The left isn’t celebrating America anymore — what will they celebrate instead?
By: Douglas MacKinnon (The Hill)
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Happy Fourth of July!
I wonder — how many Americans will be bothered or offended by that greeting today? And how many more Independence Days will we celebrate as a country ? We have made it to 250, but it's hard to imagine another hundred. It is much easier to imagine 20 or less.
A strong argument can be made that the left — via majority control of the media, academia, entertainment, science and medicine — is slowly but surely winning the messaging war. In fact, you might say they are crushing it.
Just look at the trend of stories online citing the fact that millions of Americans have little or no interest in celebrating the 250th anniversary of our nation. Or look at the rise of so-called “democratic socialist” candidates, who look upon the country created by our Founding Fathers as something that needs to be torn down and rebuilt from the inside. Don't forget about the alarming results of a recent poll showing that more than half of Americans under age 30 said believe “democracy isn’t essential to the country’s identity. ”
It is little wonder. Many of those young Americans grew up believing, after years of being taught in school , that our Founding Fathers were White supremacists and evil slave-owners from the privileged class, whose vision, courage and sacrifice must now be reexamined, rewritten and largely swept into the dustbin of history.
But it's not just young people. In a recent Beacon Research-Shaw and Company Research-Fox News poll, Americans were split over America 250 . Fifty-one percent of registered voters said they were excited for the 250th anniversary, while 49 percent said they were not. It is a result that would have been shocking before the Trump era; now it is the accepted norm.
As this evolution in viewing the history and meaning of our nation continues, here is a logical question: What day, reason, or event will the left pick to replace the Fourth of July?
Will it be May 1, International Workers’ Day ? That is the day chosen by communist leaders and countries to honor the labor movement, the working class, and the ideological triumph of socialism. Will some on the left want to switch out the names of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin to celebrate instead Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Fidel Castro or Pol Pot?
Or will those who are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome lean toward Jan. 20, 2029, because that will be the last day of the Trump presidency?
As the Fourth of July and the history of our Founding Fathers — one I wrote about in my book, " The 56 " — continues to wither under the constant smears from the left, it is natural to wonder what those who revile the the birth of our nation and the dead white men behind it will glorify in their place? If the current trend continues, we may find out much sooner than later.
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White House and Pentagon official.
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Yes, the opinion piece is obviously intended to the controversial and divisive. The author leans heavily upon an 'us versus them' literary device that the political left employs quite often.
In many ways this opinion piece is a parody of the progressive left's style of public persuasion.
Dont let the fact that this comes from The Hill fool you. Douglas Mackinnon is as far right as they come. His opinions are next to worthless.
"The left" is waiting for trump to be put out of office, or into a jail, or meet his maker. Then people will celebrate again. You dont like trump but neither will you admit he is a plague on this nation.
This is pretty obvious stuff.
It's not like they try to hide their disdain for America. The Smithsonian, as we've seen, shouts their disdain from the rooftops.
And in response we get the typical
"anti- American bias is not happening!"
which turns into
"It's great that it's happening"
Nothing says celebrating 250 years of our existence then making anti-Trump pussy hats part of the 250th exhibit, that's for sure. Who cares about the federalist papers or anything like that when we have pussy hats?
1000 years according to trump just the other day...
"They have been speaking English in America for 1000 years."
He must mean dog years.
Could be since he looks up to things smarter than he is.
but 1690 is CRT rubish?
has English been around for a 1000 years????
Duh.
Trump has been a plague on our nation. Some of you are in 100% denial about it.
It's not that they're in denial about it, white nationalists and white supremacists just see diversity and equality as the plague, not Trump. They see Trump as the solution, the arsonist that is burning down everything they've been taught by their pappy's and pastor's to hate. Let's face it, they don't see the multi-racial multi-cultural melting pot America as "American". These rightwing conservative bigots have claimed the right to determine who is and who isn't 'American' and have decided anyone that doesn't suck up to their dollar store Fuhrer isn't 'American' anymore.
Trump is a fuck up and mentally erratic. They know that. What you describe is a trade off.
they can kiss my ass
This is the title of an article Douglas Mackinnon wrote last year
The Visionary Foolishly Underestimated for Decades is Now the Greatest President in U.S. History
Is the director of the Smithsonian's Museum of American history an activist with a ideological agenda in your view ?
Anyone who thinks Trump is the greatest president in history belongs in a strait jacket, not writing columns for The Hill.
I assume that's a yes to my question.
Not from what I have seen.
Having a point of view does not make someone an activist. Show me the exhibit, statement, or decision that proves an ideological agenda. I am not taking the White House’s label as evidence.
You know what they say about assuming.
Anyone who says Trump is the greatest President in history is in need of Lithium
Yeah but that God damned First Amendment....
I'm center left and I love America. I spent 9.5 years defending it. So stop telling me I hate America. My fingers are getting itchy...