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Why “Let’s Go Brandon” Infuriates and Terrifies the Democrat Left
Background, ICYMI: An AP reporterette claims she heard a Southwest Airlines pilot say “Let’s Go Brandon” into his cockpit mic. (So far no audio or video has emerged to prove her statement.) She also claims to have done what any other suburban, privileged white woman would do and demanded to speak to the plane’s manager. (Banging on the cockpit door to try and get a statement from the pilot.)
Legit or not, this alleged incident has brought out the full fury and rage of the Democrat left, with one former Deep State Operative/current CNN employee comparing “Let’s Go Brandon” to supporting a terrorist group. Former Clinton administration official Joe Lockhart says it indicates “a broader problem” which one presumes is the fact that a lot of unionized pilots aren’t Democrats. Another Democrat/CNN contributor declares “Let’s Go Brandon” is MAGA code for “Sieg Heil.” (In fairness, they say that about pretty much everything the right does.)
The “Let’s Go Brandon” phenomenon both infuriates and terrifies the Democrat Left. They see it as both blasphemy and a potential electoral liability. Allow me to explain why their responses are so hyperbolic.
First, as Democrats say, The Personal Is Political,” and they really, really believe this. Most conservatives view politics as a necessary(?) evil, an annoyance, or a hobby; maybe a grift if you can get someone to pay you for writing or talking about politics. But politics are central in the Democrat and leftist identity. “Let’s Go Brandon” is something they take as a personal attack on their belief system, and it infuriates them; as a devout Christian would be outraged by a crucifix dunked in urine by a taxpayer-funded artist, or a Muslim would be from a drawing of Mohammed in a tutu.
Second, they are also frightened because their electoral sales pitch is based on “Democrats are cool, Republicans are uncool.” Millions of people have no clue what Democrat policies are, but vote for them simply because of the constant media and social messaging that “Democrats love and care for all people, animals, and trees. Republicans are greedy, racist, and stupid. Voting Democrat means you’re one of the good ones.” But if people feel comfortable reciting anti-Democrat slogans like “Let’s Go Brandon” in public spaces, that means the massaging is being rejected. If the messaging is being rejected on a massive enough scale, their grip on political power might slip. And political power means, literally not figuratively, everything to them.
And that terror and fury are exactly why they go ballistic over a level of affront a conservative or a Republican would shrug off and go on about their day.
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Really? I never heard of that nor have I seen it. I’ve only seen gloves once at the gas station and it was at the height of Covidsanity.
Had to enlarge this so it could be seen.
Thanks Drew for enlarging. Like others here we bought a 50 pack. :)
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The problem on Brave is with the most recently closed tabs. They get lumped into one tab labeled “recently closed.” Clicking on it, the whole tab disappears.
The less recent tabs are fine.
I’ve switched to a different browser, and now Brave is mad at me. It won’t open at all any more. I feel like I am going thru a digital divorce from an abusive digital spouse.
Even San Francisco is taking up the “Let’s Go Brandon” spirit.
Sleepy Joe and his destructive policies have mirrored the policies of Lefty politicians who have been running California and its cities into the ground for several years now. Voters have had it with “The Build Back Better” notion – especially since it focuses on destroying the very qualities and institutions, like having thriving businesses, that make cities and states desirable places to live.
San Francisco’s progressive district attorney will face recall election
Chesa Boudin vowed to change the criminal justice system but his progressive reforms have run afoul of law-and-order traditionalists
Elections officials in San Francisco announced a recall election against the city’s progressive district attorney made it on the ballot.
The vote on the tenure of Chesa Boudin is scheduled for June 2022, giving residents a chance to keep or oust the former public defender who has been a prosecutor for less than two years.
The son of two leftwing Weather Underground radicals who served as the getaway drivers in a 1981 armored car heist that left two police officers and a guard dead, Boudin was elected district attorney in 2019 as part of a national wave of progressive prosecutors determined to reform the criminal justice system.
Full article can be read at: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/10/chesa-boudin-san-francisco-progressive-district-attorney-recall-election
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How is it that “criminal reforms” this DA instituted included such extreme policies as the absurdly ridiculous step of removing penalties for shoplifting less than 960 bucks worth of merchandise, and failing to convict repeat offenders? Entire store franchises have left the City of San Francisco, as shoplifters stole so much merchandise Target and Walgreens HQ’s no longer saw the point of having their storefronts there.
In addition to the recall efforts against DA Boudin, there are recall efforts underway against 3 of the city’s School Board members. Apparently many parents think school board members should focus on developing reasonable programs for their children’s education rather than renaming dozens of public schools whose current names smack of being “too white.”
Whether this will wake The Left up or cause them to go even crazier, who among us can predict. But is reassuring that in San Francisco, voters are waking up from the Woke Nightmare.
The “Recently Closed Tabs” line at the top of the menu is a description, not a link. It looks like a link, but it’s not. Clicking on it closes the menu, as does clicking anywhere that isn’t a link in the menu. Google Chrome does the same thing with the top line. Edge puts “Recently Closed” in a sub-menu across the top of the menu.