Nothing To See Here: Democrats Shocked To Learn Their Own “Hate” Cancel Culture Rules Now Apply To Them
And other things the media under-reported last week.
One overriding principle has seemed to rule Democrats and their Intel-ruled hacktivist media mouthpieces over the past several years: What Democrats say is “Teh Truth,” and what everyone else says is “Disinformation,” “Misinformation,” and/or just plain ultra MAGA lies that pierce the soul of our nation. And stuff.
So imagine their surprise when they learn that America is still America, that we have not lost our way, that more than 80% of Americans support Israel.
Most alarming, perhaps, is that we have learned their rules and are more than happy to apply them, as needed.
Twitchy: “Smile Time: Dentist’s Employer Says ‘Bite Me’ to Hostage Poster Pillager Who Wants His Job Back”
Twitchy: “WOW: IL Attorney in State’s Comptroller’s Office FIRED Over Grossly Anti-Semitic Messages (screenshots)”
The weepings and wailings must have been glorious. There was probably a rending of clothes, as well.
But America continues to reject the Hamas-supporting, terrorist-cheering moblets.
HotAir: “BBC Takes 7 Journalists Off the Air for Pro-Hamas Social Media Posts”
UPDATE: this woman has been identified as Dr. Zena Al-Adeeb, an endodontist.
Her employer has announced she has been fired effective October 21st. https://t.co/R1mjgUEOx1 pic.twitter.com/P8a3lioQHz
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 22, 2023
HotAir: “Hollywood Agent to Top Stars Apologizes for Labeling Israel’s Response to Hamas as Genocide”
HotAir: “Tech CEO Resigns After Accusing Israel of War Crimes”
I’m very good with all of this, in case you were wondering. Consequences and all that, right? We didn’t make the rules, but we have always been very rule- and law-abiding, so wouldn’t it be a damn shame if we failed to follow the new Democrat rules for objectionable behavior? Totally out of character. I may not like the new rules, but I am happy to follow them since they are, after all, the new rules.
This next bit is hugely worrying. For obvious reasons. And, for the same obvious reasons, this person appears to have deleted the offending and worrying tweet. I share it because these people are everywhere. Take heed.
Twitchy: “Wait WHAT?! NYC Pro-Palestinian Cardiologist Claims He Sedated Pro-Israel Patient to ‘Quiet Him Down'”
Meanwhile, over 400 Capitol Hill staff pledge their allegiance to Hamas. Or something.
Twitchy: “Over 400 Capitol Hill Staffers Signed a Letter for a Ceasefire and They Need a SAFE SPACE STAT”
Nothing To See Here
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Your tax dollars at work:
Scoop: Blinken held “listening sessions” with Muslim, Arab-American and Jewish staffers amid growing internal frustration over the department’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/cAYtiGxgSq
— Elizabeth Hagedorn (@ElizHagedorn) October 21, 2023
Apparently, trying to make a gross child-sniffing, doddering old corruptocrat creep seem cool is a hard sell.
‘Bad Biden’ is apparently having the opposite of the hoped for effect on under 35s—and/or they could just be looking at the world on fire and their empty pocketbooks and think the “Dark Brandon” marketing is just stupid. Who knows?
President Biden's favorability rating sinks to 25% among voters under 35 years old via Quinnipiac poll.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) October 19, 2023
Oh, and there’s this.
🚨🚨 BREAKING → @GOPoversight has uncovered a $200,000 DIRECT payment to Joe Biden.
The money trail of the Biden Family corruption scheme leads directly to Joe himself.
There’s no denying it now. https://t.co/BgaAuYEt14
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) October 20, 2023
This seems noteworthy, but don’t expect the Hamas-supporting Democrat media to report it:
PJMedia: “Son of Hamas Co-Founder Says Israel Is Doing ‘Palestinian People the Greatest Favor'”
Did you know that random baby beheading supporters think that McDonald’s is secretly pro-Israel. And stuff?
"the Jews control the McChicken's" – angry McDonalds consumers pic.twitter.com/kJvCuxCRk0
— Layman (@aguybeinaguy) October 20, 2023
Is there any day that is not a woke day? I couldn’t be more over this crap.
Be sure to update your calendar. pic.twitter.com/ZiMc0qISY6
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) October 19, 2023
So Trump thinks he’s Teh Anointed One and has decided not to participate in the third GOP debate.
The Washington Examiner: “Trump to appear at Florida rally on night of third GOP debate”
In a seriously problematic totalitarian twist away from all that is right and good about America, we witness a “Meme-Maker Sentenced to Seven Months in Prison for Attempting to Trick Voters.” This is chilling. But that’s the point, I guess.
This was a well-known meme, often used by Democrats, but who goes to prison? Oh, right, the “enemy of the state” (i.e. anyone who is a political opponent of Democrats. Disgusting.).
Reason: “He’s Going to Prison for Twitter Trolling. That’s Not Justice.”
The gaslighting on Biden’s crushing inflation and middle-class crushing policies is surreal. But here’s the Democrat hacktivist media at work for their Democrat overlords.
AP: A surge in wealth has boosted most US households since 2020 and helped sustain economic growthhttps://t.co/Nd2vo2uiX1
— Politics1.com (@Politics1com) October 19, 2023
They appear to be all-in on fakery and expect you to believe their lying lies and not your lying eyes.
Definitely Nothing To See Here
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Um, definitely nothing to see here in this . . . oddly timed real estate purchase by the most corrupt president this country’s ever suffered.
Joe Biden paid nearly $2.75million in CASH for his Rehoboth Beach home https://t.co/WTYA61km8o via @MailOnline
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) October 21, 2023
Joe Biden purchased his luxury beach home for $2.75 million — in all cash — just weeks after Hunter Biden ("sitting here with my father") shook down his Chinese business partner for a multi-million-dollar deal https://t.co/v7wf3Bmy7C
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 21, 2023
Yeah, I’m pretty sure that nothing good can come of sexualizing little children in public schools . . . and on the taxpayer dime.
Get your kids out of public schools pic.twitter.com/6htWbTfc8D
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 19, 2023
Meanwhile, our nation’s Commander in Chief hates the forces he commands . . . or is indifferent to their viability and safety. Which is worse?
The Whitehouse media team shared this picture last night (I added the black boxes) without blurring or censoring the faces of the “Delta Force” (CAG) operator’s faces. They deleted it an hour later after hundreds of thousands had already viewed it.
This is a massive failure on… pic.twitter.com/ROegvYWzit
— Sam Shoemate (@samosaur) October 19, 2023
Social credit scores are absolutely coming here. Plan for it.
Dutch political commentator, Eva Vlaardingerbroek, on the WEF's plan to impose a personal carbon allowance, connected to digital ID, under the guise of tackling the imaginary "climate crisis":
"The CEO of one of the largest Dutch banks said, if everyone gets individual personal… pic.twitter.com/l7fenuQdXd
— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) October 21, 2023
Seriously good read via The Wall Street Journal (archive link): “Dostoevsky Knew: It Can Happen Here. Some people who cheer Hamas’s atrocities would surely be capable of committing similar acts if given an opportunity.”
And finally, when good things happen:
This is how it’s done:
When I’m President, if foreign students are out there celebrating terrorism, I will cancel their visas and send them home. pic.twitter.com/BPcVls2w7e
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) October 21, 2023
Fox News: “Sarah Huckabee Sanders to sign executive order eliminating ‘woke, anti-women words’ from state government use”
PJMedia: “Armed Seattle Home Invaders Stunned When Homeowner Shoots Back. It’s a Lesson for the Gun Grabbers.”
Bearing Arms: “After Hamas Attacks, Jewish Americans Are Arming Up”
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I am very glad people are being outed for being hateful bigots. I look forward to the day the same will happen to anti-white bigots.
It’s all fruit from the same tree. Leftists aren’t that hard to understand when we keep things simple.
As you point out let’s consider how the average Cis, able bodied, straight, white, male is presented by the ‘Narrative’. Really it’s all right there in the description. He is Cis so he’s trans phobic. He’s able bodied so he discriminates against the ‘differently abled’. He’s straight so he’s a homophobe. He’s white so he dislikes PoC. He’s male so he discriminates against females.
For the last four decades this has been how average workaday white males who go to work, pay taxes, raise their families and mind their own business have been presented by the corporate media and in Film, TV and music. Add in religious beliefs and there’s another strike. Add in center/right political beliefs for another strike. In sum he is cast as the oppressor but he’s not the only one cast in that role, just the least sympathetic, which is why the leftists went at him first.
Unfortunately a very large number of folks who are themselves not Cis, able bodied, straight, White or male have been cheering this on. Others sat on their hands and said little to nothing in opposition. The neo Marxist totalitarian goons were able to grab the levers of power in our institutions b/c there was little opposition. All of us opposed to the neo Marxist totalitarian goons have been placed into the category of oppressor no matter our background. As Franklin said ‘we all hang together or we all hang separately’. It is well past time to remember that.
The fact is that if the Marxists take over, everyone who is a noncontributor to the function of the state will be eliminated.
The ones with useless degrees will be informed of what their job is. There won’t be room for people who won’t toe the Marxist line.
There is no room for nonconformists once they have fulfilled their useful idiot role. Nonconformists go against the grain of the totalitarian state.
Those who refuse to work will definitely not eat. Homeless will disappear.
Protesters will be eliminated.
The old and the infirm will be pushed aside.
There will no longer be groups of people who demand special status, whether non-binary, gender nonconformist, or alphabet-sexualists.
Not many things are more enjoyable than seeing leftists harvest the fruits of their labor.
The revolution devours its own.
“HotAir: “Tech CEO Resigns After Accusing Israel of War Crimes””
The article refers to a gathering in Lisbon, Spain. Wow. Is there ANYTHING technology cannot do these days? They moved it from Portugal!
Devilishly clever!
Lisbon went trans-national.
I am still dumbfounded that people who have been screaming about microaggressions are supporting rape, child murder, torture and beheadings.
It’s always okay if it’s happening to the Jews….
Well you just have to understand misgendering someone is the REAL violence facing our world
Where are the Hells Angels when you need them?
It’s all we got left folks
https://amgreatness.com/2023/10/23/pro-palestinian-agitators-in-minneapolis-block-road-fly-hamas-flag-during-protest/
Umm…I’m pretty sure what Desantis is proposing is blatantly unconstitutional. He’s saying the federal government should punish people based solely on speech.
He’s limiting it to “celebrating terrorism,” but given conservative organizations, pro life organizations, pro Constitution groups, Trump voters, and others are currently being investigated as terrorists by the FBI, that is a dangerous door to open. Heck, given the Biden administration’s lies regarding islamophbia being more prevalent that antisemitism and liberals’ proclivity to demonize Israel, the next democrat president would probably say supporting Israel and the IDF was “celebrating terrorism.”
Is it unconstitutional if it is inciting a riot or fomenting violence? I don’t think so…
You would probably need a criminal conviction for either of those. And, as we learned during the BLM riots, that is a very high bar requiring some pretty specific circumstances.
But only if you have a judge adamant about not clearing that bar.
That’s another thing that can be remedied.
Most visas come with the government having wide berth to rescind.
But not for exercising a constitutional right. That would be unconstitutional, so Congress has no authority to allow the president to do that.
Incitement is not protected speech, but these people are not inciting or fomenting anything. They are simply expressing their opinion that terrorism is good and just and right, and that Jewish children ought to be stomped to death and raped, and they’re happy about it. That is protected speech and the government cannot punish anyone for it.
Incitement in USA law has a very precise definition, and it should not be misused. It means speech that is both subjectively intended and objectively likely to turn the listeners effectively into robots and make them go out and commit a crime immediately, without stopping to think about it and consciously make their own decisions. Whipping up a mob and screaming to them “Kill the Jews” is incitement; calmly delivering a lecture explaining why Hitler was right, and why someone ought to finish the job he started, is not incitement.
Supporters of terrorists and terrorism could be considered (and probably should be considered) security risks. When those people are here by leave of the government, the government may very well be within its authority (and likely performing a duty/obligation) if it decides to give those people the heave-ho.
Not saying it’s constitutional, but I think there’s an argument to be made. Certainly, the US government is under no obligation to allow entry to anyone who may represent a security risk or a risk of violent behavior. If they’re admitted and their proclivities are discovered post-admission, I don’t think the fact they are already here should insulate them from appropriate government action.
Prior to admission, absolutely. We have no obligation to let anyone in at all. We can set whatever rules we want.
If they’ve lied on their visa forms, you might be able to do something with that.
But once you’re on US soil, the Constitution applies to you and you get it’s full protection. And we really don’t want to chip away at that. Especially on the shaky grounds of “celebrating terrorism,” which I absolutely guarantee will be preverted into “whatever a leftist doesn’t like” almost instantly with the full support of the US mainstream media and a good chunk of the federal government and courts.
No. A Visa is a privilege granted by the Federal government and can be revoked at the discretion of the Federal govt. There is zero Constitutional right to keep or renew a Visa once granted. One might make an argument about an indirect property right or on the basis of a reliance interest which would be rejected b/c not rejecting those arguments would be a de facto grant of permanence for a temporary status.
Sorry, Commo, you are wrong. It is unconstitutional for the government to deny anyone a generally available benefit on the basis of their exercise of a constitutional right.
Cf Rudy Giuliani’s attempt to cut off NYC’s funding of the Brooklyn Museum, when it displayed a work of art he found deeply offensive. The courts slapped him down; the city was not required to make the grant to the museum in the first place, but having done so it couldn’t cut it off because it didn’t like what the museum was showing.
Milhouse,
8 USC 1227 4 (B) incorporates the relevant disqualifying terrorism prohibitions of entry as follows
Any Alien who is described in subparagraph (B) or (F) of Section 1182(a) (3) is deportable.
The language there is;
Any Alien who endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization…. is deportable …upon the order of the AG.
That is the statutory language. Non resident Aliens do not posses equal Constitutional rights as US Citizens. Easy example is the ownership of firearms, non immigrant Visa holders are prohibited from purchase, transfer and possession of firearms.
We are discussing non immigrant Visa holders here. Specifically Student Visa and work Visa holders rallying in support of Hamas. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the US govt. Their activity violates US law and the state tells us they are deportable.
If we were discussing another class of non citizen who had been admitted on a non temporary basis such as a green card holder then you have a very strong argument but not in this context.
Commo, that language, as applied to those already in the country, is unconstitutional and unenforceable.
It is very clear that non resident aliens do posses equal Constitutional rights as US Citizens. The fourteenth amendment makes that clear. The prohibition on a non-immigrant owning firearms has only survived on the books so long because until recently the courts were not taking the 2A seriously. Now that they have started doing so it’s only a matter of time until it’s struck down. But the freedom of speech has been taken seriously for most of the past century, so it’s been clearly established that aliens have equal protection. Therefore they are entitled to express support for terrorist organizations and cannot be deported for that.
But if they are still overseas, applying for a visa, it can be denied because although they still have the same freedom of speech as we do, since it’s an inalienable right with which all human beings have been endowed by their Creator, the US constitution doesn’t protect their rights, so the US government is free to violate it, at least as far as the US courts are concerned. The moral problem of violating people’s rights is a matter for the government; the courts have proclaimed that they have no jurisdiction over it.
Yah I know you are desperate to allow anti American violent hatefilled bigots to remain in our country but you are completely wrong and your ignorance is on full display
Nope. As usual, you are ignorant of our constitution, which is more important than any issue of the day.
“Umm…I’m pretty sure what Desantis is proposing is blatantly unconstitutional.”
DeSantis isn’t ‘proposing’ anything.
He saying he will enforce the laws that are already on the books.
Which law is that?
There is a whole body of Supreme Court case law on whether or not the Constitution applies to aliens in the US. Spoiler: it does.
The government cannot punish someone just because they don’t like their speech.
What he is proposing is not just unconstitutional. It is also foolish and will be used against Americans.
“The government cannot punish someone just because they don’t like their speech.”
Pardon me while I collect myself and get back up off the floor.
Tell this side-splitter to the parents at the school board meetings, the meme-maker, and Donald Trump.
None of those people were accused of expressing the wrong opinion. They were all accused of committing an actual crime, which would be a crime regardless of what opinion was being expressed. You may say they were wrongly accused, and that the real motive for their prosecution was indeed their opinion. I might even agree with you. But the court in each case found that it was not, and it had to find that way or it would have had to acquit them.
Here Desantis is explicitly saying he would cancel visas for the opinion the holder expresses, and he can’t do that once the person is in the USA and thus protected by the US constitution.
I think we just differ on the meaning of “cannot.”
You mean “they cannot constitutionally.”
I mean, “they can and have any time they damn well please.”
8 USC 1182 B (VII)
Any Alien who
Endorses or espouses terrorist activity or persuades others to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization
Is inadmissible to the US.
Under 8 USC 1227 any Alien who committed any action that would be disqualifying for admission after their admission is subject to removal. It’s already on the books. Just like most of the issues with immigration law it is lack of enforcement v need for additional statutes that is the problem.
Obtaining a Visa isn’t a get of jail free card or a ‘one and done’. The Alien granted admission must continue to refrain from any actions that would disqualify them. Crimes of ‘moral turpitude’ are disqualifying as well. So is two criminal convictions.
Again, Commo, you are wrong. The rules for denying someone a visa in the first place are very different from the ones for canceling it once they’re here. As applied to someone who is already here, the law you cite is clearly unconstitutional and cannot be enforced.
A Visa isn’t not a right. No one is automatically entitled to it. A Visa may be revoked for disqualifying conduct. Espousing terrorism is disqualifying conduct.
Unless you can show us precedent on point to this particular issue then you are merely stating your opinion about what a potential ruling might be. I am happy to be convinced if you have a case directly on point to cite.
Being granted a visa isn’t a right. But the courts have repeatedly and explicitly said that any government benefit, even one which is completely discretionary, cannot be denied or revoked as punishment for exercising a constitutional right. Again, see the case of the Brooklyn Museum. Here is the decision; start from page 26.
Milhouse,
We are not discussing a Student Visa holder wrong an unflattering critique of religion. That would be protected speech and I ain’t arguing that it wouldn’t be.
The distinction you ignore is one of security. Clearly the Govt has a compelling interest in security in general. It has a compelling interest when it denies a Visa application based on those grounds. The compelling interest still exists when it seeks to revoke a Visa for the same disqualifying activity that, if discovered during application process, would have led to a denial.
Secondly you don’t seem to acknowledge the fact that the compelling security interests of the State already play a role in the exercise of 1A, free association. For example an application for a security clearance can be denied based on the prior or current associations of an applicant. Likewise an existing clearance can be revoked based on current associations. Someone with an existing job requiring a clearance as a condition of employment can be terminated when the clearance is revoked. Parole and probation likewise have 1A restrictions. A non immigrant Visa holder is a distinct class of responsibilities and restrictions than others.
Security clearances are an entirely different subject. A security clearance is not a “government benefit” in the sense we’re discussing; it’s more like a government attitude to a person, that this is a person we can trust with information that is denied to ordinary people, and that attitude is always subject to continuous reevaluation. As far as I know you can’t ever sue to get a security clearance back, even if it was denied on completely arbitrary and stupid grounds. Even if it was denied because you’re gay, or black, or Jewish. You can raise a political stink, but to the best of my knowledge a court will say, “Sorry, you’re right but we can’t help you”.
In fact much the same thing the courts say to people outside the USA whose rights the USA government infringes. “Sorry, but we have no jurisdiction”.
If someone in the USA actually posed a serious threat to its security, the government could deport them; but it would have to show that this threat was real. Merely expressing a horrible opinion doesn’t do that. These students are not actually threats to our security; nobody imagines that because they support terrorism they’re likely to commit it. Because there are many many US citizens who express the same horrible opinions, and almost none of them commit terrorism. So why would a foreign student be more likely to?
No, the visa revocation that Desantis is threatening is not premised on the students being likely to commit terrorism. He doesn’t even claim so. He says he’d revoke their visas simply because they are horrible people, and that would be unconstitutional.
Likewise, the order to ‘disband” the Florida chapters of SJP is probably invalid. If the news reports are correct, it’s premised on their own statement that they are not merely in solidarity with the “resistance” but part of it, and the claim that this means they are giving Hamas material support. But it doesn’t mean that at all. The state has no evidence of any material support they’ve given Hamas; if it did, it would pass that on to the feds, who would arrest them. Giving terrorists material support gets you serious time. But identifying with them is merely moral support, not material, and that is protected speech.
Milhouse,
In point of fact DeSantis is relying upon the statutes already passed by Congress and signed into law by the Executive re deportation. I have already provided the language of those statutes which clearly apply to advocacy/espouses of terrorism and/or terrorist organizations by holders of Student Visa or Work Visa. Non immigrant Aliens present in the US do not enjoy all the protections of everyone else. Arguing otherwise does not comport with reality. Could a FUTURE litigant have a case that upsets that reality by setting a new precedent? Sure, but as far as I can see it hasn’t occurred yet.
When you cite on point precedent that matches the narrow confines of this situation then I will be happy to concede you are correct.
Most visas come with the government having wide berth to rescind.
But not on unconstitutional grounds. See the decision I just linked above, starting from page 26.
The United Stated Code has laws against supporting or fomenting terrorism for those on a visa. Specifically, but not limited to USC1182
No, it doesn’t. Not once they are here. It can’t have such laws. If congress passes one it’s automatically invalid, as applied to those already here.
You are correct. It is unconstitutional, and he would not be able to do that as president.
He could deny people visas for antisemitic statements made outside the USA, but once they already have visas and are here he could not cancel them.
There were always a limited number of outside targets. It was obvious at some point that they would turn on themselves. French Revolution, Russia revolution. human history is filled with this.
Emboldened behavior precedes paranoia.
When you knowingly live a lie you see enemies everywhere, salivating over the chance to expose you.
“NYC Pro-Palestinian Cardiologist Claims He Sedated Pro-Israel Patient to ‘Quiet Him Down’”
I find this very disturbing. I hope his license is pulled.
Assuming he can be identified and the story is true. StopAntisemitism thought it knew who the twitter account belonged to, but then it seems to have had second thoughts and took the accusation down until it can verify that it has the right doctor.
“Remember to update your calendar.”
I have a hemorrhoid. But it’s a personal thing, so I don’t set aside a day when everybody has to celebrate it.
“‘Bad Biden’ is apparently having the opposite of the hoped for effect… the “Dark Brandon” marketing is just stupid.”
It sounds like there is a fascinating marketing campaign I’m entirely missing. What is this all about?
Here’s kind of a primer: https://www.vox.com/culture/23300286/biden-dark-brandon-meme-maga-why-confusing-explained
Here’s one of the props / merch items from the Biden “campaign”: https://www.delish.com/food-news/a45156272/joe-biden-dark-brandon-mug/
“‘We told the doctor, listen we’re terminating you, we don’t want to have to deal with any of this,’ Juan Carlos Izquierdo, owner of the CG Smile told NBC Miami.”
Weirdly ominous that the Hamas-loving dentist was literally fired by “Mr. Left.”
A couple pieces of advice for those on the chopping block:
1. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
2. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
3. Moral absolutism is a fool’s errand. (i.e. You don’t always get your way because you think you are in the right…sooner or later, the tables will turn on you in that position)
I don’t know where Twitchy got the idea that he’s practicing in NYC. The original StopAntisemitism tweet identified the antisemitic twitter account as belonging to a cardiologist in Denver. But it has since taken the tweet down, because doubt has arisen about that identification. It may have got the wrong doctor. If the antisemite is even a doctor in the first place.