The distemper of Social Justice-Critical Theory

From I Hang My Head In Despair for My Profession by Mark Tappscott.

So I’m reading along in Roll Call reporter Jennifer Shutt’s story today on House passage of four spending bills that have little or no chance of passage in the Senate. It’s all the usual legislative blah-blah about billions in this bill, more billions in that one, amendments accepted, amendments defeated, growing concerns, etc. etc.

Then I read the last sentence: “There’s also broad frustration about the Trump administration’s decision to send federal officers, dressed in military-style uniforms, to Portland and Chicago to confront mostly peaceful protestors.” (Emphasis added).

How does such a falsehood make it into a news report presented as a credible, factual account of events on Capitol Hill?

Indeed. This is almost industrial scale lying. Videos of mobs and riots and property destruction are everywhere. In particular cities such as Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, and Baltimore, the whole nation sees blocks burned out. In other cities such as Atlanta, de-policing has led to 50-100% increases in violence.

Mostly peaceful is such a diaphanous gesture of duplicity. It's as if they aren't even trying to report reality anymore.

It is especially galling when the "mostly peaceful" lies are back-to-back which articles such as Federal agents likely permanently blinded by Portland protesters’ lasers, White House says by Joshua Rhett Miller. Hopefully the blindings turn out to be temporary, but that is horrific. Three Federal officers blinded by a rioting mob.

The sooner we recover from this nightmare of violent Social Justice/Critical Theory distemper, the better. The casual evil being rendered by such as Jennifer Shutt is unacceptable.