Civil Candor

political cynicism for turbulent times

Boycott Coffee Shops to Promote Exclusion and Division

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A boycott of our most recognized chain of coffee shops creates division based on an agitator’s dream of a racially intolerant, divided country. In the extremely unlikely event that shunning Starbucks succeeds and hits the company’s bottom line it will hurt the very same people activists seek to defend when they protest economic injustice. That’s why promoting a coffee shop boycott is so fundamentally wrong. It’s a strategy that’s not meant to fix a problem, but to encourage much larger divisions in our society.

Intelligent Life on Other Planets Should Stop Us

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There is no way to rationalize or justify the stupid, violent things that mankind does. Years of condemning weapons of mass destruction culminated in another gas attack in Syria that the UN Security Council can’t agree to condemn and is powerless to prevent again. Russia sent a bleak message with the test-firing of a new Satan 2 missile on the eve of an escalating war of threats between the two most dangerous superpowers on Earth. We haven’t destroyed our Earth yet, but that won’t stop us from looking for other worlds to wage war on. The push to militarize the galaxies has already started. Intelligent life on other planets should stop us the moment we show up on their doorstep.

Democrats Betrayed Immigrants and Demand We Count Them

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Democrats betrayed immigrants and left them out in the cold after promising a fight to the death for Dreamers. When push comes to shove, spending always comes first for this party and the Democratic yea votes on the omnibus spending bill helped the GOP push this bloated monstrosity through the House and Senate. With that over, it’s time for immigrants to be important again and the Census is the best excuse the party can find to create real Americans from non-citizens.

Clueless About Politics or Naïve About What Drives Policy?

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The Internet isn’t our friend. Prescription drugs kill. Gun control is a non-starter on Capitol Hill. These three truisms contradict everything we hear in the media and from lawmakers desperately seeking a bipartisan win. Don’t expect any of the hype to go anywhere. These are issues meant for press releases and Americans who are clueless about politics, not legislation no one will be able to agree on.

You Don’t Matter, So Give Up On Voting in Illinois

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On Tuesday Illinois decided to pit two rich white guys against each other for governor. Their values are confusing. Democrat Pritzker embodies many of the things liberals bitterly resent, but they still made an exception for this member of the 1%. Bruce Rauner’s efforts to get along with an unyielding opposition in Springfield have alienated conservatives. If you really believe in the values your party tells you to hold dear, then how can you support either candidate? Fortunately, this isn’t a problem because you don’t matter and neither does voting in this state.