Politics
Headlines and Factlines 7/2/17
Here are a few of this week’s actual headlines along with our factlines.
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Any Excuse to Protest
To protest or not to protest, that is the question … that’s not often asked by liberals. We presume it’s because they really don’t need an actual reason to be disruptive. Any event will do.
Compare a recent conservative disruption to two recent liberal disruptions.
At a Shakespeare in the Park performance, where the President of the United States is assassinated nightly in effigy, two vocal conservatives expressed their disapproval loudly. They’re likely just taking a cue from the theater company’s web site that says “the clash of opposing views leads to truth.”
Video here.
Compare that to an event where outrage was expressed at the, gasp, saying of a prayer. And another example where merely saying the Pledge of Allegiance gets the same reaction as nails on a chalkboard, drowning a box of kittens or not appropriately genuflecting at the mention of Al Gore’s name.
Video’s here.
If these are the types of activities that set off liberals, we need all the hope we can get that they don’t go rabid-raccoon-under-their-car-seat crazy over:
- Traffic
- Peaceful marches
- Red baseball caps
- Congressional baseball practice
- Police
- Capitalism
- Disposable diapers
- Capitalism
Oh… wait… never mind.
Fearless Girl takes her icy stare on the road
Fearless Girl has gotten a little cocky since she stood up to the Wall Street bull, that symbol of financial optimism and prosperity. So brash in fact that she’s graduated from turning this bull into a steer and now takes her intimidation on the road. Her search for other icons that she can threaten with her icy stare and bravado is taking her on a world-wide excursion. We’ve captured the best moments in this photo essay as FG traveled the globe.
Confederacy of Drones 