It is a sign of our times. It used to be that the key criterion for college roommates was whether you are a “partier v. non-partier.” Now, it is just your party.
A new NBC and Generation Lab study of the class of 2025 showed that roughly half of college students refuse to live with someone who voted for a member of a different political party. That percentage is notably much higher with Democrats rather than Republicans.
According to the poll, 46% responded that they would “probably not” or “definitely not” be willing to share a room with someone from another political party. Of those, 62% of young Democrats refused to share a room with a member of the Republican party while only 28% of young Republicans took that position.
That attitude extended to marriage where 52% ruled out a spouse from an opposing party. So much for opposites attracting. Notably, 62% would not work for a company that does not share their political values. It seems Twitter is going to be busy this hiring season.
The poll captures the rising intolerance on our campuses. When I went to college, there was an excitement about meeting and rooming with people from different backgrounds and values. Intolerance has become an article of faith among many students who seek to cancel speakers and professors who hold opposing views.
The poll reflects not just our age of rage but the increasing siloed news consumption of citizens. People now largely remain in echo chambers for news from the left or the right. It appears that such self imposed isolation now extends socially and professionally for the rising generation, particularly for Democratic students.
If they did room with conservative Republican students, way before their Junior year, they’d be conservative Republicans, too…Common sense, something virtually nonexistent on the Left, has a habit of forcing much leftist inane theories out…Ask a socialist college student to name the “Successful Socialist Countries”…There aren’t any, so he can’t, and that little bit of knowledge will start his conversion…
Today’s youth has no respect for anyone, and this has been a couple of decades of disrespect that was fostered at home, then seeped into their school years. They scream “inclusion” but they can’t “include” those who don’t agree with them. They see one way of thinking, their way of thinking, and everything else is totally wrong.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, A U.S.Coastguard cutter was denied access to the port in Guadalcanal, one of the most strategic locations of military in the South Pacific. It cost the U.S Marines 14,500 casualties, scores of ships and hundreds of airplanes to secure this vital island in WW2. It cost the Japanese far more, that is how much they understood its geographical value. It is where my father spent much of his time in WW2.
Why the denial from one of our strategic partners? The CCP has been infusing cash and plans to build a military base there and they are exercising power and flexing their muscles.
Pull out a map and look this up. If you are interested in this subject, Ian Toll has written three fabulous books on the Pacific War and it’s implications. This action is shocking but not surprising given the world’s perception of our weakness.
I doubt the CCP cares less if our military is now practicing equity. They once feared us and now sense the internal weakness in our military.
College students and the rest of the nation need to suck it up, put essential differences aside and start acting in one accord. For crying out loud. What a bunch of babies! To the college students, quit acting like you are told to act, engage your brain and think for yourself! Quit acting like subservient cult members. In the work place, if you want a job, you will work with people of all stripes. Celebrate diversity. You might actually learn something new.
If this nation does not pull it together and learn the fear of God, we are in for a tough lesson from the school of hard knocks.
So glad I don’t live in that 3rd world banana republic anymore. It is unrecognizable from my life growing up there.
Where do you live? Suggestions?
E.M. – China has been steadily acquiring strategic locations for years. It has cultivated a mentality for its victims to look the other way, through its manufacturing monopolies.
Donald Trump warned about this, but came up against the united front of the Left.
China has infamously hacked proprietary intellectual property from private companies for years. The US looks the other way.
China has funded some of our top academics, inducing them to share proprietary or patented information from their main jobs, in academia and private corporations. The US looks the other way.
China stands accused of conducting gain of function research on coronaviruses, making them more virulent for people and to mutate very rapidly, allowed SARS-CoV2 to escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, covered it up, lied about it, arrested whistleblowers, and allowed the virus to become a global pandemic, and then endemic. China used active measures to spread propaganda that questioning China’s involvement was xenophobic and racist. Somehow, the country may have gotten away with killing millions of people, yet hasn’t accepted accountability or paid a red cent. The US not only looks the other way, but we buy masks and test kits from them. Various counties in California use a Chinese company’s test kits, which shares patient personal information with the Chinese Communist Party.
China creates a data harvesting app called TikTok, which becomes wildly popular in the US. The US looks the other way.
China buys up rental properties throughout the US, making Chinese foreign nationals major landlords. The US looks the other way.
China buys up real estate near military installations, and prime farmland with coveted top soil. The US looks the other way.
China plans to seize Taiwan, one of the major sources for microchip manufacturing.
China has become active and aggressive in the South Pacific.
China supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
China has kidnapped dissidents who came here and became US citizens.
Occasionally, the FBI hunts down Chinese spies, but cannot stem the tide. The country is not held accountable for its government-sanctioned aggressions towards the US.
If we’re so complacent as to allow China to slowly, but steadily, get into a position to own or destroy us, then we have no one to blame but ourselves.
People assume that since the US has been strong for so long, that it will never fall. Yet it took days for the Toilet Paper Wars to ignite.
RE:”Yet it took days for the Toilet Paper Wars to ignite….”When they come for us, everyone else will look away..
Bigots — dictionary definition
After George Floyd, a Democrat friend said it was racially motivated, and a deliberate murder, and that cops should be defunded. If you didn’t agree, she would unfriend you. Most of the FB groups I belonged to regarding various special interests, except for the equestrian ones, demanded loyalty to BLM. Any comment in any way questioning why the group was going political, or the down sides to BLM riots, would get the person temporarily silenced, and in some cases, banned. It was vicious.
Several of my relatives turned on my family in 2016. They declared that if you voted Republican, you were a Nazi, and my please not to allow politics to come between family fell on deaf ears. A few years prior, another Democrat relative informed me that since my son was white, he should have less opportunities than her mixed race son. She said my sweet child would grow up racist due to the inherent racism of being white. And probably become a rapist because he was male. I made an exception to my policy against unfriending people, for her.
I watched Democrat friends I would have sworn were moderate and very intelligent, justifying physical assaults on Republicans because they claimed the MAGA hat was Fascist and Racist. They defended Antifa destroying businesses because they said Antifa opposed Fascism. Don’t you oppose Fascism? Surely everything they do is against Fascism. I heard them discuss how questioning whether the virus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology was xenophobic and racist. I was told that personal responsibility, studying, and punctuality were all aspects of white supremacy.
Questioning Obama’s policies were inevitably countered with accusations of racism.
Another Democrat friend said he would unfriend anyone who posted photos of their Thanksgiving dinner, because he’s vegan, and glorifying bird slaughter was evil.
Saying the most God-awful things to and about conservatives has become normalized. It’s mainstream. It all is based on the false foundation that conservatives are racist. Democrat propaganda is certainly effective, and I learned to my chagrin that it’s impossible to reason with the brainwashed.
I wish Democrats would take a good, hard look at how they’ve treated their Republican family and (former) friends over the past 10 years. Sometimes, the Avenging Angel turns out to be a Bully all along.
It’s gotten so that I no longer accept social media friend requests anymore, unless I know their politics. I don’t want Democrats blasting my social media with hatred anymore. Most of my Democrat friends and family unfriended me via social media over the past 6 years. I cherish those few who remain. For a Democrat to publicly remain friends with a conservative in 2022 takes courage, because the Left will crucify them and demand they renounce and denounce.
A Democrat can confidently walk around wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the image of socialist or communist mass murderers, like Chavez, Mao, or Lenin, yet a conservative has to keep their head on a swivel if they wear a MAGA hat, or a T-shirt with any conservative slogan, in a Democrat state.
They all have their excuses for why this is OK.
Karen S.
Well said.
Thanks, Upstate Farmer.
Whoops. “Pleas” not “please.” Auto-correct.
You nailed it Karen S. Sorry to hear you have experienced the same fate as so many other conservatives. When someone new moves into our subdivision, we don’t ask one another whether they are left or right because we don’t want liberals in our neighborhood. We ask because of the reasons Karen S. has pointed out. We are the enemy and they are out to destroy us and America. Ironically, they are behaving as a virus behaves–destroying that which sustains them, in this case America. Scary.
Jonathan: Let’s change gears. Now that the redacted affidavit is out about the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago what do we know.? Quite a bit actually. The affidavit indicates the FBI interviewed a “significant number of civilian witnesses”. Trump would love to know their names. Like any Mafia boss Trump wants to know who “ratted” on him so he can exact revenge. But that isn’t going to happen any time soon. But we have some indication of the identity of one of the “witnesses”.
The Independent has a breaking story about one person who was a frequent visitor to Mar-a-Lago during the past year. She claimed to be an heiress to the Rochschild dynasty. She went by the name of “Anna de Rochschild”. Turns out this was just an alias. The docs she used were fake. The woman is actually a Ukrainian immigrant named Inna Yashchyshyn who, before they had a falling out, was a close associate of Valeriy Tarashenko, a Russian-born businessman now living in Florida. Another man, Sergy Golbuev, says he agreed to a fake marriage with Yashchyshyn to help her obtain US residency.
The FBI interviewed Yashchyshyn and discovered all her identification docs were fakes. As an aside Yashchyshyn is also under investigation in FL for financial crimes involving a fake charity. She is also the subject of criminal investigations by both the FBI and a major crimes unit in Quebec. The Q is how this woman with fake ID was allowed inside Mar-a-Lago? Where was the Secret Service detail? Maybe Trump just waived her in–who knows. But what is clear is that Yashchyshyn was a frequent visitor and spent time with Trump. Why did Trump welcome her inside his residence that had no protection for highly classified national security material? The Independent posted a photo of her, Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham together on the Mar-a-Lago grounds–smiling with their thumbs up. Sounds like a plot from a John Grisham spy novel. Stay tuned because this story will probably become even more bizarre!
Stay on topic. Trump lives in your head rent free. Get help.
Trump would love to know their names.
As would we all.
And Trump and all of us are entitled to know their names.
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Sixth Amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
MTG was swatted twice in the past couple of weeks, That means someone called 911 and Falsely reported that a crime sufficiently dangerous to require a swat team was ongoing.
You can like or dislike MTG – but false reports are a crime.
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It is important to know the names of those reporting crimes – because sometimes they lie and then they should be prosecuted.
Sussman lied to the FBI – he knowingly Falsely reported a crime. Yet left wing nuts in DC let him off the hook.
The names of FBI agents were all redacted – because there has been a spree of killing FBI agents ?
A spree of killing anti-Trump witnesses ?
This all sounds like the nonsense about Hillary Clinton.
None of these people are entitled to ‘protection”.
Sure they will receive nasty emails. As do republicans every day.
Even here some idiot had me “raping the corpse of my daughter” so much for the tolerance and peacefulness of those on the left.
Regardless, for all law enforcement officers – Threats come with the job.
If you can not deal with that – do not take the job.
Oddly the only name not redacted was that of Kash Patel – so only republicans are allowed to receive death threats ?
RE:”Trump would love to know their names.. As would we all.” The exception you cited not withstanding, am I correct in the understanding that, absent any indictment and proceeding to trial, those names will not be revealed under normal circumstances.
You are correct. BUT the right to privacy actually belongs to Trump.
The constitutional basis that Prosecutors can not talk about investigations is to protect people they have not charged.
Though courts often protect lots of things prior to trial – that is not based on the constitution.
The Idea that DOJ is protecting witnesses or agents is ludicrously stupid – those MUST be given to the defense if charges are filed. We do not have star chamber trials with secret witnesses.
This case is highly unusual. I belevie DOJ was caught asleep at the wheel. I do not think Garland signed off on this.
I think that those pushing this thought it would either be quietly mostly ignored – that Trump would not make a fuss, because that would look bad. Or that everyone would assume Trump was guilty.
It is inherent in the nature of progressivism that they do not understand that people are shocked when prior norms are violated.
Regardless, DOJ be being forced to make things public or look like they have no case.
Worse the truth is likely they don’t.
It is possible that the Kash Patel news story they linked was a throw away and more substantive issued are redacted.
In which case they never should have used the Patel news story. Using the media got them in trouble with the FISA warrant.
Purportedly the best investigative agency in the world should not be getting evidence from the media.
At the very least they should have sent an agent to interview Patel.
But it is likely that much if not all the rest of the affadavit is about the same documents Patel threatened to make public.
If So that is a HUGE problem for DOJ as those are the documents Trump ORDERED declassified.
It would be very unwise to beleive Trump has played all his cards.
Trump is best served by lots of false leaks that get shot down.
I have no problem beleiving that Some Trump authorized source might have leaked some of the false stories to the press – like the nuclear codes story.
I have no problem with Trump using the presses willingness to print unvetted stupidity agains them and DOJ.
The most egregious story that proves false makes lessor stories look small.
RE:”The most egregious story that proves false makes lessor stories look small…” Your essay on political chess greatly appreciated.
I have no personal knowledge of what is happening.
And what I have suggested is just speculation.
But the left, the media, and the DOJ/FBI have engaged in vile efforts to manipulate the public by spreading false leaks.
Turn about is fair play.
If Trump and Republicans more broadly are not adopting these tactics – they should.
Something those on the left should always remember about their tactics.
There is no political game that two can not play.
RE:”There is no political game that two can not play…: The tech who received the Biden laptop and was astute enough to copy its hard drive before turning it over to the FBI was clear in interviews. that one of the agents verbally made it clear that it would be in his own best interests if he never went public with the story. ” After the Zuckerberg revelation, the FBI said that it routinely warns social media about ‘malign influence’” Freely translated. FBI says they will tell social media platforms that they’ve learned that information about to go public is ‘false, misleading, disinformation, even though, internally, the FBI knows the information is true, in order to prevent it becoming public knowledge. They’ll leave it to social media platforms to decide whether to permit the information to be posted. They know that, from past history, the information will either be censored or diminished. This way, they have us coming and going.
With respect to your Ukrainian – So What ?
How do you think this gets you anywhere ?
If Trump was sleeping with her – that is between him and Melania. It is not the FBI’s business.
If the SS screwed up – that is on them.
Bill Clinton repeatedly visited epsteins lolita island.
That is news, it is disturbing, but absent evidence he was diddling underaged teens it is not a crime.
Though it is a news story.
How in the world is something like that part of an affadavit ?
Possibly more disturbing is the possibility she is an agent.
It would not be the first honeypot the deep state tried to use against Trump.
“THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT CONFER A RIGHT TO ABORTION.”
The U.S. Supreme Court decided (i.e. revealed and edified) that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion quite simply because the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion.
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Holding: The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey are overruled; the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.
– SCOTUSblog
It’s not the “dictatorship of the proletariat,” comrade.
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“It’s the [Constitution], stupid!”
– James Carville
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“the people are nothing but a great beast…
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.”
– Alexander Hamilton
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JUDICIAL REVIEW???
The Presidential Records Act of 1978 is unconstitutional (as is the entire welfare state).
Where are the Supreme Court and Judicial Branch?
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Marbury v. Madison
“In so holding, Marshall established the principle of judicial review, i.e., the power to declare a law unconstitutional.”
– Oyez
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The branches of government are separate but equal.
The legislative branch cannot diminish, or otherwise effect, the equal power of the executive branch, impeachment notwithstanding.
The executive branch shall classify material as a function of the executive branch, deliberately absent of any particular notion, cogitation or several phantasm of the legislative branch.
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Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, 44 U.S.C. ß2201-2209, governs the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents that were created or received after January 20, 1981 (i.e., beginning with the Reagan Administration). The PRA changed the legal ownership of the official records of the President from private to public, and established a new statutory structure under which Presidents, and subsequently NARA, must manage the records of their Administrations. The PRA was amended in 2014, which established several new provisions.
– National Archives
RE:”The Presidential Records Act of 1978 is unconstitutional (as is the entire welfare state)…” George, you can rant and rage at the state of the Union as you are wont to do in these pages. There doesn’t seem to be a likelihood of it changing radically anytime soon though great efforts are being made to do so. In any event I am not confident that, should it come to pass, it will be as you fervently wish..
Do send me a bill for your eminently valuable advice, or was that an admonition in condescension, it’s so hard to discern on occasion.
Incidentally, I’ll take a wild guess that the phrase is “rant and rave,” but what do I know, right, you’re the brainiac?
Oh, did I say, thanks for reading…again?
I greatly appreciate every loyal adherent.
RE:”I’ll take a wild guess that the phrase is “rant and rave,..” Guessed wrong…’rant and rage!”
DICTIONARY.COM
THESAURUS.COM
rant and rave
See synonyms for rant and rave on Thesaurus.com
Talk loudly and vehemently, especially in anger, as in There you go again, ranting and raving about the neighbor’s car in your driveway. This idiom is a redundancy, since rant and rave mean just about the same thing, but probably survives on account of its alliterative appeal.
Rage, rage at the dying of the light.
Rant and rave with vim and vigor, which are synonyms.
RE:”See synonyms for rant and rave on Thesaurus.com..” Rage is a really intense anger. Rant works here.
I’ve long suspected that he might meet diagnostic criteria for possible psychotic disorders like schizophrenia. Positive and Negative symptoms seem somewhat congruent with diagnostic criteria, not that any of this is valid. Then again, I think we are all crazy as frack, with your humble scribe being the craziest of them all. The important distinction, it seems to be, is: do we have mental illness or does mental illness have us? I think I need another Rum and Coke.
Viva Cuba Libre!
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder characterized by a combination of specific positive and negative
symptoms.
o Positive Symptoms:
Hallucinations: something a person experiences that other people do not experience
Most common are Auditory & Visual
o Auditory hallucinations are often threatening & critical (“you’re fat and
stupid)
o It is important to consider a person’s culture because some cultures it is
maybe appropriate or part of a grieving process.
Delusions: a false believes that does not change despite being presented with facts.
Common examples are paranoia, thinking they are famous/important (“I’m the
president”), or believing people are imposters (“you’re not my mom, you’re an
imposter”).
It is important not to argue about the delusions because these are the person’s
reality—you can make the person agitated.
Severe impairment in speech & thought process
Common examples are severe tangents, not being able to describe a thought, or
random words put together without meaning.
Facial expressions that do not fit the situation
Example: Telling someone that a relative died while laughing.
Inability to shower, brush teeth, changing clothing without assistance or promptings.
o Negative Symptoms:
Severely restricted or no observable facial emotions.
Example: lack of smiling, lack of crying, etc.
Loss of willpower and decisiveness
Example: not going out with friends, lack of interests in activities, sitting in the
house for many hours of the day doing nothing.
Ability to communicate is impaired
Example: Not able to think of simple words to describe something
Speech is limited and contains little to no meaningful information
Speech contains little of no meaningful information
Loss of ability to experience pleasure
Individuals must show signs of disorder for a minimum of 6 months
Are you writing to me or George Washington? What must his colleagues have said to him circa 1776. No possibility of change, George.
RE”Are you writing to me or George Washington? To you.
Ask an Oberlin student—fresh outta Shaker Heights, coming in hot, with a heart as big as all outdoors and a 3 in AP Bio—to tell you what speech is acceptable, and she’ll tell you that it’s speech that doesn’t hurt the feelings of anyone belonging to a protected class.
-Caitlin Flanagan
While we’re on the subject of equity and justice in college housing, why stop at dorm rooms? The crisis at our colleges provides a historic opportunity to reimagine college housing in its entirety.
Why not establish special floors, and for that matter separate dormitory buildings, for college Republicans? Think of the harm we could prevent through this commonsense change. Too, Republicans aren’t happy living among among the other students, and most of them are beyond reform anyway. Everyone will be better off.
It’s the new progressive paradigm in college housing!
Separate. But equal.
RE:”Separate. But equal.: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-reject-black-led-racial-separatism-on-campus-20211130-qsm743pu2vgqpmwsubun7kfvnq-story.html
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Health tip of the day: Study: Junk food consumption contributes to depression, anxiety
https://justthenews.com/nation/science/study-junk-food-consumption-contributes-depression-anxiety
Also of note, lab grown meat is also considered ultra-processed.
21 was determined to be the age required for the purchase of alcohol by all States by 1988.
21 was determined to be the age required to vote by the American Founders in 1788.
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“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”
– Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
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The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Opinions of Americans under the age of 21 must be ignored.
“the people are nothing but a great beast…
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.”
– Alexander Hamilton
The 26th amendment ratified in 1971 made the voting age 18.
Precisely, Sherlock.
And the anti-American, anti-Constitution, corrupt Supreme Court of 1973 was comprehensively annihilated and obliterated by Dobbs, June 24, 2022.
The constitutional amendment process was turned on America in order to use it against America and its fundamental law.
The Supreme Court had the duty per its sworn oath to strike down everything “Crazy Abe” did beginning with fully constitutional secession (sorry, it was the law, the law you don’t like), fully unconstitutional war and fully unconstitutional suspension of habeas corpus, etc. The wholly unconstitutional Lincoln juggernaut must have been stopped, by law. None of the effects of Lincoln’s “Reign of Terror” should have survived after the break of day, with emphasis on Karl Marx’s “RECONSTRUCTION Amendments,” it being near impossible to ratify one amendment, while Lincoln’s successors improperly and corruptly rammed through three (try that now), much less the subsequent 150 years of Progressive mutation from freedom to communism which rules America today.
The communists (liberals, progressives, socialists, democrats, RINOs) are immutably and forever wrong, they persist to “fundamentally transform” America and its extant, actual fundamental law, while the judicial branch and Supreme Court with Judicial Review fail to fulfill the duty of their sworn oath and support the clear and obvious, meaning and intent of the literal words of the English language in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
George, to clarify your thinking, please let me know if there are any amendments after the 10th that you consider valid and support? Thanks.
Was the removal from office of JFK constitutional.
No.
But remove him they did.
The communist Deep Deep State Swamp is trying its utmost to remove Real President Donald J. Trump as we write.
Many “amendments” were improperly ratified (was it rational to amend under the duress of brutal post-war military occupation, is that the proper environment?).
JFK himself had 1960 “fixed” by his father and his mob friends.
Shhhh!
It happens!
Not sure what JFK has to do with my amendments question. I know your views on the 13, 14, and 15, but what about the other amendments?
And again, for your edification, improperly and corruptly ratifying amendments and stealing elections have to do with your amendments question, Jack—. JFK constituted the theft of the presidency and America. It’s like “Crazy Vladimir” Putin stealing Ukraine, “Crazy Abe” Lincoln stealing America, and “Crazy Joe” Biden having the election and America stolen for and delivered to him, he being some distance from the capacity to steal America himself or do much of anything else on his own.
The only reason that many states raised their drinking age to 21 was that the Federal government tied doing that to receiving federal highway funds, a practice which should be declared unconstitutional.
I liked Ike but I voted for Adali.
Don Quixote, you are Adali-brained.
RE:”I liked Ike but I voted for Adali.” In that race, my friend Eddie’s parents supported Adlai, my friend Ricky’s parents supported Ike. Their garden apartment living room windows faced each other on opposite sides of the streets in our community in Queens. Each had a huge poster photo of their candidate taped to it. A silent faceoff. . Ricky’s parents won. Ricky grew up to become the tv/radio sportscaster you know as Dick Stockton. Eddie grew up to design and build nuclear weapons at Oak Ridge. .
Poor baby Ds! They have been bred and raised to never tolerate anyone who does not think like them. Rs who recognize such intolerance know better than try to share dorm space, study time, socializing, etc.
Jonathan: My have times have changed since I was in college when “partying” and seeking the companionship of someone of the opposite sex was a given. Justice Brett Kavanaugh knows quite a bit on this subject. He was known in high school and college as a big “partier”. Heavy drinking and credible claims of sexual assault almost tanked his nomination to the SC. But he was confirmed because “Hey, guys will be guys”.
The NBC poll you cite reveals the political divide in the greater society. Not surprising that student views reflect this divide. One student in the poll said: “I could never live with someone who supported a racist, homophobic, xenophobic or sexist person”–alluding to Donald Trump. Students who support the former president are a distinct minority and will probably find it difficult to find a “compatible” roommate.
In this “age of rage” Trump keeps pouring gasoline on the fire. His supporters are “echo chambers” where anyone who opposes his lies and false claims is labeled the enemy. But you blame “Democratic students” for “self imposed isolation”. What about the “self imposed isolation” by those on the right who rely on Fox News, Steve Bannon and Alex Jones’ podcasts, etc.? Even those who follow all your columns? They live in a bubble of right-wing propaganda and provide an “echo chamber” for those views. Except, thankfully, for a few of us who have decided to provide a factual response to much of the nonsense in this chatroom. We don’t live in “self-impose isolation”.
RE:” We don’t live in “self-impose isolation”. There are others in this company who do not live in self-imposed isolation. We have found that, all to often, those sources whom you champion have woefully found themselves on the wrong side of recent history. Perhaps they should have been far more circumspect in their conclusions until the Charmin had fully rolled out. There may be more of the likes of Stelter to be shown the door as a result. In the end, its all about profit, where the MSM is concerned. Fact and truth run place and show. Personally, until that practice is consigned to the dustbin of history, I prefer the Star Spangled Banner for the 6:00 a.m. opening.
It appears you have lived in that bubble for a long time!
Dennis McIntyre says:August 27, 2022 at 1:21 PM
You simply made the following statement up:
“Heavy drinking and credible claims of sexual assault almost tanked his nomination to the SC. But he was confirmed because “Hey, guys will be guys”.”
Unsubstantiated claims were made by 2 women who were willing to perpetuate a lie (anyone with a modicum of honesty could see) with zero regard to how they’d adversely affect past and future credible accusations by other women. Once again, women participating in the undermining of other women. You repeating the above nonsense brings to mind, “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth”. Spoken as one with a vjj.
And a VP who took a knee for her progress, what women would follow, raises the glass ceiling for girls, and boys, too, with social progress. As well as the “burdens” of evidence aborted and sequestered in darkness, at the twilight (e.g. “emanations from penumbras”) fringe. One step forward, two steps backward.
“Heavy drinking and credible claims of sexual assault” —-are you talking about Demented Joe “the Sniffer” and/or his wonderful scion, Hunter?
There were no “credible claims ” against Kavanaugh. Blasy Ford could not remember the date, location or who was hosting the party. The people who she said ” witnessed” the assault all denied being in her presence at the party. Put off appearing at the hearing because she was ” afraid to fly”. A premise contradicted by her former boyfriend who said they flew over Hawaiian islands in a ” puddle jumper”. Has as much credibility as Jussie Smollett.
As with those who rely on Fox, Bannon and Alex Jones, you and your ilk rely on msnbc, The Atlantic and Vox. Both sides are equally divisive and biased.
You certainly live in ” self- imposed isolation. Just a left- wing tenement.
Hi Justice Alito, the longer he testified, the less judicial he looked. Do you like beer? Do you know Renate? Does anyone remember who won the ball game? Were you in a Devil’s triangle at the Delaware shore? Brett Kavanaugh and Ashley Biden would be a marriage made in heaven.
” We don’t live in “self-impose isolation”.
Obviously, you do, Dennis.
“sexual assault almost tanked his nomination”
You must be referring to Christine Blasey Ford. The story was debunked on many levels. Isolation can make one not recognize all the facts against Ford that came to light.
“a racist, homophobic, xenophobic or sexist person”–alluding to Donald Trump. ”
It sounds like your roommates were all of one mind and knew nothing about Donald Trump. Can you provide proof of your claims? I didn’t think so.
“Trump keeps pouring gasoline on the fire. …on the right who rely on Fox News”
The vitriol you provide is high-test and burns hot. So much for your claim of Trump pouring gas. The flammable gas we see comes out of every pore in your body.
You even throw Fox News in the flames when it provides the most balanced news from the cable and MSM news channels.
Is there anything you say that doesn’t have inflammatory toxic rhetoric? Are you able to say anything reasonable and truthful?
My my, it’s like how Barry Soetero was able to overcome his ‘partying past’ and ‘hide’ his records, in order to be installed as President of the United States – the country that he so despises.
Dennis, You crack me up. You provide facts? Haha. Have you considered that it is YOU who are living in a bubble? News for ya, Denny: the Matrix is real. And you are still in it.
Who taught you that?
This is a question that has to be asked over and over.
Accountability for inciting wrongs must happen.
And so does honest , independent, self aware thinking.
When progressives’ SM buddies all agree they know the answers to every problem, even problems that have plagued humankind from beginning (e.g. tribalism and poverty), is their really a need to engage people that may disagree?
Honestly, I am surprised it isn’t 95%.
Abraham Lincoln, the de facto founder of the Republican Party, warned that America would never be destroyed by a foreign power, we would only destroy ourselves from internal divisions.
Today we have some (not all) leaders from both parties trying to divide our fellow Americans. Someone with a different vantage point or different opinion is not just wrong but an evil enemy of the state.
The January 6 Insurrection was a result of these divisive leaders. They convinced people that the other side was so evil that democracy and the constitutional rule of law didn’t matter. Essentially the other party was so evil, it required an insurrection or coup to obstruct the will of the voters.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment (Disqualification Clause) prohibits anyone that supported the January 6 insurrection from ever serving in government ever again – not as a police officer, not as a mayor, not as a state lawmaker, not in Congress and not as president.
More importantly why isn’t it viewed as highly unpatriotic for any leader or any citizen to not respect the outcome of elections and constitutional due process? Over 60 federal judges ruled the election was correctly decided. How do you square this with your children watching? What are we teaching them – it’s okay to cheat as long as we win?
Ashcroft’s Zersetzung – How conveniently, you just ignore the fact that there were many real and, most importantly, unanswered questions about possible voter fraud on January 6th. (FYI – Just saying there was no election fraud without providing answers to the questions did not make it so.) You also don’t recognize that the vast majority of the people who entered the Capitol building on January 6 were there to peacefully protest; just as so many had done to express their opinions with protests over the summer. No, it’s evident that in your view only you and your side are 100% right and the other side is 100% wrong. Sorry, but it is in large part, if not entirely, the unwillingness of the different sides to acknowledge any legitimacy of the others’ position that perpetuates and expands the large political divide we see today. And ironically, as the poll discussed in JT’s article suggests, it is the side (which is apparently yours) supposedly of tolerance, openness and compassion that is less tolerant, less open, more willing to condemn, exclude and even punish the other side for having a different political views. So who are the real fascists?
“Over Sixty Percent of Democratic Students Oppose Sharing Dorm Rooms With Republicans”
That’s nothing.
Anti-American academics refuse to share any part of the campus with pro-American professors.
TOLERANCE IS A BEAUTIFUL
REMINDS ME OF THE LINE FROM PRINCESS BRIDE
YOU KEEP SAYING THAT WORD, I DO NOT THINK IT MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS