small, temporary family shelters evenly across the city included one in their vicinity, literally right next to the police station. Suddenly Mr. and Mrs. Whitey McYardsign were worried about overcrowding of the neighborhood schools and increased crime, and they opined that black and Hispanic women and children in need would feel "more comfortable" somewhere else, closer to the sorts of people and places they were used to.
It's really such a silly dance. They know why they're using money and privilege to live in a safe, fancy area. We know why. They know we know why. But in the face of their actual, practical choices, we're expected to defer to their idealistic yard signs in our assessment of their charity. It's all rather exhausting.
And let us not forget, "No Human Is Ilegal" has been thoroughly discredited, as various Republican governors, most notably Greg Abbot and Ron DeSantis, made sure they had to practice what they preach.
Martha's Vineyard could not move quickly enough to deep six the foreigners.
As long as they thought they could make Texas eat the costs, they nattered on. But when things change...
The moves by Abbott and DeSantis were political genius. Oh, you're a "sanctuary city," are you? Well here ya go. And within weeks they are howling.
But this is a good guide to how the "woke" mind works. "We" have an obligation to accept immigrants. But of course "we" means "you."
But, shouldn't the "sanctuary cities" be ASKING Texas and California to be sending the poor tired, huddled masses? Shouldn't each planeload be greeted with the red carpet, and the likes of Eric Adams saying - "You haven't sent enough, send more; our empathy is bottomless?" Because that's the image they attempt to project to the rest of us - so long as "we" means "you.'
I'd like the Wall Street stock market set up cots on the floor. The Wall Street Journal should house a couple hundred of Robert Bartley's beloved immigrants. "There shall be open borders," said the Journal's lunatic dead editor-in-chief.
DeSantis and Abbott have shown they understand not just what gets people riled up, but how to take control of the terms of the debate. If they did like Trump and just ranted about bad people crossing the border, then all the attention would have been on them. Instead they actually did something, said very little, and put all the attention on the behavior of others. It's a level of savvy political maneuvering I haven't seen from Republicans for...well, for my entire life, come to think of it.
My brother and sister-in-law live in a neighborhood in DC full of rich white people that went nuts around 2016 when the a plan to distribute small, temporary family shelters evenly across the city included one in their vicinity, literally right next to the police station. Suddenly Mr. and Mrs. Whitey McYardsign were worried about overcrowding of the neighborhood schools and increased crime, and they opined that black and Hispanic women and children in need would feel "more comfortable" somewhere else, closer to the sorts of people and places they were used to.
It's really such a silly dance. They know why they're using money and privilege to live in a safe, fancy area. We know why. They know we know why. But in the face of their actual, practical choices, we're expected to defer to their idealistic yard signs in our assessment of their charity. It's all rather exhausting.
And let us not forget, "No Human Is Ilegal" has been thoroughly discredited, as various Republican governors, most notably Greg Abbot and Ron DeSantis, made sure they had to practice what they preach.
Martha's Vineyard could not move quickly enough to deep six the foreigners.
As long as they thought they could make Texas eat the costs, they nattered on. But when things change...
The moves by Abbott and DeSantis were political genius. Oh, you're a "sanctuary city," are you? Well here ya go. And within weeks they are howling.
But this is a good guide to how the "woke" mind works. "We" have an obligation to accept immigrants. But of course "we" means "you."
But, shouldn't the "sanctuary cities" be ASKING Texas and California to be sending the poor tired, huddled masses? Shouldn't each planeload be greeted with the red carpet, and the likes of Eric Adams saying - "You haven't sent enough, send more; our empathy is bottomless?" Because that's the image they attempt to project to the rest of us - so long as "we" means "you.'
Exactly.
I'd like the Wall Street stock market set up cots on the floor. The Wall Street Journal should house a couple hundred of Robert Bartley's beloved immigrants. "There shall be open borders," said the Journal's lunatic dead editor-in-chief.
DeSantis and Abbott have shown they understand not just what gets people riled up, but how to take control of the terms of the debate. If they did like Trump and just ranted about bad people crossing the border, then all the attention would have been on them. Instead they actually did something, said very little, and put all the attention on the behavior of others. It's a level of savvy political maneuvering I haven't seen from Republicans for...well, for my entire life, come to think of it.
Why shouldn't homeless shelters be built in Kalorama, Cleveland Park, Rock Creek, Georgetown, Capitol Hill and Woodley Park?
I think they should be. Spreads the responsibility evenly across the city. But rich Ward 3 white folks were up in arms.