{"id":113208,"date":"2020-11-16T03:13:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T03:13:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:13:01","slug":"hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Hold the Christmas songs, please, and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e9ef6789b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e9ef6789b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/#Culture_critic_Hold_the_Christmas_Songs\" >Culture critic: Hold the Christmas Songs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/#Doctor_Cuomos_Deadly_Vaccine_Politics\" >Doctor: Cuomo\u2019s Deadly Vaccine Politics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_How_GOP_Can_Win_Black_Voters\" >Conservative: How GOP Can Win Black Voters<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/#Pandemic_journal_COVID_Isnt_Trumps_Fault\" >Pandemic journal: COVID Isn\u2019t Trump\u2019s Fault<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hold-the-christmas-songs-please-and-other-commentary\/#Censorship_watch_Suppressing_Trans_Science\" >Censorship watch: Suppressing Trans Science<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Hold the Christmas songs, please, and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/11\/santa-mask.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Culture_critic_Hold_the_Christmas_Songs\"><\/span>Culture critic: Hold the Christmas Songs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSeeking to cheer up the population,\u201d observes \u201cCandid Camera\u201d host <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/christmas-is-in-and-on-the-air-11605222024?mod=opinion_lead_pos9\">Peter Funt in The Wall Street Journal<\/a>, music- and video-service firms are \u201cbetting\u201d Christmas-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>d entertainment is what\u2019s needed right now. In September, one Ohio radio station branded itself \u201cThe Valley\u2019s Christmas Station.\u201d That felt like \u201ca stretch ahead of the first frost.\u201d Larger stations across the country reportedly went to \u201call-holiday offerings soon after Halloween.\u201d In his youth, recalls Funt, \u201cno outlet dared cue\u201d Christmas fare until after Thanksgiving. \u201cLike many people, I\u2019m seduced by songs of the season.\u201d Yet when they blared \u201cfrom my car radio on Election Day, it was unsettling and out of place.\u201d And while he\u2019s \u201clooking forward to a \u2018Holly, Jolly Christmas,\u2019\u200a\u201d for the next few weeks at least, \u201cI\u2019d prefer a silent night.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Doctor_Cuomos_Deadly_Vaccine_Politics\"><\/span>Doctor: Cuomo\u2019s Deadly Vaccine Politics<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Cuomo says \u201che has been \u2018talking to other governors across the nation\u2019 to stop vaccine distribution by the Trump administration until the Biden administration comes in,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/cuomos-partisan-efforts-to-delay-vaccine-distribution\">fumes Joel Zinberg at City Journal<\/a>. The governor claims Trump \u201cwould rely on private-market mechanisms like hospitals and pharmacies to distribute the vaccine, . . . [leaving out] \u2018all sorts of communities that were left out the first time when COVID ravaged them,\u2019 \u201d because their neighborhoods have \u201cno Rite-Aid or CVS.\u201d In fact, \u201cpharmacies are relatively common in urban areas\u201d; other factors, such as more comorbidities, explain higher minority death rates \u2014 and anyway,\u00a0Trump\u2019s plan includes sending vaccine \u201cto state, tribal, and local health authorities.\u201d Delaying distribution \u201cwould be a steep price to pay for the sake of partisanship.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_How_GOP_Can_Win_Black_Voters\"><\/span>Conservative: How GOP Can Win Black Voters<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If the GOP wants to \u201cimprove its performance with black voters,\u201d it needs to do more than claim the mantle of the \u201cParty of Lincoln,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2020-11-12\/how-republicans-can-improve-trump-s-performance-with-black-voters\">advises Bloomberg\u2019s Robert A. George<\/a>. Exit polls show that Trump\u2019s policies \u201cresonated especially with black men,\u201d but the handling of the election by Trump and his party are \u201cblowing up whatever green shoots of goodwill they may have planted in the African-American community.\u201d Black voters treat \u201cthe sanctity of the vote [as] a dealmaker and a deal-breaker,\u201d and Republicans can \u201cget black voters to listen\u201d by taking a solid stance on voting rights.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pandemic_journal_COVID_Isnt_Trumps_Fault\"><\/span>Pandemic journal: COVID Isn\u2019t Trump\u2019s Fault<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s Chris Hayes is the latest in a long line of Democrats to accuse President Trump of perpetuating \u201cmass slaughter\u201d in his handling of COVID-19, promoting a \u201cbaseless, morally repugnant smear of the president and Republicans,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/11\/13\/no-chris-hayes-trump-isnt-responsible-for-covid-19-slaughter\/\">seethes Georgi Boorman at The Federalist<\/a>. Despite the fact that nearly every nation \u201crecorded dozens to thousands of deaths, no matter what they tried,\u201d many Democrats \u201care bitterly clinging to a myth\u201d that no one would have died in America if Trump hadn\u2019t been president. They conveniently ignore how \u201cthe Trump administration has done a lot in the name of fighting the pandemic\u201d while Joe Biden initially opposed Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> ban. Then, too, \u201cpresidents are ordinary, fallible human beings, only as good as their character and the information they\u2019re given.\u201d Boorman concludes: \u201cHayes and his ilk would do well to remember this, and stop blaming every president they hate for deaths each reasonably tried to mitigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Censorship_watch_Suppressing_Trans_Science\"><\/span>Censorship watch: Suppressing Trans Science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>All author Abigail Shrier did in her new book \u201cIrreversible Damage\u201d was\u00a0\u00adexpose \u201cthe sudden, severe spike in transgender identification among adolescent girls,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/11\/07\/gender-activists-are-trying-to-cancel-my-book-why-is-silicon-valley-helping-them\/\">she recounts at Quillette<\/a>. \u201cI fully support medical transition for mature adults,\u201d but, as a cultural journalist, she detected a real phenomenon: \u201cBetween 2016 and 2017, the number of females seeking gender surgery quadrupled in the United States. Thousands of teen girls across the Western world are not only self-diagnosing with a real dysphoric condition they likely do not have; in many cases, they are obtaining hormones and surgeries.\u201d The response: threats at her publisher, Amazon declining to run ads, an initially successful attempt to get the book de-listed on Target\u2019s Web site \u2014 and an all-but-total review blackout. \u201cThis is what censorship looks like\u201d in this century.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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