{"id":47209,"date":"2020-08-15T03:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2020-08-15T03:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T00:19:00","slug":"this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#This is a revolution 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-6a2e787f1b931\" 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-6a2e787f1b931\" 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\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/#Neocon_This_Is_a_Revolution\" >Neocon: This Is a Revolution<\/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\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/#Campaign_watch_Bidens_Outsourced_Agenda\" >Campaign watch: Biden\u2019s Outsourced Agenda<\/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\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/#Culture_critic_Beware_Self-Promoting_Activists\" >Culture critic: Beware Self-Promoting Activists<\/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\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/#Ric_Grenell_Israel-UAE_Deal_a_Win_for_Trump\" >Ric Grenell: Israel-UAE Deal a Win for Trump<\/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\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_Hating_White_People_%E2%80%94_for_Babies\" >Conservative: Hating White People \u2014 for Babies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#This is a revolution and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        August 14, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 8:19pm           <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n                        Enlarge Image<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"american revolution 2020\" id=\"standard-article-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/APTOPIX_Minneapolis_Police_Death.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618&#038;h=410&#038;crop=1\" ><\/img><br \/>\n                <span>A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building amid protests on May 28 in Minneapolis after the police-custody death of George Floyd. <\/span><br \/>\n                            <span>AP\/Julio Cortez<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Neocon_This_Is_a_Revolution\"><\/span><strong>Neocon: This Is a Revolution<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Commentary\u2019s Abe Greenwald declares: \u201cThe battle for the survival of the United States of America is upon us.\u201d Leftist radicals \u201care demanding, and in some cases getting, a new and exotic country. The police are indeed being defunded. The statues are coming down. The heretics are being outed. The dissenters are being silenced. The buildings are burning, and the demands are ever growing.\u201d Yet mainstream <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> play down the violence of the movement, liberal politicians pooh-pooh or even encourage it and too many ordinary Americans can\u2019t bring themselves to see the true nature of events, whether out of fear or complacency. A revolution \u201cis the transformation of popular ideas and beliefs and, most important, of a country\u2019s national character.\u201d By that standard, what we are living through might well be akin to the French or Russian revolutions.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Campaign_watch_Bidens_Outsourced_Agenda\"><\/span><strong>Campaign watch: Biden\u2019s Outsourced Agenda<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s choice of Kamala Harris is the latest example of \u201chow he has outsourced his agenda to the radical elements of his party,\u201d snaps ex-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at The Washington Times. Harris has remarkably hard-left positions, including co-sponsoring Bernie Sanders\u2019 \u201cextreme\u201d Medicare for All plan and the Green New Deal and supporting \u201csanctuary cities and open borders.\u201d At the same time, \u201cBiden is a creature of Washington\u201d who will \u201csay and do just about anything to get elected president.\u201d Far from <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>earing \u201creasonable to swing voters,\u201d then, the Biden-Harris ticket will come off as parroting the views of the \u201cfar left.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Culture_critic_Beware_Self-Promoting_Activists\"><\/span><strong>Culture critic: Beware Self-Promoting Activists<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When a photo of a nude woman, dubbed \u201cNaked Athena,\u201d facing a \u201cphalanx\u201d of Portland cops went viral, it became a symbol of the city\u2019s Black Lives Matter protests, Justin Tosi and Brandon Warmke observe at City Journal. Yet the local NAACP head wasn\u2019t impressed and blasted \u201cpeople with their own agenda\u201d for \u201cco-opting\u201d the movement. Fact is, Naked Athena is just one of \u201cmany activists\u201d who \u201cembrace protests as a stage on which to preen.\u201d They \u201cemploy moral talk for self-promotion and status-seeking,\u201d clogging \u201cthe public square with words aimed not at helping others\u201d but provoking and turning \u201cdiscourse into a vanity project.\u201d Too bad: \u201cThe point of political action is to solve problems\u201d \u2014 not to \u201ccreate a forum for the glorification of those who participate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ric_Grenell_Israel-UAE_Deal_a_Win_for_Trump\"><\/span><strong>Ric Grenell: Israel-UAE Deal a Win for Trump<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Washington foreign-policy establishment, which has blasted the Trump administration\u2019s Middle East approach for four years, will have to put \u201cits tail between its legs once again\u201d after the US-brokered normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, former Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell snarks at The Hill. Such establishment critics, many of whom \u201chave now accepted prominent roles with the Biden campaign,\u201d care less about the \u201cconsent of regional stakeholders\u201d than about \u201cthe blessing of the European Union.\u201d The Trump administration, on the other hand, prioritizes \u201cthe US national interest\u201d and then cooperates with allies with \u201cthe most skin in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.\u201d Ignoring \u201cthe Washington foreign-policy establishment,\u201d as Trump has done, leads to \u201cnot starting new wars, bringing troops home and signing peace deals.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_Hating_White_People_%E2%80%94_for_Babies\"><\/span><strong>Conservative: Hating White People \u2014 for Babies<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you want to \u201cexplain critical race theory to your baby,\u201d announces the pseudonymous Katie Miller at The Federalist, \u201cyou\u2019re in luck\u201d: In \u201cAntiracist Baby,\u201d Ibram X. Kendi guides your child into \u201cbecoming a budding political activist.\u201d Among other things, the book depicts Black Lives Matter protests and divides babies into \u201cracist or antiracist\u201d categories. \u201cClearly, if babies aren\u2019t being active in their antiracism, they are racists.\u201d Yes, \u201cthe voting age seems like an eon away\u201d for small children, but Kendi still wants to teach them undefined \u201cantiracist policies,\u201d thereby planting \u201cseeds for upcoming generations\u201d to support reparations and similar programs. And, as Kendi wants 2-year-olds to learn his ideas, we should expect \u201c \u2018Antiracist Baby\u2019 in nursery schools and elementary schools in the upcoming years.\u201d Joy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board <\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/14\/this-is-a-revolution-and-other-commentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#This is a revolution and other commentary&#8221; August 14, 2020 | 8:19pm Enlarge Image A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building amid protests on May 28 in Minneapolis after the police-custody death of George Floyd. 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