CAL THOMAS COMENTARY NOVEMBER 3, 2022
THERE IS ALMOST ALWAYS MORE TO A STORY THAN WHAT INITIALLY APPEARS IN THE PRESS. IN THE INVASION OF THE PELOSI HOME IN SAN FRANCISCO, IT TURNS OUT THERE WERE VIDEO MONITORS WATCHING THE HOUSE, BUT THE CAPITOL POLICE IN WASHINGTON WEREN’T WATCHING THE MONITORS AT THE TIME OF THE BREAK-IN. ACCORDING TO THE WASHINGTON POST, SOMEONE RE-RAN THE TAPE AFTER THE HOME INVASION AND IT SHOWED THE ACCUSED BREAKING A GLASS DOOR WITH A HAMMER. TOO LATE.
SOMETHING ELSE. THE LEFT IS ACCUSING THE RIGHT OF INSTIGATING THIS AND OTHER VIOLENCE BY ITS STRONG LANGUAGE. WAS LANGUAGE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN? DID LANGUAGE LEAD TO THE SHOOTING UP OF CONGRESS IN THE 1950S BY PUERTO RICAN TERRORISTS? DOES LANGUAGE CAUSE DAILY SHOOTINGS IN AMERICAN CITIES?
NO, PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN ACTIONS. THIS DEPAPE GUY, WHO PLEADED NOT GUILTY AT HIS ARRAIGMENT, IS IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY; HE’S A NUDIST ACTIVIST, ON DRUGS, LIVES IN A HIPPIE SCHOOL BUS IN BERKELEY, HAS A BLACK LIVES MATTER AND PRIDE FLAG OUT FRONT. HE ISN’T NORMAL IN AN INCREASINGLY ABNORMAL CULTURE.
THIS INCIDENT – AND THE REACTION TO IT – CAN ONLY DEEPEN THE ALREADY DEEP CYNICISM MANY FEEL ABOUT OUR POLITICS AND THE MEDIA. I’M CAL THOMAS.
