Sticks and Stones

White supremacists, xenophobes, Islamophobes, anti-Semites, sexists, Nazis, KKKers, racists, even Putin's cock holster -- these are some of the brickbats that the left loves to throw around "like candy" to keep conservatives off balance. And, all too frequently, they work to stifle many voices of those who actually fit none of these slurs. That old saying that "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me" may work in the playground ... but not on the political stage. These "names" have been effective at silencing the right.

Whose fault is it that these epithets do take hold? Obviously, if they didn't work, they wouldn't be in wide use.Well, not the accused ... since very few actually meet these descriptors. But Trump did get this game going with his often-clever nicknames for his opponents, both Republican and Democrat. Now, in retaliation, the left and the media have found a few unfortunate molehills (like those few dopes in Charlottesville) that they can now turn into these Everest smears ... the starting list given above.

Moreover, of late, the left has apparently  decided that slanders are not sufficiently vindictive, So its ANTIFA, Black Lives Matter and other Trump-resistance sects have resorted to those old reliables ... sticks and stones.

Sticks and Stones

Recently I have been using diminutives to describe President Obama …“puerile,”  “child President” and “toddler President.” This was mostly because of his infantile way of dealing with our many exploding world crises.  But recently our “leader of the free world” has been validating these appellatives by using language more fitting for kindergarten recess taunts. Yesterday he called Senator Paul Ryan’s proposed budget a “stinkburger” to the cheers of the assembled academia … see: Washington Post Story.

I guess that such a mocking tone has become popular with American slope-heads because of “The Daily Show” and Jon Stewart’s emotive imitation of a news anchorman.  Now President Obama, not to be outdone by this comedian, is also emulating such a hammish form of expression. I suppose that this is the way he best communicates with the base of the Democrat party … but it is unlikely that this elevates his stature among anyone who uses a napkin and eats with a fork.

I cringe when I hear the resident of our White House debase himself with such childish and boorish expressions. What is next? Is he going to call Rand Paul a “poo-poo head?”

Afterward: Jonah Goldberg has a similar take on this same talk by President Obama at the University of Michigan ... calling it a stand-up routine ... see: New York Post Op Ed. The word that comes to mind for me to describe this presidential schtick is "snide." And ruminating on this description reminds me of many other similar modern-day comedians: David Letterman, Bill Maher, Jerry Seinfeld, Jon Stewart (already mentioned), and now the suggested replacement for Letterman, Chelsea Handler (see: The Wrap Story) ... some crueler than others. I conclude that Obama may have discovered a new career for himself once he leaves the White House ...