Liberals held nationwide “No Kings” protests on Saturday, and it should be no surprise that many Alaskans in Homer joined in. It wasn’t the street protest that was remarkable, but the town hall afterwards that revealed quite a bit about the views of the political left in our community. They intended the meeting to be an open dialogue to unite us. Instead, all they accomplished was attacking conservatives and showing their misunderstanding of President Trump’s election.
The town hall was held in a small meeting room at the local college campus with a crowd of people holding a mostly left-of-center worldview. There were a few brave conservatives in attendance, but their voices were drowned out by what was literally a liberal echo chamber. The way the event was conducted and the way they covered the subject matter showed the partisan nature of the meeting.
The discussion panel was supposed to represent both sides in the political discussion, but the organizers obviously do not understand the concept of balance. The discussion panel was made up of three prominent local liberals and was moderated by one of the left-of-center city council members. If the organizers had been truly seeking an honest community conversation, they could have asked a local conservative to participate in the panel discussion. In fact, District 6 Representative Sarah Vance was in the audience. She would have been the perfect counterpoint to the liberals on the panel but by excluding her, it demonstrated the partisan nature of the town hall.
The gist of the meeting amounted to Democrats asking loaded questions that were accusatory toward conservatives and Christians. They were asked in a way that presented Christian conservatives in the worst possible light.
They must have forgotten that conservatives held their own “No Kings” protest; only we held it last November 5th at the ballot box. We elected President Trump to do exactly what he is doing.
One example was a discussion of government censorship. In a Homer News article published after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a local journalist used some derogatory comments to describe Mr. Kirk. These comments were pointed out to the paper’s publisher who corrected the article. A good part of the meeting was spent with questions accusing conservatives of supporting censorship.
In response, one of the conservative audience members pointed out that the journalist was free to write anything she wanted on the opinion page of the paper, but the news should be presented free of liberal bias – especially when it comes to a deceased individual. In response, one liberal audience member replied angrily that it was okay for the reporter to describe Charlie Kirk as a racist because he was a racist! Another angry liberal compared the minor edit to Ms. Pleznac’s article to Nazi book burning, which is an extremely unrealistic analogy. Both of these overreactions from angry left-wing ideologues illustrates the confrontational mindset of the majority in the crowd.
Another example of the bias in the questions was the discussion of home-schooling vouchers. One panel member made the point that home school vouchers steal money from public schools, and that public schools pass on a common body of knowledge that makes us all the same. She said that this common bond is lost when parents homeschool their children, leading to a fractured society. To conservatives, that last point is a feature, not a flaw of homeschooling.
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Home school parents, of which I am one, don’t want our children to be propagandized by the liberal public education system. I have taught my kids to think for themselves, and am happy with the results of my daughter’s home school education. Saying that students who choose alternative forms of education steal from the public schools, demonstrates the sense of entitlement that public school supporters have. The money should benefit the kids, not the teachers union. Perhaps if they did their job better, parents wouldn’t be so quick to remove their children from their care in the first place.
I could give other examples of topics discussed, but you get the gist. If this town hall was intended to bring the community together, it failed. It was nothing more than a liberal echo chamber intent on vilifying conservatives.
They must have forgotten that conservatives held their own “No Kings” protest; only we held it last November 5th at the ballot box. We elected President Trump to do exactly what he is doing. We voted for a man who would bring peace to the Middle East, end wokeism in the public schools, end boys playing in girls’ sports, and stop using our tax dollars to buy arms for Ukraine or medical care for illegals. We like what the president is doing on these issues and see no need to have a conversation with liberals who want to call him a tyrant or berate us for supporting him.
The left needs to realize that conservatives are not seeking consensus with them. Conservatives do not wish to talk over their issues and seek alignment. We do not care about the left’s “No Kings” temper tantrum on Saturday, or want to hear their opinions about President Trump, Christians, or Representative Sarah Vance. The Frustrated old hippies and angry Karens are not in control anymore. There is conservative president in the White House. We voted for him, and like what he is doing. Deal with it.
The views expressed here are those of Greg Sarber. Read more Sarber posts at his Seward’s Folly substack.
27 Comments
Well said.
The godless left are actually the ones stealing education money, so they can spend our taxpayer funds on themselves and the indoctrination of children. We need universal vouchers – and the money to fund them SHOULD come from funds currently used for public schools. It’s our money, not there’s.
…..the delusion is strong in this one.
Well said!
Well said, Rod Smith!
The left is incoherent, increasingly irrelevant, and increasingly violent. I love the way you ended this article. We are here to obtain and wield power- as the left did for decades. It is game on. Seems like you are losing and not handling it well lefties. Cry harder.
Micah, you seem like a violent type. Not much crying at those “No Kings” rallies.
You seem like Godless marxist perdition riddled with delusion, while writing from your mom’s basement in your furry costume as you have disordered desires about children. You are alone, unloved and weak.
here I. am
you seem like the delusional leftist type
Micah, haha. Everyone who disagrees with you is denigrated. That’s mature.
If you think liberals are being paid to march, why not pretend you’re a liberal, sign up, get paid, and expose the whole thing? I’ll wait.
Nice idea. Maybe the FBI should have CHS do that?
Rod, under what violation?
If you think liberals are being paid to participate in these demonstrations, why not pretend you’re a liberal, sign up, get paid, and expose the whole thing? I’ll wait.
You forgot to mention that the “left of center” moderator quickly shut down the audience member who shouted about Charlie Kirk, on the grounds that the ground rules requiring respect and civility were being violated. Those ground rules were otherwise observed. Rep. Vance was greeted warmly by the organizers and by many others in attendance; a seat in the crowded room was quickly found for her and her husband in the crowded auditorium, and she was offered many opportunities to comment and respond.
Greg says in his article, “The left needs to realize that conservatives are not seeking consensus with them. Conservatives do not wish to talk over their issues and seek alignment. We do not care about the left’s “No Kings” temper tantrum on Saturday, or want to hear their opinions about President Trump, Christians, or Representative Sarah Vance. ” He then goes on to say that the left doesn’t want to listen to conservatives. Which is it?
Exactly. Guy is contradictory af.
Definitely the latter.
“He then goes on to say that the left doesn’t want to listen to conservatives…”
The left has been known to kill those who are conservative, or cheer their killers on rather than listen, you haven’t noticed?
Hi Jason. You forgot to mention that you were that moderator.
Does that then silence his comment? Greg, is his comment true or not?
HIA please direct me to the left/liberal Alaska news website on which I am allowed to openly comment as a Conservative. Yeah, no go ahead. I’ll wait…….
Individuals wishing to evaluate your statements are free to watch the recording of the event and make up their own minds about alleged bias. Sara Vance
was repeatedly asked to have a role in this panel and failed to even decline the invitation. (I was on the steering committee, so I will not leave a lie or a false assertion go unaddressed.) Also, a side by side reading of the original and the edited versions of the Homer News article, employing critical thinking skills will reveal the deficiencies in your analysis regarding facts and the difference between reporting and opining.
Confusing being disingenuous and righteous with being accurate serves to attempt intimidation. That will not work.
Okay Liberals I agree we have no King. Please address the gentle man as Mr. President Donald Trump, and drop the Nazi and Fascist name calling.
They like the vitriol and incitement. It is all they have left, as their marxist dreams are crashing and burning on the shore of reality. A pox on all of them.
much appreciate your article Greg.
is refreshing to read something written by someone with some sense in this ever growing sea of Liberal sheep repeating nonsense and fallacies they hear on mainstream media or public radio.
Keep up the good work my friend.
President Trump won the popular vote, electoral college and a super majority of counties in almost all states! So the “ no kings” protestors are misguided angry leftists, mostly democrats but many RINO folks included. I’ve had to suffer leftist foolish governance most of my life. Now we’re making America great again, not just for some, but even for the leftists! Ironic?
Let’s face the simple fact that if stupidity was a crime, our nations jails would be filled with “NoKings” protestors; they’d have cells right next to the people who thought they were born the wrong sex.