The Democratic Party has turned into a crazed, howling mob. It is degrading our public life to a degree that has not been seen since they seceded in 1861. That is an observation we could make every day; for now, let’s go with this story: “Blackburn backlash shocks Mt. Juliet restaurant owner.”Courtney’s Restaurant and Catering owner Tom Courtney said he’s experienced a strong social media backlash because he rented the event room at his Mt. Juliet business to U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Marsha Blackburn on Saturday.Courtney said he’s been called a Nazi, an abuser, had his life threatened and said his staff has been verbally attacked.Hundreds of posters on social media said they would boycott his restaurant because it was a local venue to Blackburn, who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate against former Democratic Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen.Mr. Courtney says he serves all comers at his restaurant, and it didn’t occur to him to turn down the Blackburn campaign.He said if the Bredesen campaign called tomorrow to rent the room, he’d say yes. It’s business for a small business trying to eke out a living.
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Courtney said he initially didn’t endorse the candidate, and just was being a businessman, but after what he’s been through he can support only Blackburn.“I’m one who votes for the person, not the party,” he said. “But with everyone saying they are going to boycott my restaurant because Marsha came here to treat my employees and customers, I can’t even fathom people like that.”Via InstaPundit. The Democrats are trying to bully their way back into power through mob actions of various kinds. What you think of the Republicans is pretty much irrelevant. The Democrats’ bullying tactics must not be allowed to succeed. The republic depends on it.
This is the logical arrival point for a party that has had disdain for basic human freedom as its foundation for over a hundred years.
Hey, you borrowed your conclusion from your Uncle Donnie who vomited some of that crap out during one of his rallies in Nashville, TN, in May. I for one am glad we have a 2 party system, though for the past 10 years it sure hasn't looked like it with the sausage grinders in DC.
ReplyDeleteOh, so Mr. Courtney was not subjected to this treatment?
ReplyDeleteIt appears so. I was commenting on your preposterous closing sentence.
ReplyDeleteProgressivism been very very goot to me and me peeps: "The effect of progressivism for the development of business was profound. By 1916 hundreds of national, state and local laws had begun to make the cities cleaner and healthier, the workplace safer, and businessmen more considerate of their workers and customers. Trade unions, played a considerable role in improving the lot of workers. Significant national legislation included regulatory acts such as the Food and Drug Act and the 1916 Meat Inspection Act. Generally business was less monopolistic, giving more opportunity for new start-ups, and regulations made for increased fair trade."
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I love it! Canada has just thumbed its nose at the Freedom Haters! And all those whose lives were affected by arrests are granted amnesty. They ain't gonna follow Uncle Sam and his Republican freedom haters no mo.
ReplyDelete"For half a century, the Republican Party has advocated for strict drug laws and little tolerance for drug use. Republican presidents are credited with launching the war on drugs, creating policies that filled prisons and using military resources to combat international drug trafficking. Nearly 50 years after President Richard Nixon took office, the war on drugs is widely viewed as a failure. Critics blame misguided sentencing laws and an inadequate focus on treatment."
https://www.drugrehab.com/featured/republicans-substance-abuse-policies/
Maybe some day LITD will do a post about Canadian drug policy, but that's not the topic of this one.
ReplyDeleteWith regard to the legacy of early progressivism, it was the movement's leading lights - Thorstein Veblen, Richard T. Ely, Herbert Croly, John Dewey, Woodrow Wilson - who gave us the notion that modern, industrialized urbanize society had grown too complex to be governed merely by the constitution, and that we need to consult experts in areas like education, health care, urban growth, and even industrial production - in fact, bring those experts into the executive branch of government to head up unaccountable agencies making de facto law.
What went untried was letting market forces take care of problems like spoiled meat, child labor and monopolistic business practices.
Well essentially we had to bring law enforcement into those realms. The laws were legislated by freely elected representatives and all have been vetted through the Supreme Court of the land of their challenges got that far. So I dont get that Democrats have hated freedom for a century or more in this country.
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