We must unapologetically enforce consequence culture

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Opinion | We must unapologetically enforce consequence culture

By Jack Troy, Senior Staff Columnist
APRIL 2, 2021

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, called on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on “cancel culture” earlier this month, claiming it’s a “dangerous trend” that threatens to kneecap the First Amendment. His justification came off as hand-wringing over alleged conservative censorship more than a legitimate constitutional concern, but the situation is hardly surprising.

Conservative identity has been increasingly shaped by a persecution complex and an appetite for “alternative facts,” a trend accelerated by Donald Trump’s presidency. Those four long years left the Republican Party hollowed out of most policy substance beyond hampering America’s COVID-19 response and complaining about cancel culture — the modern term for the age-old concept of boycotting. They didn’t even write a new platform for the 2020 Republican National Convention, instead opting to recycle the 2016 platform and its more than three dozen references to President Barack Obama.

Even if it’s all they have left, we can’t allow Republicans to define the narrative around cancel culture. The idea that conservatives are having their perfectly rational ideas shamed out of the public discourse is self-serving and simply false. Trump’s incessant election lies have not earned a seat at the political table. Neither has Gina Carano’s shockingly insensitive comparison of conservatives to Holocaust victims or Steven Crowder’s racially charged criticism of Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill.

https://pittnews.com/article/164703/uncategorized/opinion-we-must-unapologetically-enforce-consequence-culture/

This whole rush to make laws restricting voting is a desperation move by Republican operatives to keep the base from accepting Democratic wins and getting on with their lives. The big push is in states where Democrats really came out and crushed Republicans.

Georgia was first-and-worst with the laws because losing Georgia was like losing the entire South for Republicans. Republicans are making a play for 2022 and keeping the base engaged using Culture Wars. There is a telegraphing of intent going on in states where Democrats made big gains.

[-misanthroptimist]

1. Is he going to get the Dixie Chicks to testify?