He writes frankly about discovering the America that he and his have spent their careers despising; and his friends in the GreatLiberalEchoChamber are stunned that the rest of us despise them back.
A couple of pithy quotes--
I spent many Sundays in evangelical churches and hung out with 15,000 evangelical youth at the Urbana conference. I wasn’t sure what to expect among thousands of college-age evangelicals, but I certainly didn’t expect the intense discussion of racial equity and refugee issues — how to help them, not how to keep them out — but that is what I got.
Hmmm...
At one point during my research, I discovered a video of a would-be robber entering a Houston smoke shop, his purpose conveyed by the pistol that he leveled at the store clerk. But the robber was not the only armed person in the store. The security cameras show Raleigh, the store clerk, walking out from behind the counter, calmly raising his own gun and firing an accurate stream of bullets at the hapless robber. The wounded robber stumbles out, falls over the curb and eventually ends up under arrest.
It is not just the defensive gun use that makes the video remarkable — it is Raleigh himself who evidences such a nonchalance that he never bothers to put down the cigarette that he is smoking. At the end, Raleigh, having protected his store, enthuses “Castle Doctrine, baby” — citing a law that allows a person to use force to defend a legally occupied place.
It is an amazing story, though far from unique, but you simply won’t find many like it in mainstream media (I found it on Reddit).
Well, yes. The media ignore defensive gun use, because it doesn't fit The Narrative--you know, The Narrative: All white Protestants keep sheets in their closets for the Saturday night rallies, they own guns and their knuckles drag the ground, anything they think or might say isn't worth noting....
Except, they can't account for The Cajun Navy loading up their boats onto their trailers, hitching them to their pickups full of chain saws and emergency gear and heading to Texas to rescue strangers trapped by the hurricane. They didn't need direction from duh gubbermint--they saw needs and met them. And, yes, most of them were packing; and no, they didn't shoot anyone. How could that be?
OS is looking forward to reading Mr. Stern's book, Republican Like Me and predicts that Mr. Stern will become an Official Non-Person amongst the Swamp-Dwellers.
He should consider it a badge of honor.
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