{"id":388798,"date":"2022-01-03T03:38:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T00:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2022-01-03T03:38:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T00:38:51","slug":"democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democrats are the &#8216;Karens&#8217; and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a2535fde8b1d\" 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-6a2535fde8b1d\" 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\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_Democrats_Are_the_Party_of_%E2%80%98Karens\" >Libertarian: Democrats Are the Party of \u2018Karens\u2019<\/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\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/#Urban_beat_NYC_Injection_Sites_Outrage_Biz\" >Urban beat: NYC Injection Sites Outrage Biz<\/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\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/#Economy_watch_%E2%80%98Miss_Trump_Yet\" >Economy watch: \u2018Miss\u00a0Trump Yet?\u2019<\/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\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/#From_the_right_Calis_Pointless_Climate_Pain\" >From the right: Cali\u2019s Pointless Climate Pain<\/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\/democrats-are-the-karens-and-other-commentary\/#Culture_critic_How_the_1960s_Radicals_Won\" >Culture critic: How the 1960s Radicals Won<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Democrats are the &#8216;Karens&#8217; and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_Democrats_Are_the_Party_of_%E2%80%98Karens\"><\/span>Libertarian: Democrats Are the Party of \u2018Karens\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAs President Biden\u2019s <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\">app<\/a>roval ratings have tanked with nonwhite voters, the Democratic Party increasingly has become dominated by liberal white women who virtue-signal with suburban lawn signs and then henpeck people in supermarkets to pull their face masks up over their noses,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/white-house\/587452-the-party-of-karens-the-new-democratic-party-alienates-non-white-voters?rl=1\">snarks The Hill\u2019s Kristin Tate<\/a> \u2014 i.e.,\u00a0\u201cthe Democratic Party is at risk of becoming a party of \u2018Karens.\u2019 \u201d Though Dems \u201cworked to build a voting base composed of minorities and unmarried women,\u201d polls show \u201cHispanic and black voters are abandoning the party,\u201d as many are harmed by \u201csurging inflation, anti-business COVID measures and exploding crime rates in urban areas brought about by a year of left-wing measures.\u201d This leaves Dems with only \u201cits most consistent members: single, college-educated white women.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Urban_beat_NYC_Injection_Sites_Outrage_Biz\"><\/span>Urban beat: NYC Injection Sites Outrage Biz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe establishment of supervised drug-injection sites in two New York City neighborhoods has predictably rankled area business-owners and residents,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/nyc-drug-injection-sites-outrage-area-business-owners-residents-needles-on-the-sidewalk\/\">observes National Review\u2019s Zachary Evans<\/a>. \u201cThe two sites, located in Washington Heights and East Harlem, are the first of their kind in the country. They provide clean syringes and overdose-prevention services to addicts, who bring drugs from outside.\u201d One owner of a store near the Washington Heights injection site says there are \u201cneedles on the sidewalk all the time\u201d and customers are \u201cafraid of addicts\u201d standing in front of the store. But \u201cwhether or not communities are comfortable with it, government officials seem willing to give overdose-prevention centers a try in the real world\u201d as \u201cthe US suffers through record levels of overdose deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Trump-Rally.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump speaks during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga., Sept. 25, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-20690664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Trump-Rally.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Trump-Rally.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Trump-Rally.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Americans are now starting to ask, \u201cMiss Trump yet?\u201d <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Ben Gray, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economy_watch_%E2%80%98Miss_Trump_Yet\"><\/span>Economy watch: \u2018Miss\u00a0Trump Yet?\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cNo one has vindicated [Donald] Trump\u2019s \u2018Make America Great Again\u2019 policies more persuasively than [President] Biden,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creators.com\/read\/stephen-moore\/12\/21\/the-trump-economic-record-looks-better-every-day\">quips Stephen Moore for Creators<\/a>. \u201cHigh gas prices, the highest inflation rate in four decades, a plan to double the national debt in 12 years and falling paychecks\u201d are waking Americans to the \u201cbroad-based prosperity under Trump.\u201d His \u201cstrategy was to reduce taxes, slash regulation, massively increase domestic energy production and overhaul trade deals to get tough with China.\u201d No one thought it would be successful, but here are the facts: Before COVID, \u201cthe unemployment rate fell below 4%, which was near the lowest in half a century,\u201d inflation fell to 1%, and poverty fell to its lowest levels ever recorded. Americans are now starting to ask, \u201cMiss Trump yet?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"From_the_right_Calis_Pointless_Climate_Pain\"><\/span>From the right: Cali\u2019s Pointless Climate Pain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden has made California his green-energy model, so it\u2019s noteworthy that a new study\u201d \u2014 by a left-leaning group, Next 10 \u2014 shows the Golden State failing to meet its emissions goals \u201cin part because of its climate obsession,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/californias-great-climate-fail-next-10-report-11639691805?mod=opinion_lead_pos4\">chide The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editors<\/a>. Last year,\u00a0the state added more power from emissions-producing natural gas than solar because it\u2019s \u201cneeded to back up unreliable renewables.\u201d Emissions from wildfires have also soared \u201cdue to years of forest mismanagement,\u201d though the study didn\u2019t include them; if it had, it would\u2019ve shown emissions rising since 2000, \u201cmaking California\u2019s anti-carbon crusade look like an even bigger failure.\u201d The main point seems to be \u201csuffering in the name of anti-carbon virtue, because that suffering hasn\u2019t done much to reduce emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Culture_critic_How_the_1960s_Radicals_Won\"><\/span>Culture critic: How the 1960s Radicals Won<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe radical ethos of the sixties can be felt throughout public and private life,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectatorworld.com\/topic\/institutionalized-long-march-marcuse-sixties-revolution\/\">declares Roger Kimball at Spectator World<\/a>. After \u201cfantasies of overt political revolution had faded, many student radicals urged their followers to undertake the \u2018long march through the institutions\u2019\u200a\u201d \u2014 \u201cworking against the established institutions while working in them,\u201d in Herbert Marcuse\u2019s words. And by \u201cinsinuation and infiltration rather than confrontation,\u201d the \u201cradicals have triumphed\u201d: Look \u201cno further than the curriculum of your local school or college or at what is on offer at the nearest museum.\u201d The \u201cstartling and depressing fact is that supposedly conservative victories at the polls have done almost nothing to challenge the dominance of left-wing, emancipationist attitudes and ideas in our culture.\u201d <\/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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