If this is a repeat post, I apologize. I checked all the recent link entries and the most recent "Free Swim" and didn't see it.

In any case, The New Republic dropped out of a presidential climate change summit after publishing an opinion piece by Dale Peck called "My Mayor Pete Problem."

As the name would suggest, it's a critical article of Pete Buttigieg, whom Peck derisively refers to as "Mary Pete," which, he explains, is the gay equivalent of an "Uncle Tom."

I don't think Mayor Pete quite deserves that. But then again, neither does the Uncle Tom of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, nor the former slave upon whom Uncle Tom was based.

In any case, The New Republic posted the article, and the backlash was so swift and damning that they pulled it down hours later.

It seems that people are looking for the next Barbeque Becky, Murica Max, Permit Patty, ID Adam, or Pool Patrol Paula.

However, this latest candidate seems inadequate. Christopher Cukor spotted Wesly Michel entering his apartment building, bypassing security measures by catching the door as it closed rather than using the callbox and asked to be let in.

When the man refused to use the callbox and leave the building, Cukor called the police.

Sorry, as much as the hypersensitive SJWs would like to make an issue out of this, there is nothing wrong with expecting someone to comply with security protocol rather than bypass it.

Even rabid racist Don Lemon agreed that he would not allow someone to enter his apartment building bypassing the security system.

The hypersensitive drama-queen in this case is Michel, who called Cukor's calling the police a "death threat."

Patrick, thanks for the explanation on the Buttigieg thing. Not knowing who Dale Peck is, and not having had a chance to read the article before TNR took it down, I couldn't figure out what the uproar was about.

Cousin Dave, I found the article on an archive site. What did you think of it? Dale Peck, by the way, is a marginally successful novelist. And I get the impression that his novels won't be flying off the shelf.

I read the article, and while he makes some valid points about Buttigieg's background that he is, perhaps, out of touch with the communities that he's expected to support, I found it unnecessarily mean-spirited. Having a privileged upbringing that most people cannot relate to does not make you an Uncle Tom.

The story of his encounter with Gar, which actually took up the bulk of the article, didn't come across to me as something unnecessarily cruel. Even though, for some reason, he thinks he said a shitty thing. Not particularly so.

He claims this experience of his was memorable in that he spontaneously said something cruel to someone. I think the actual reason is that Peck is gratified that someone was so fascinated with him that he had to rebuff their interest in harsh terms.

Gar was not taking the hint, so it became necessary to send the message with a sledgehammer. And he told Gar up front that he wasn't interested. As far as I'm concerned, once someone tells you they're not interested, you're not responsible for sparing their feelings if they persist.

But least anyone think that the entire gay community is made up of social misfits, as Peck himself points out, a closeted adolescence will cause an independent adult gay male to finally let loose on a grand scale.

Europe.

Europe.

Liked the reactions from the crowd.

Kevin Drum in Mother Jones has a question.

https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/07/are-democrats-now-the-party-of-open-borders/

Whaddya mean "now"??

The Mayor Pete article was interesting Patrick. I'm pretty sure it isn't a repeat. I'll admit I didn't read it in depth. My main takeaway was that Buttigieg is too right wing for Dale Peck. Essentially he is from 'our people' but isn't falling into line with everything Peck expects from a far left person. It is interesting to see that hit the gay community like it hit the black community for so many years.

By now me means are Democrats finally willing to openly admit they are the party of open borders. Instead of this say one thing and do another bit that's been going on for decades.

Is that a minigun, or are you happy to see me?

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/07/the-week-in-pictures-head-exploding-edition.php

Ye have sown the wind, ye shall reap the whirl wind.

University of California-Santa Barbara doctoral students, alumni and “allies” are demanding the administration take action against Laura Tanner, an outspoken critic of transgender ideology and doctoral candidate in its Department of Feminist Studies.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-investigates-feminist-grad-student-for-saying-men-cant-become-women/

In light of this tweet and her shots at a gay bar in Iowa campaign event, I'm starting to wonder if Kristen Gillibrand has a drinking problem.

Seems that the Puerto Rican citizenry has found out that Trump was right about their government.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/336159/

I'm starting to wonder if Kristen Gillibrand has a drinking problem.

That's sexist.

(am I doing it right?)

"What did you think of it?"

My first impression: you need a machete to cut through the self-pitying juvenile narcissism. My second impression: although the story about Gar might have been interesting in another context (haven't we all had the experience of how to deal with an earnestly annoying person who can't take a hint?), in this context it just takes up room on the page. I don't see what it has to do with Buttigieg.

My third impression, and bear with me for a minute: Peck's view of homosexuality is essentially tribal. That's not unexpected for a gay person who came of age in the 1990s or earlier, and I get the point of growing up always feeling like you're under siege. But it's 2019. Gays have won just about every legal and moral victory there is to be won. The siege mentality is no longer beneficial; it's now dysfunctional. Eventually you have to come out of the foxhole and start living life.

Peck seems to be experiencing the shock of meeting someone who should be of his tribe, by his own definition, but isn't. Peck has suddenly been hit in the face with what the word "diversity" means. It's pretty clear that he won't be voting for Buttigieg. Nothing wrong with that. Being gay does not define everything a person believes. Would Peck prefer to vote for someone whose views are more in line with his, even if that person is a straight? He seems to be leaning towards that reluctantly, but he doesn't realize that doing so would actually, in a way, constitute social progress.

"By now me means ..."

I don't drink coffee in the morning. Maybe I should start.

Turns out Millennials want what previous generations have wanted, a house of their own and some living space.

"Ironically, the drive against single-family housing is occurring even as millennials, many entering their thirties, are demonstrating a preference for lower-density living. Since 2010, 80 percent of millennial population growth has been in the suburbs. Some of this is simply demographics: most people with young children, or contemplating the prospect of having children, prefer single-family houses. Nearly three-quarters of millennials want single-family detached houses, according to a 2019 report on homebuyer preferences by the National Association of Homebuilders. A 2018 Apartment List survey found that 80 percent of millennials aspire to homeownership." [emphases mine]

I wonder if and how that will affect their voting patterns in the 2020 election.

And what does middle class single-family detached housing offer to society?

"A strong land-owning middle order has been essential in democracies going back to ancient Athens and the Roman and Dutch republics, to say nothing of the United States. It was essential to the thinking of the Founding Fathers and writers such as Alexis de Tocqueville. Today, often through deliberate policy, we are undermining this critical property-owning middle class—and impeding not only the economic future and family prospects of a young generation but also the wellsprings of liberal democracy. If the trend persists, America will become increasingly feudal in its economic and social form." [emphasis mine]

Sounds like Millennials are getting tired of being serfs to the Leftist World Order.

But WE can make it work right THIS time. /sarc

The Totally, Utterly Irrefutable Case Against Socialism

Meanwhile, at the Trump State Dept:

'I Tell My Story, Because It's the Best Weapon I Have'

More child abuse:

California Public Schools Promote Polyamory for Preteens

A damned fine idea:

Communism is making a comeback; so should Captive Nations week

This factoid is fascinating.