SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2015
Just Say No To Talking Points
Harvard University distributed these place mats in the dining halls to provide a framework for indoctrinated students to engage in conversations with peers and family members as they returned home for the winter break.
They eventually had to apologize for them, but this notion of Progressives offering “talking points” to fellow travelers to use at family get-togethers has apparently become A Thing.
Debra from Anderson remembers in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, there was a whole gaggle of tips about how to disarm your relative who likes Donald Trump or who generally takes a view on the world somewhere to the right of yours. Dumbed-down Dems were urged to take cheat sheets to the dinner table, or write the information on their sweaty little palms, or whatever. Talking heads cheerfully joined the party, behaving as though sharing DemocRAT talking points was a long-held holiday tradition, like calling the Butterball hot line.
Up to this year, most libs portrayed the typical American Thanksgiving as a dicey occasion, universally (except in their homes) marked with at least one drunk relative and a brawl, giving us rubes helpful hints on how to get through Thanksgiving alive or at least not incarcerated. But just as the Obama urged engaged couples to ask for donations to his campaign in lieu of gifts, we are now urged to spend holidays gushing over liberal policy. “Never let a good celebration go to waste” is the new directive.
So now, with Christmas less than a week away, the Harvard placemat is the first volley in the barrage of helpful talking points on how to turn Christmas dinner into a political debate.
Because, for them, it couldn’t possibly be true that the overwhelming majority of them are on our best behavior on these occasions. That we are more inclined to be genuinely happy to spend time with loved ones whom we may not see much throughout the year than we are to bemoan race relations. That we are more interested in how much the kids have grown since we last saw them, than why Hillary would be an awesome president. That we admire our hosts’ Christmas decorations more than Bernie Sanders’ wealth redistribution. That we will speak of our fond memories of Christmas with loved ones no longer with us and not enumerate the failures of George Bush.
So if you spend Christmas bemoaning how much is left to do to achieve social justice, have at it. If you spend Christmas making fun of your fellow countrymen for taking such joy in the pleasure of each others’ company, go right ahead. The rest of us will be over here, celebrating for all we’re worth, singing carols, saying grace, going to church…not thinking of you at all.
Merry CHRISTmas!
