Cancel Culture. Two words that are at the heart of many conservative talking points. The idea that if one does not acquiesce to leftist dictates on the meaning of gender, on the MeToo movement, on police brutality, or on a host of other issues that they should be run out of not just polite society, but also their livelihood.
Residents in the Country Club neighborhood of Denver at Marion Street and 1st St. were greeted with a rude awakening on the morning of Jan. 23 when they discovered their block had been targeted overnight with a flyer drop by the so-called “Goyim Defense League” — a neo-Nazi organization who has been waging a disinformation war across the country for several months. A night later, similar flyers were reportedly distributed in Miami Beach and Surfside neighborhoods in Florida and along Union Street, Pacific Avenue and Divisadero Street in San Francisco.
Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, there’s been a disturbing caveat to the casualty reports. Many of the dead, the reports say, had “comorbidities” — other conditions that left them especially vulnerable to the virus.
Colleyville is a tiny Texas town between Dallas and Ft. Worth, with a population of 26,462. There are at least 20 churches there. There is only one synagogue in Colleyville — Reform congregation Beth-Israel. And there is only one Mosque — the Islamic Association of Colleyville.
Politicians are no strangers to making campaign promises. Delivering on those promises? Well, that’s often another story.
So my wife asked me this week about how I feel about Trump. And that triggered a conversation about why Trump continues to appeal to many.
