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Source: Tony Blair Says Britain Should Rise Up Against Brexit – NBC News

“The people voted without the knowledge of the terms of Brexit,” the former British leader told a pro-European campaign group.

Translation: the people were too dumb to vote for the outcome that we wanted.  This seems to be the sentiment very much in play in the aftermath of the U.S. elections, as the organized wailing continues like an Aretha Franklin rendition of the national anthem.

I’m unconvinced that you will find in the articles of democratic governments anywhere, such a thing as a ‘do over’ clause.  The basis of any democracy is that the masses, unwashed or not, have the opportunity to have their voices heard via an election process that occurs on a regular basis.  The simple reasoning for this accepted mechanism is so that scoundrels and incompetents can be removed from office without resorting to pitchforks and torches.

The idea that a single person or cabal of persons are better equipped to handle the direction of a nation’s affairs has been rejected with the advance of history. With the possible exception of Singapore’s Lee Kwan Yu, autocratic ruling monarchies are failures and have not been the preferred political model for successful democracies.  Of course, that doesn’t mean that groups don’t try to perpetuate themselves through other means.

The enlistment of a supportive media is the main tool used by those who would like to continue with their allotted but expired time in power. This of course is a perversion of process because an independent media is supposed to hold office holders to account, not cheerlead for them when the voters reject them.

In the first world, there are no do-overs.  There are long accepted methods of democratic political expression allowing the masses to have their say.  The malcontents just can’t accept that.

Source: Boycott Culture Forces CEOs to Walk Tightrope in Trump Era – Bloomberg

The absurdity of the world in which we live continues to plumb new depths. The emboldening of groups that insist on creating identity issues for people to side with has created a society of consumers angry about…everything!  At least it seems this way if you observe the news.

Much of this constant angst and anger is supported by a compliant media, ravenous to report the latest outrage, injustice or imagined slight.  A cake that is refused baking is transmogrified into a national debate on human rights.  The mountain out of molehill business is at an all time high.

And of course the recent phenomenon of boycotting businesses because someone decided that their policies were not in line with righteous principles…as determined by whatever group gets the loudest audience.  Recently, the National Football League even warned the state of Texas that their state may be blackballed for future Super Bowl venues because of…their public restroom policies.

The most recent victims of public bullying and corporate spinelessness are the Trumps.  Not only have the always-angry-about-something left mounted a campaign to boycott anything with a Trump label, they actually impede other non activists from buying anything Trump as well.  Corporations are falling like bowling pins as they prostrate themselves at the altar of political righteousness by the leftist mob.  Budweiser, Coca Cola, Walmart and others surely to follow, are so scared of the negative impact of the mob that they scurry to prove themselves worthy of the mob dollars.

It’s not a stretch to believe that one day, businesses will have to show some kind of proof that no one in their organization has ever uttered a slur, worn fur, didn’t recycle, eaten an animal in anger or owns a gun.  It’s hard to know what’s in vogue as far as the righteous cause of the day, but corporations are anxious not be on the wrong side of it. The resemblance to ISIS enforcement squads may be just a coincidence.

The sanctimony and preposterousness of this recent phenomenon is as laughable as wooden contact lenses.  The irony of the inclusive, feminist, non bullying fringe left using militant fascist tactics to impose their views will be looked upon by future historians with great fascination and no doubt, chagrin.  It’s kind of like that whole ‘religion of peace’ thing.

The only positive thing about this mass insanity is that the movement will eventually consume themselves.  There will be divisions and factions from within that will profess to be the most pure and righteous as they stratify their pecking orders.  It will be Lord of The Flies for lefties.

Update: Texas rebuke of NFL