.jarvisdeberry: Why saying 'Let's Go Brandon' to the president was depressingly cynical
But meanness of spirit has become all too common in our country, and it is often accompanied by the needless invocation of politics. The worst example is probably, during which he criticized the media and former President Barack Obama and bragged about the states he’d flipped from blue to red. Instead of categorically rejecting such boorishness, we’re heading into 2022 with far too many people having normalized such bad manners.
Schmeck, who’s been rightfully criticized for his unprovoked insult, wants us to believe that A. he meant “no disrespect” to Biden; B. he is frustrated with the president’s policies; C. he knows what “Let’s go, Brandon” means but didn’t mean it that way; and D. he isn’t “simple-minded.
But let’s make it clear for those people who, unlike Schmeck, really are simple-minded: The argument isn’t that he didn’t have the right to insult the president, only that he was churlish and childish to do so.
But a modern-day “A Christmas Carol” might ask us to think of Christmastime as a moment in which we’re at least courteous to those with whom we disagree and that we not consider anybody who sincerely wishes us “Merry Christmas” — no matter their politics — unworthy of a sincere “Merry Christmas” in return.
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