Here’s a few examples: Sarah Sanders, Press Secretary to President Trump, was one of a party of eight who wanted to have a meal at a quaint restaurant in Lexington, VA. The owner, responding apparently to the demands from her staff, told Ms. Sanders that even though she already had ordered her meal, that as an employee of President Trump, she was-not-welcome-and-take-your-business-elsewhere. And, proving another difference between a conservative and a progressive, she did so, quietly and politely. The owner of the restaurant must have been especially excited with the headiness of the moment, for when Ms. Sanders’ family moved to the restaurant across the street, where they had hoped the standards weren’t as strict, the first owner followed and attempted to have service denied there as well. Now, this isn’t the sort of publicity that burnishes the image of the local Chamber of Commerce, and the owner has resigned from “Main Street Lexington.” The restaurant apparently displays, but does not understand, this quote from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.”
But wait – there’s more! NBA player/coach/executive/broadcaster Kevin McHale attended the Trump rally in Minnesota, and the progressive left sought to get him fired. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, as they were leaving a dinner at Georgetown University, were harassed by a small knot of protestors. Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Trump supporter, was heckled at a showing of a movie about “Mr. Rogers.” Guess the hecklers missed the part about “Won’t you be my neighbor? A burned carcass of an animal was left on the porch of a Homeland Security official in Washington. all these things happened in the last week.
Not only that - protestors forced shutdowns at Immigration offices in New York, Portland and Detroit last week.
And, as sure as night follows day, Trump supporters will harass progressives, and the days of “disagreeing without being disagreeable” will recede further into the misty past.
Where are the voices denouncing the misbehaviors described above?
One can take issue with someone’s political positions or policy decisions without resorting to harassment, heckling, or some other form of vilification.