Holy heavenly events, Batman! Monday was Easter, Passover, 4/20, WrestleMania, AND Hitler’s day. ( Truly, there was something for everyone! ) But if you were going to pick the one occasion that best explained the national feeling, obviously, it had ’ve been WrestleMania Easter.
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The resurrection of Christ is kind of a big deal. Those additional holidays may be important to diverse groups, but Easter is more important to more folks than anything else on that list.
By a large percentage, too.
If your local reporter went on TV monday and led the weekly information with, “Today, the world celebrated the wonderful reincarnation of… John Cena’s career — Woohoo, he only won his 17th Tournament world title, take It Ric Flair! ! ” you’d definitely think your newsman’s been sniffing glue. ( Again. )
The thoughts we use, the similarities we make, and the reports we choose to highlight say more about us than anyone else. You show me a man’s dog causes, and I’ll show you a man’s spirit.
It’s why political parties and social movements had been dark optimistic about the causes — and the people — whom they embrace. One of the obvious signs of a bright, competent social organization is its sensitivity.
Consider the civil rights movement: In 1955, a brave dark woman refused to go to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Ala. When the vehicle drivers ordered her to sacrifice her seat to a white woman, she stood her ground and was arrested.
It kicked off the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the pivotal moments in civil rights record.
But the brave person I’m referring to was n’t Rosa Parks. ( Nothing against Ms. Parks. She was, by all addresses, an excellent person — which was exactly why the civil rights movement trumpeted her story. )
I’m talking about Claudette Colvin. She’s still intact. And, only like Ms. Parks, she was arrested for refusing to surrender her chair in Montgomery. She refused to bow to a bigoted rules.
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And her reason was just as honorable as Ms. Parks ’.
However, Ms. Colvin was likewise young and expectant — which, again then, was a large taboo. As Rosa Parks noted, “If the light hit got rid of that information, they may include a field day. They’d visit her a poor girl, and the situation had n’t have a chance. ”
The civil rights movement was holding a cast visit for the Public Face of Jim Crow Racism, and to their credit, they weren’t interested in a La use. The piece went to Rosa Parks, no Claudette Colvin, because Rosa Parks had better skills.
In the real world, magnification problem.
It’s a teaching Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md. ) forgot when he did his martini BOGO photo-op with Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Of all the persons deported by the Trump administration, HE’S the most friendly, media-friendly solution for the Loony Left?
This is the person they want as their common experience?
ProTip: “ He’s not a fulltime gangbanger and does n’t beat his wife anymore” is n’t a compelling sales pitch for Middle America.
Unfortunately, it ’s a training Larry David rarely bothered to learn.
In an astonishingly tone-deaf “guest essay ” in today’s New York Times, the comedic mind behind “Seinfeld ” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm ” became the 500 millionth member of the left to think it ’s clever, witty, and daring to compare President Trump to Adolf Hitler.
The op-ed, entitled “Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf, ” is a short ( just six paragraphs ) “Mean Girl”-styled attack on Bill Maher.
Why?
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Because Bill Maher had supper at the White House with Donald Trump. And that ’s a gate too much:
Imagine my surprise when in the springtime of 1939 a letter arrived at my home inviting me to dinner at the Old Chancellery with the world’s most feared man, Adolf Hitler. I had been a vociferous critic of his on the television from the beginning, very much predicting everything he was going to do on the path to tyranny. No single I knew encouraged me to proceed. “ He’s Hitler. He’s a demon. ” But finally I concluded that dislike gets us nothing. I knew I could n’t alter his opinions, but we need to talk to the other side— even if it has invaded and annexed different countries and committed terrible crimes against humanity.
Two weeks later, I found myself on the top steps of the Old Chancellery and was led into an opulent lifestyle place, where a few of the Führer’s most vocal supporters had gathered: Himmler, Göring, Leni Riefenstahl and the Duke of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII. We talked about some of the wonderful art on the surfaces that had been taken from the properties of Jews. But our talk ended instantly when we heard loud feet coming down the hallway. All stiffened as Hitler entered the room.
Larry David is a professional artist. There are incidents of “Curb” and “Seinfeld” that are very interesting. What’s so upsetting about today’s concrete is the complete lack of jokes. He took a hackneyed premise — “Trump is Hitler, nyuck nyuck ” — and that ’s the extent of it.
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I guess he ran out of time to include anything amusing.
He was wearing a yellow coat with a symbol bracelet and gave me an passionate handshake that caught me off guard. Honestly, it was a warmer greeting than I usually find from my kids, and it was accompanied by a hit on my back. I found the whole thing very brutalizing. I joked that I was surprised to see him in a yellow coat because if he wore that out, it would be perceived as un-Führer-like. That amused him to no end, and I realized I’d not seen him laugh earlier. Instantly he seemed so people. These I was, prepared to meet Hitler, the one I’d seen and heard — the common Hitler. But this secret Hitler was a totally different animal. And curiously enough, this one seemed more traditional, like this was the genuine Hitler. The whole thing had my mind spinning.
Bill Maher made a similar post about President Trump’s warm, gracious behaviour and laughing. Seems a little on-the-nose for David to dwell on, but maybe he was n’t confident if his target market of protected liberals may know his place without it.
He said he was starving and led us into the dining room, where he gestured for me to stay next to him. Göring quickly grabbed a chunk of bread, whereupon Hitler turned to me, gave me an eye spin, then whispered, “Watch. He’ll get done with his full meal before you ’ve taken two bites. ” That one actually got me. Göring, with his mouth full, asked what was so interesting, and Hitler said, “ I was simply telling him about the time my puppy had constipation in the Reichstag. ” Göring remembered. How was he miss? He loved that tale, especially the part where Hitler shot the dog before it got back into the car. Then a beaming Hitler said, “ Hey, if I can kill Jews, Indians and homosexuals, I can certainly kill a dog! ” That apparently got the biggest joke of the day — and think me, there were plenty.
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Oh great. A crap joke. ( That’s the sign of a really clever comedian. )
But it was n’t only a one-way city, with the Führer dominating the discussion. He was very attentive and asked me a lot of concerns about myself. I told him I had just gone through a terrible breakup with my partner because every day I went anyplace without her, she was constantly insistent that I tell her all I talked about. I can’t remain having to remember every detail of every talk. Hitler said he could associate — he hated that, also. “ What am I, a director? ” He advised me it was best not to have any more contact with her or otherwise I’d get right back where I started and finally I’d have to go through the entire thing all over again. I said it must be simple for a tyrant to go through a divorce. He said, “You’d been surprised. There are still thoughts. ” Hmm… there are still emotions. That really resonated with me. We’re no that diverse, after all. I thought that if only the world could see this part of him, individuals may have a totally different view.
Two hours later, the meal was over, and the Führer escorted me to the entrance. “ I am so happy to include met you. I hope I’m not more the dragon you thought I was. ”“ I may say, mein Führer, I’m but thankful I came. Although we disagree on some problems, it does n’t suggest that we have to hate each other. ” And with that, I gave him a Nazi respect and walked out into the evening.
It’s been 27 years since the final episode of “Seinfeld, ” and Larry David still has n’t learned how to write a decent ending. Quite unsatisfactory.
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Humor is a harsh, Machiavellian equalizer. An honestly funny joke is obvious; when it land on a lawmaker, you know it.
And when it does n’t area, the opposite is true: It comes across as sweet, shudder, and sad.
Even he’s jealous that his home burned over in the Los Angeles fire. Sometimes he feels criminal for making Steve Bannon very rich. It could be a lot of things.
But alas, none of ‘em are interesting.
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