Today, I ran across two items with the same underlying theme. They essentially describe the differences between the “left” and the “right.” (Note that I didn’t say between the Democrats and Republicans because while I identify as a Democrat, there are sleazy and selfish people in my party, and there are a (very) few decent people in the GOP.)
One item was in traditional media. I read it in the Dead Tree version of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The other was from “new media”, a Facebook video from Jon Favreau’s company, Crooked Media.
The Inquirer article described the effort by ICE to purchase a warehouse in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where they want to establish a concentration camp for undocumented people and other “troublemakers.” Two Republican state senators from that area are mentioned, and one is quoted as remarking,
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Remarkably (and to no surprise), that Republican lawmaker did not mention the mistreatment of the detainees, nor did he mention the issue of these camps becoming a breeding ground for infectious diseases, as has been the case at other camps. His only concern was the dollar impact, not the human impact.
Favreau’s piece (link below) similarly compares the lack of compassion shown by those in power with that of those working to make America more inclusive. He compares remarks by two men with very similar backgrounds. One is Vice President JD Vance, and the other is a California man, George Reyes, who was tortured and illegally imprisoned by ICE while he was on his way to his job.
We live in an America where those in power, primarily white, male, heterosexual Christians, have the attitude of “I’ll take mine, and FU to everyone else”, while the compassionate majority realize that in order to live in a “more perfect union” we need to look out for our brothers and sisters, our neighbors and co-workers, and everyone else around us. America will never be great if it is run by the Trumps. Bezos’s, Bessents, and Lutniks. America will be great if our essence comes from people like George Reyes. Watch the video, and I guarantee you will be impressed by Reyes’ remarks.
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