Regrettably, Schmitt’s thankfulness lasted simply a couple of paragraphs. He mentioned some random polling which he declared showed that liberals are great with political violence and conservatives aren’t. That scrap doesn’t be worthy of more mention here, much less– without any vetting or recognition– at a U.S. Senate case.
Early on in his remarks, Schmitt sounded like a U.S. Senator:
Over the previous week, leaders from throughout the political spectrum have actually come out and condemned Charlie [Kirk]’s murder and political violence more broadly. For that, we’re all really grateful. We must be grateful. There have actually been calls together to come together in the wake of Charlie’s murder and I wish to do that. Someday, I hope we can be united as a country again and move forward again as one people under one flag.
Eric Schmitt tried to present himself as an intellectual at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
He came off like a little kid trying on his father’s clothes in the mirror.
It was all swagger and no fit.
Schmitt thoughtfully entitled his remarks, “There Can Be No Unity Between Great and Evil.” Even the subject of the hearing– smarmy FBI Director Kash Patel– should have been questioning to himself about how that could perhaps be handy.
The issue wasn’t simply with the material of Schmitt’s falsehood-laden messaging. His function, after all, was to parrot Donald Trump’s guilty words dividing the country at a time of nationwide strife, as no American president ever has in the past.
However Schmitt’s speech– which you can see here or check out here– was absolutely nothing more than a faux-intellectual diatribe delivered with the gravitas of Daffy Duck doing a TED talk.
That sounded great to me. My response in this space had been that “we need to all as Americans deplore– without qualification– Kirk’s murder. It’s a moment that could bring all of us together in revulsion, across the fantastic political divide.”
As for “coming together,” it was most likely not all that helpful for the senator to gush lies like this one:
But what sets Schmitt apart is his veneer of solemnity while delivering such genuinely unserious drivel. With no self-awareness, Schmitt persists in trying to dress up the basest political tripe in a closet of make-believe intellectualism.
The George Soros empire has financed a large environment of radicals all working together– dropping off bricks at riots– to let loose a tidal wave of violent anarchists on our streets and prop it up with an army of scientists and professionals and reporters and propagandists who minimize political violence.
Nothing like dishing out propaganda to call out propaganda. It might soothe the perceptiveness of MAGA faithful, however Schmitt’s simply another politician making things up.
Behold the philosopher Eric Schmitt holding forth with large words:
What?
Upstream from the dehumanization and demonizing political violence and rhetoric tearing apart our nation, is a divide on how we see America and Americans. Are we excellent? Are we evil? Exists something naturally unique about Western civilization or is this 2,000-year project rotten to the core? And if it is something worth fighting for, which I believe it is, how do we do it?”
And who describes “Western civilization” as a “2,000-year job?” Mind you, this wasn’t a slip of the tongue: it remains in his speech text and was faithfully repeated in his live remarks.
Now, I have actually composed many clunky paragraphs in my day– and combined more than my share of metaphors– but I’m not specific how to decode Schmitt’s gibberish.
Are we excellent? Are we evil? Does dehumanization circulation upstream? Were the Dark Ages part of Western civilization? Is this the sort of work item you ‘d get if Plato impregnated Laura Loomer?
We have actually all heard our nation referred to as a grand “experiment,” however arguably not one spanning 2,000 years. With apologies to those who preserve Jesus was an American.
I’m not so sure about those questions, but I am about this one:
However do not trouble pretending to be smart about it.
Check yourself. And do not give me this both sides bullshit!
Does Eric Schmitt truly not understand the outrageous hypocrisy of viciously attacking individuals’s character and motives who disagree with him– and calling them “evil”– and then grumbling like this?
And I would mention we’ve heard years of the left– their loudest voices– calling anybody on the right an extremist MAGA Republican politician, a fascist, a Nazi, an existential risk to democracy.
Still, here’s an idea: If you really hold the worldview that in American politics, everything comes down to good versus evil– and that you’re excellent and those people who disagree with you are wicked– say it all you desire. It’s a complimentary nation.
It’s hard to counter such eloquence from such a towering intelligence.
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