CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 20, 2023
PERHAPS YOU SAW THE PICTURES ON TV OF TEENAGERS RIOTING IN CHICAGO LAST WEEKEND. THEY STOMPED ON CARS, FIRED OFF GUNS AND BEHAVED AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO RESPECT FOR LAW, PROPERTY OR OTHERS.
ONE MIGHT THINK SUCH ACTIONS WOULD LEAD TO ARRESTS. NOT IN CHICAGO AND THE MAYOR-ELECT OF THAT TROUBLED CITY HAS COME TO THEIR DEFENSE.
BRANDON JOHNSON SAID WHILE HE DOESN’T CONDONE SUCH BEHAVIOR, “IT IS NOT CONSTRUCTIVE TO DEMONIZE YOUTH WHO HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN STARVED OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.”
BY SAYING THAT, JOHNSON IS IN FACT CONDONING THEIR BEHAVIOR. THESE TEENS DON’T REPRESENT ALL TEENS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. MANY ARE LAW ABIDING. IF DEMOCRATS ENDORSED SCHOOL CHOICE THEY WOULD HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET A GOOD JOB AND PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES. DESTROYING THE PROPERTY AND THREATENING THE LIVES OF OTHERS DOES NOT IMPROVE THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.
JOHNSON’S ATTITUDE IS TYPICAL OF LIBERALS. IT IS, AS FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH HAS SAID, “THE SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS.” EXPECT MORE OF THIS BEHAVIOR IF THERE ARE NO CONSEQUENCES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
