February

Remember back in February?  Three of the top Democrats in VA were accused of being racists and rapists, remember that?  

There was much self congratulatory talk from the left, stuff like "Democrats, holding people accountable and taking credible charges seriously. Good for you. Lead the way, by example...".  

There were a lot of people patting themselves on the back about how good and moral they were and about how the DFL was going to clean house and show everyone how pure and dedicated to the higher goals of eradicating racists and rapists in public life.    I bet they felt really good, really proud of what they'd done, like they'd had a major accomplishment.    Because, you know, putting a bunch of words out on social media is a BIG DEAL, it's an indication that you've really done something important.  Not as important and significant as walking, holding a sign, and chanting (or throwing weapons), but still it's a REALLY BIG DEAL to speak out so courageously on social media.

Well, guess what?   It's now almost April, spring is here, and so are the VA 3.   The racists and rapists are still on office, the hubbub is gone, there are new targets now, and the hope is that we'll forget.   The hope is that everyone will assume that by simply talking about something on social media, that there has been substantial change made.   That people assume that posting about something equals reality.  

The fact is that the VA 3 are representative of the DFL's history.  They fit right in.   The dirty little secret is that all the folx who talked the loudest, really didn't care enough to follow through, they don't care enough to do what they said they'd do.  

The entirety of leftist outrage culture is built on them not being willing to apply the same standards to their own that they do do themselves.

There is news that Jared Kushner might have engaged in the same sort of violation of  email security as Hillary.   I'd guess HRC had access to much higher levels of classified material, but the point remains.    The left thinks that Kushner should be punished, while HRC shouldn't.    Here's the deal, until those on the left agree that anyone who violates the security policy of official, classified emails and documents should be investigated equally thoroughly and punished appropriately I can't take your attacks on Kushner as anything but partisan.   

I can't imagine living life in a constant state of double standard, but apparently lots of folx on the left are quite comfortable there.