Yes Virginia, there are “deplorables” *

Hillary Clinton got into a lot of political trouble last year, and may have lost the election in part, because of her comment labeling supporters of her opponent “deplorables”.  But in fact she was right; there are “deplorables”. She just didn’t apply the label to the right groups.

The deplorables certainly include some of the more extreme right-wing religious fundamentalists, who not only believe illiberal things about women’s rights and sexuality based on their interpretation of the writings of male-dominated cultures thousands of years ago, but insist on trying to impose their religious views on everyone else.

But the real deplorables also include:

Pampered college students who are so ignorant of the nation’s history, and of the valor and sacrifice American military, men and women alike, have made and are still making that they tear up American flags on Veteran’s Day, as happened yesterday at Brown University.

Government officials, including Hillary Clinton herself, but also including thousands of others in Congress and the administration and federal agencies who use their government positions and power to enrich themselves and their friends.

A Congress, including both parties, that is so irresponsible that it continues to buy votes with expensive federal programs, but is unwilling to take the politically painful step of raising taxes to pay for them. So that we now run an annual deficit of over half a trillion dollars, and have a federal debt that exceeds the entire gross national product of the entire country, and is still growing!

The ultra-liberal Hollywood elite who are quite willing to lecture the rest of the nation (especially those who happen to hold different views) on its failings, but have for decades tolerated blatant sexual harassment and outright sexual predation among their ranks and kept quiet about it.

The mainstream media, both liberal and conservative, many of whom have openly abandoned responsible journalism for outright partisan political activism.

And I’m sure you can add to the list.

So yes, Virginia, there really are “deplorables” in the country.

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* For those who didn't catch the 1897 reference, see here.