President Biden, in his remarkably dilatory and perfunctory statement about the murder of a Trump supporter and the attempt to murder his rival, called for “Unity”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a chanting point that a lot <\/em>of Democrats took a break for claiming Republicans were “threats to democracy” to gravely intone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s talk about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back before they called online talk shows “podcasts”, I appeared on one. There was a panel of guests talking politics. There were online “phone callers”. It was sort of like a talk show, only without the radio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The host introduced a caller. He identified himself as from Detroit. He had a very African-American accent; I say this to describe the sound, not to caricature the person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said “What this country needs is unity<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually, I asked the caller “So, let’s talk about this ‘unity’. True unity has to be consensual. That means everyone is going to compromise a little bit to achieve this ‘unity’. So tell me – what Republican principles are you willing to accept to achieve the ‘unity’ you’re talking about?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Oh”, he responded. “Republicans are BUUUUUL-shit”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Democrat calls for “unity” seem about as perfunctory as someone who’s said the Lord’s Prayer so many times they’ve disconnected their brain from the act. Unity good. Disunity bad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s empty. There is no effort behind it. It has no meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As usual, Walter Hudson puts it better than most:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until they give on something<\/em>, it’s all just words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And they don’t have to give on much. Like, “all that yapping about ‘threats to democracy’ and ‘literally Hitler’ and ‘this could be our last election’ was a little overheated. We’re all on the same team. Let’s have a solid American-style election, here”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You’d be crazy to hold your breath, of course. Dennis Prager says “being a leftist means never needing to apologize”. It’ll never occur to them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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