A Country Without Pity
When half the country has lost its sense of pity for fellow citizens, and the ruling class reserves pity only for themselves and faraway lands, what can be left of American civilization?
By Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/03/a-country-without-pity/
March 3, 2022
A country without pity has lost its soul.

Sadly, that is the state of America in 2022. On the eve of the two-year anniversary—which is too celebratory a word to describe its aftermath—of useless, destructive lockdowns sold as a way to stop the spread of COVID-19, our country has been exposed as a place overpopulated with pitiless citizens gratified by the suffering of others. The common bonds that tether friendships and fellowship are in tatters, shredded by the nihilism of the ruling class, egged on by a mendacious corporate media, and amplified on ill-named “social” media platforms.

At the same time, ironically, we are led by a man who wallows in self-pity. Joe Biden shows no remorse for those suffering under his reign; Biden is capable only of feeling sorry for himself.

This was on full display during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, where he willfully ignored the American service members killed last year during his disastrous exit from Afghanistan to again exploit his own son’s tragic death to score political points.

When Representative Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) unwittingly interrupted Biden’s sympathy set-up—as a novice to politics, Boebert presumably did not know what was coming while every other long-hauler in the House chamber clearly knew—to remind the commander-in-chief of his forgotten war dead, the reaction by those in charge was revealing. Rather than applaud her attempt to memorialize the 13 American Marines and soldiers killed by terrorists at the Kabul airport just six months ago, lawmakers groaned in disapproval.

Boebert, not Biden, immediately was branded the bad guy. In a pitiless America, those young men and women have been forgotten; so, too, are the thousands of Americans who were killed over 20 years in our longest and most expensive war, a war for which Joe Biden bears a measure of the blame and for which he has never apologized. (Parents of those killed in Kabul last year said Biden also brought up Beau when he met with them upon the arrival of their sons’ and daughters’ remains.)

Biden’s press secretary, a similarly soulless person perfect for the job of spinning the machinations of the regime with little pushback from the media mouthpieces into which she stuffs daily talking points, explained why her boss failed to mention the fallen. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki explained that Biden “didn’t have time” to offer condolences.-- excerpt, rest at link above --