As politics go, it is hardly possible to have a more disastrous week than Democratic Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has. After openly attempting to rationalize – even normalize – the euthanizing of newborns, Northam placed himself firmly in the crosshairs of practically everyone who has a shred of humanity. As a direct result of that moment of infamy – one can safely assume – someone dug into the governor’s past and came up with his 1984 yearbook from medical school. One photograph on his page in that yearbook will likely end the governor’s political career.
The photograph in question is of two young men in costume – perhaps at a party or celebration of some kind. One of the students is wearing blackface and sporting a grin while his colleague is dressed in a facsimile of white Ku Klux Klan robes, complete with hood. Northam has admitted that one of those students is him, although he has declined to say which one.
Blackface or KKK Robes: Which is Worse?
Perhaps it could be argued that the two costumes are equally offensive, and it is little more than speculation to suggest that Northam is the one in the KKK robes since the young man in blackface is wearing glasses, which Northam did not. Since the glasses, clearly, are not integral to the costume of the young man in blackface, one can only assume that he – whoever he is – was a person who wore glasses even out of costume.
The real point, though, is that Northam must go. He should resign immediately. He is now a liability to the Democratic Party as a whole and to Virginia Democrats in particular – Virginia is a state that could tilt red or blue in any given election year.
Same Rules for Everyone
Apart from Northam’s resignation being a matter of damage control for the Democratic Party, there is another reason why the governor must be compelled to step down. Quite simply, he must conform to the rules of acceptable behavior now enforced by the left. 
It almost goes without saying that if Northam was a Republican, he would already be gone. Every Democratic politician – along with most Republicans – and every national newspaper would have demanded it.
As was made clear during the debacle of the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, yearbooks matter. According to Democrats and their left-wing minions in the media, what is found in one’s yearbook defines one’s character forever. More than that, though, it is simply unacceptable to wear blackface or dress as a member of the KKK, even if no offense was actually intended.
If the left defends Northam and declines to demand his resignation, the rules will have changed again, and it would, henceforth, appear ridiculous to feign outrage over pictures of anyone in blackface or wearing KKK robes in the context of a costume party. More importantly, the left will have to abandon one of its favorite strategies: using images and comments from decades past against their political opponents. Either one can be forgiven for acts committed in the folly of youth or one cannot. Either one can be forgiven for acts committed in the folly of youth or one cannot.
It is a ghastly reflection of modern America, though, that a politician who clearly believes infanticide has a place in society will almost certainly have to leave office because, 35 years ago, he attended a party dressed in an offensive costume. Have we completely lost sight of what is truly important? Can we no longer distinguish between true evil and off-color humor or politically incorrect hijinks? Northam should resign because he thinks it acceptable to snuff out the lives of newborn infants, but he will be forced to resign because he indulged in a racially-insensitive frivolity. Maybe Americans should re-examine their priorities.
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4 Comments
olivia02
I find it ironic, to say the least, that liberals have more of a problem with some face paint and cloth than the disproportionate number of Black people receiving abortions from Planned Parenthood. What’s the message here? Face paint and cloth is more offensive to their delicate sensibilities than the death of Black babies? But, they don’t call them “babies,” do they? They’re only “babies” when they’re wanted, they’re “fetuses” when they’re not. This much became clear when Amy Schumer — an outspoken liberal — got pregnant and announced that she was having a “baby.” Commenters asked her: “Don’t you mean you’re having a ‘fetus’?” No, that word is reserved for dehumanizing babies that are unwanted, so as to shield the mother from the emotional inconvenience of guilt or shame. But, there were no such mental gymnastics to relieve them of the guilt or shame of a racist costume. So, here we are with people more upset over face paint and cloth than human deaths. If nothing else, this puts in full view the sheer superficiality of the liberal Left.
Meanwhile, this obsession with dredging up every foul thing a person has ever done and putting it on display is petty and ridiculous. We’ve all done stupid things. So, the measure of a person can’t be the question of whether they’ve made a mistake or not — all of us would come up short. Some misdeeds are too severe to excuse — child abuse, rape, murder, etc. But, most misdeeds are non-serious — saying a word out of turn, being dishonest about something small, wearing a stupid costume, etc. In the case of these non-serious misdeeds, so long as a person uses the opportunity to learn from them, they shouldn’t be held against them perpetually. Frankly, after a person does learn from their mistake, those who still see fit to hold it against them are saying more about themselves being an unforgiving, petty person than they are demonstrating the supposed flaws of the person they’re targeting. I’m going to forgive people for non-serious misdeeds as I’d want them to forgive me, and I’d recommend the liberal Left try to do the same.
Al Bing
He should stay as a wounded Democrat. The Lt Gov is much more Libtard. Northam’s policies result in the elimination of future D voters, so win-win. (Sorry babies, but you are being chopped up like chickens for the greater good)
lazarus
This is how far the Destroy America Dems have fallen. You can offer a full-term American baby as a burnt sacrifice on the public square but you better not intimate anything that smacks of racism at all, no matter how many years in your past it happened. And where were the Dems back in the day when Northam was first coming to the fore? Was it harder to find his yearbook back then? It’s so apropos of the total hypocrisy of the Dems that they are the party in which the Klan has its origins. But that was okay, FOR ALL OF THEM back in the day, but not now? And as far as the baby is concerned, how different is that child from the moment of his/her conception. That baby would have been the same that God destined it to be, no matter what, just let it mature and grow and be born and for God’s Sake, just let it BE! That is life, That is right, that is the basics of human decency. Too bad the Dems have and are having NONE OF IT!
keann
I find it scary/questionable that advocating for the murder of full-term babies up to delivery/dilation is acceptable to the democrats but a 25 year old picture will end your career. Priorities, priorities…