Liberal Media’s Male-pattern Baldness Jokes Latest Example of Double Standard
Sam Bocetta
We’re already approaching March and it’s been nearly a month since it was revealed that President Trump takes Propecia for male-pattern baldness. But like an elephant, late night TV hosts can’t seem to forget. Tune in to CBS at 11:30 PM EST and you’ll still see Jon Stewart’s rent boy Stephen Colbert mocking the notorious oops shot of the back of the president’s head as he boarded Air Force One.
These so-called comedians aren’t the only ones who continue to carry on about it either. Failing news outlets like Metro News have even gone to the trouble of contacting plastic surgeons to get their “expert” opinions on the Commander-in-Chief’s scalp.
In a day and age in which we’re facing constant threats of cyberattacks by US-based hackers and hostile foreign entities, it’s more than a little disconcerting that a bald spot would make headlines. But what else can we expect from a press that has traded the journalistic integrity of yesteryear for the instant circulation-boosting sensationalism of today?
Think back to the early-Aughts when the country was still reeling from the tragic events of 9/11. We were in the depths of a devastating war in Afghanistan, but you’d never know it by looking at the front pages of newspapers like the NY Post and Daily News. For them, Britney Spears walking barefoot through New York City was pressing news.
Nothing much has changed since then save for the fact that the mainstream media has only gotten meaner and more desperate in their yellow journalism. And there is no better (or worse) example than their smear campaign against the leader of the free world.
To hear the liberals talk about it, you’d think the president was an internet troll attacking starving amputees on social media. They’ve called him out for expressing a personal opinion (Calling Don Lemon the “dumbest man on television”). They’ve labeled him a bully for allegedly making fun of a reporter with a disability when there was no way POTUS could have known about said reporter’s congenital joint disorder.
Now that we’re a year into Trump’s presidency, one would think that some of the bile would have simmered down, but the verbal digs continue unabated. Stephen Colbert has introduced a new animated sitcom sending up our “cartoon president” and SNL has revived their long-failing sketch comedy show by putting washed-up actor Alec Baldwin on retainer as their resident Trump caricature.
Lamestream publications continue to run pieces about the president being a racist bully, all the while cracking jokes about his hair, his hand size, the color of his skin, the way he dresses, the way he shakes hands, the way he forms words, the way he holds a glass of water, the way he breathes and the way he carries himself physically.
One can be excused if this feels a bit like being back in high school because these antics are exactly like the ones you would expect from playground bullies. The liberals seem to think that they’re the cool kids and the president is some punk who’s undeserving of their respect.
The question is, why? Democrats constantly claim to care about the underclass. They run on platforms of tax cuts for the middle class, they hang out with minorities to curry favor among the impoverished, they pledge to raise the minimum wage and they call for an end to grade school bullying.
If they bothered to pay attention to the current administration’s first-year accomplishments, they would find that it is oddly aligned with their supposed agenda. After all, under Trump black unemployment is the lowest it’s been in 17 years, public support for tax reform is climbing, 18 states have raised the minimum wage and FLOTUS has spearheaded efforts to stop cyberbullying.
More African-Americans are likely to receive a credit score in the coming years than ever before, and the Hispanic unemployment rate has also reached an all-time low.
Perhaps it is the president’s achievements in these areas that put the Dems in such a state of unbridled upheaval. After all, the Democratic Party has been talking about these issues for years, but by and large, they’ve always remained campaign pledges and little else. It would seem that President Trump’s follow-through poses a threat to the lazy liberal elite who would rather coast on rhetoric than get the job done.
This is true of other achievements as well; back in 2015, then-President Barack Obama called for better cybersecurity in his State of the Union, but little was done thereafter. By comparison, Trump has given our military a serious shot in the arm when it comes to cybersecurity development.
Under his $700 billion defense policy bill, cybersecurity strategy, blockchain study and homeland security cyber units will be top priorities.
The tech-savvy president has already demonstrated the value of VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) and similar cyber solutions, but this legislation illustrates just how dedicated the Commander-in-Chief is to the country’s future. There are a number of potential blockchain use cases, many of which could benefit the American military.
Clearly, the president is cooler than the cool kids think he is and his opponents are far less tolerant than they pretend to be. Their consistent lambasting of the country’s leader runs counter to their cries of trigger warnings and micro-aggressions. It would appear that they’re only sensitive when it comes to their own feelings.
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