…the arrogant Soviet sub commander fires a torpedo at Red October, thinking he’s got her, but then the wily Red October captain outmaneuvers him, ultimately sending the torpedo back upon the sub, sinking the very one that fired it, just a moment after the arrogant captain realizes what he’s done.
I think of this scene as an allegory for what the deranged and corrupt left has unleashed on this country, especially in the Trump years, as they destroyed norm after norm after norm in their unhinged quest to sink the Orange Boogeyman, whether it be allowing open rioting and crime, fake impeachments, corrupt prosecutions of political opponents, blatant and knowing lawlessness around student loan forgiveness, COVID mandates, election-rigging, open borders, etc.
Like the sub captain, they’ve done so with the arrogance of someone who believes these abuses will never come back to haunt them. And, in fairness, they’ve had reason to believe just that, given the pathetic state of the Republican Party in many places, which is simply unwilling to play by the same rules as the left.
Still, some of these torpedoes have circled back to threaten the blue subs that launched them. Defunding the police has brought rampant crime to blue cities. Open borders has brought illegals creating crises in blue cities. Fake impeachments have brought an impeachment investigation of a Dem president. Censorship and endless lies from government officials have eroded whatever confidence there once was in our public institutions, which collectively are a lynchpin of leftist power. Pointless, but persistent, refusal to accept the election results of 2000, 2004 and 2016 catalyzed the fallout from 2020 and lit a match on January 6.
Government interference in media — which was rampant during COVID, the Trump-Russia Collusion fraud, the Biden laptop censorship, the Fox News litigation, censoring President Trump on social media, censoring discussion of 2020 election corruption, countless felonious leaks of confidential information for propaganda purposes, etc. — is another such torpedo launched by the left that may ultimately circle back and blow them up. If this happens, I wonder if they’ll be as surprised as that Soviet sub captain.
[Post edited by Los Angeles Hoo at 09/25/2023 2:24PM]
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