{"id":456997,"date":"2022-06-03T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T02:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T02:28:11","slug":"america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"#America is being held hostage by loony demands\u00a0"},"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-6a294785c473e\" 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-6a294785c473e\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands\/#%E2%80%9CAmerica_is_being_held_hostage_by_loony_demands_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8220;America is being held hostage by loony demands\u00a0&#8220;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands\/#Anti-gun_nuts\" >Anti-gun nuts<\/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\/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands\/#Forever_deadlocked\" >Forever deadlocked<\/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\/america-is-being-held-hostage-by-loony-demands\/#Center_cannot_hold\" >Center cannot hold<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmerica_is_being_held_hostage_by_loony_demands_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8220;America is being held hostage by loony demands\u00a0&#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Douglas Murray\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Why are there so many problems in this country that aren\u2019t addressed? Why, when we keep agreeing there are problems, can we not agree on any of the solutions?<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter what subject it is, the problem is always the same.<\/p>\n<p>Already this year, there have been hundreds of mass shootings in America. This week, we saw the shootings at a hospital in Oklahoma. The week before, it was Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Each time one of these atrocities occurs, people agree that something must be done. But \u201csomething\u201d never h<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>ens.<\/p>\n<p>On issue after issue, it is the same. Everybody agrees that there is a problem with drug overdoses in this country. As this city\u2019s health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, said, \u201cThe overdose epidemic is taking one New Yorker from us every four hours.\u201d What can be done about that? Nobody seems to agree, so the city\u2019s morgues keep filling up.<\/p>\n<p>It is the same with policing, voter ID and any number of other issues. It is the same with fashionable <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>-justice causes like #MeToo or Black Lives Matter. A problem is identified, and after an initial burst of sympathy, it loses all credibility. Why is this?<\/p>\n<p>One reason \u2014 perhaps the most significant \u2014 is the disastrous effect of completely unreasonable demands.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anti-gun_nuts\"><\/span>Anti-gun nuts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Take the example of guns. In America, there is a broad majority across the public that agrees that aspects of the current gun laws are unsustainable. There are guns that our service personnel use on the battlefield that do not need to be sold to the public for hunting or self-defense. Or consider the fact that the Uvalde shooter bought the weapons he used in his cowardly, bloody massacre of children immediately after his own 18th birthday. Because he legally could. Though he would have had to wait another three years to buy a beer at a bar.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-887.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Students participate in a school walk-out and protest in front of City Hall to condemn gun violence, in Los Angeles, California on May 31, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22517197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-887.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-887.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-887.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Most agree gun laws need reform, but nothing is done in the wake of tragic shootings.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">RINGO CHIU\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People do realize that there is something mad about this. But nobody will do anything about it. Why? Because the moment that the debate is opened up, people from the radical extremes make claims that destroy the argument of the center. For instance, many voices on the anti-gun left immediately turn their fire on the Second Amendment. They blame the Founders for the very idea of the amendment, and in the process they spark a reaction. \u201cThey want to take away all of our guns,\u201d say those in the pro-gun movement. And they are not completely wrong. People who want to protect the right to bear arms see people who want to take away that right. And so, in a soup of suspicion, nothing gets done.<\/p>\n<p>It is the same on almost everything. There are times when some aspects of policing can be improved upon. But nobody who has lived through the last few years in America will easily forget the \u201cabolish the police\u201d movement, which kept stating that as its aims. As The New York Times said in a notorious June 2020 piece, \u201cYes, we mean literally abolish the police.\u201d Anyone who saw this nation\u2019s cities burn that summer is unlikely to give way to even minimal demands for police reform if they come from movements that dream of a country in which there are no police at all.<\/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\/06\/loony-demands-886.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Dr. Ashwin Vasan Health Commissioner.\" class=\"wp-image-22517196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-886.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-886.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-886.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York City\u2019s leaders are ignoring health commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan\u2019s plea to stop drug overdoses plaguing streets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What about voting integrity? Since every popular vote in this country is now suspected by whichever side loses it, you\u2019d have thought that ballot integrity would be something both sides could agree upon? But no. The moment anybody says, for instance, that it would be good if people could prove who they are when they vote, the radical left cries \u201cracist.\u201d Indeed, even President Biden now pretends that it is back to Jim Crow if Republicans ask for something that is expected of voters at the polls in most other democracies.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forever_deadlocked\"><\/span>Forever deadlocked<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On issue after issue, the same stalemate occurs. Have some complaints about the odd pervy male? If so, you\u2019ll find your efforts to do anything hampered not by your alleged opponents, but by your allies. After all, what are the chances of success when a movement insists that we must always and everywhere \u201cbelieve all women,\u201d as we were told in 2017, from the outbreak of #MeToo.<\/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\/06\/loony-demands-890.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A police officer stands guard outside Robb Elementary School in the town of Uvalde, Texas, the United States, May 27, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-22517200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-890.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-890.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-890.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Local law enforcement in Uvalde, Texas are being demonized for not responding quick enough against Salvador Ramos\u2019 gun carnage on children.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">CHINE NOUVELLE\/SIPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What are the chances of any movement being heard when it makes statements and demands that are so completely insane? As Amber Heard neatly demonstrated in the witness box, the idea that you should everywhere and always \u201cbelieve all women\u201d doesn\u2019t survive its slightest encounter with reality.<\/p>\n<p>Try to address the drug epidemic in a city like New York and you\u2019ll come across similar, deranging claims. Including those made by the New York City Health Department.<\/p>\n<p>Riding on the subway this week, I managed to catch sight of one of their shiny new posters. \u201cDon\u2019t be ashamed you are using, be empowered that you are using safely,\u201d says a proud woman. The authorities are trying to encourage heroin users and others to avoid overdoses from drugs including fentanyl. There is plenty to debate about drugs in America. But who wants to hear from public health authorities who scolded us for years about vaccines and mask mandates now advising us to be proud, safe smack users?<\/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\/06\/loony-demands-888.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A person fills out a ballot in privacy booth at a polling station at the Jackie Robinson School during the New York City mayoral election in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.,\" class=\"wp-image-22517198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-888.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-888.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/loony-demands-888.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Joe Biden accused Republican states such as Georgia of oppressing African Americans for legislating voter identification laws.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Andrew Kelly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Center_cannot_hold\"><\/span>Center cannot hold<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>That\u2019s the problem with issue after issue in this country. Crazy extremists, usually though not always from the far left, make completely deranging claims. They throw around the same mad assertions, call their opponents all the nastiest names and as a result skew any possibility of a solution. They scare everybody off. Not just their opponents, but anybody in the reasonable middle.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody will hear about police reform from people waiting around to abolish the police. Nobody wants to hear about gun control from people boasting about wanting to take away everybody\u2019s guns. Nobody will listen to public health authorities who think being a smackhead should be a source of pride. Or be told to believe a whole range of other things that they know not to be true.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re never going to silence the nutters. But it would be good to find a way around them. 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Why, when we keep agreeing there are problems, can we not agree on any of the solutions? It doesn\u2019t matter what subject it is, the problem is always the same. 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