Harry Sisson was over last night, you see.

And, just like herpes, he’s the gift that keeps on giving.

For years, I’ve been having a wonderful time mocking David Hogg for so many things. Telling Canadians to go vote in American elections was a good one. The part when he decided to try and profit from an illegal suppressor business was fun, too. Of course, my favorite incident was this one:

This was one of the first times he Hogged the spotlight, and I don’t know about you, but I knew right then and there that we had an anti-gunner truly worthy of taking up Rosie O’Donnell’s (enormous, suspiciously stained) mantle. Here’s my favorite quote:

     “At this point its like when your old-a** parent is like, ‘I don’t know how to send an iMessage’ and you’re like, ‘Ok give me the f***ing phone’ and you take it and you get it done in one second. Sadly, that’s what we have to do with our government because our parents don’t know how to use a f***ing democracy so we have to do it.”

As you can see, from the very beginning, we had a real contender. As the years have passed, Hogg has blown up like a 4-H County Fair grand prizewinner, and his arrogant, simpleminded disdain for the democratic process has grown right in step. In fact, as is to be expected from the modern Democratic party, this person who has zero respect for the will of the people is now the vice-chair of the Democratic National Convention. Recently, he made the news for this absolute gem of a comment in his new official capacity:

“We go out there, as Democrats, and say democracy is the most important thing. We have to defend democracy,” Hogg told CBS News. “We fail to acknowledge that this generation, democracy is what put us through school shooter drills and school shootings. It’s what put us through the climate crisis and so much more.”

Amazingly, there were some people who were actually shocked by this quote. It shouldn’t have been a surprise, knowing what we know about gun control’s biggest prize porker, but it seems that it caught some Lefties off-guard. Clinton strategist James Carville was recently quoted as calling Hogg a “contemptible little twerp,” and in much the same way a stopped clock will be correct twice a day, he’s right.

Well, not exactly. Not if you’re a gunwriter who focuses on Second Amendment issues and likes to make dick jokes. If you’re me, Hogg is a gift that I get to unwrap anew every morning. And for pro-gun Congresscritters, he’s like winning the lottery. Ask the National Shooting Sports Foundation if you don’t believe me…

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David Hogg’s Democracy Disdain is Really Contempt for You

By Larry Keane

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is right.

“Our secret plan for dealing with the Democrats is called ‘Operation: Let them speak.’” Sen. Kenedy told Fox News. “That’s good for our party, but it’s bad for America.”

Sen. Kennedy is always colloquially colorful. He’s blessed with keen observations coupled with sharp wit. Add to that list of attributes his ability to be prescient. Less than two weeks after delivering his biting remarks, gun control advocate and now Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) David Hogg is proving the senator’s plan to be effective.

“We go out there, as Democrats, and say democracy is the most important thing. We have to defend democracy,” Hogg told CBS News. “We fail to acknowledge that this generation, democracy is what put us through school shooter drills and school shootings. It’s what put us through the climate crisis and so much more.”

That’s a Harvard University education in action for you. No introspection. No Socratic method of learning that invites critical thinking and delves into underlying beliefs. Hogg’s rote memorization of talking points is revealing. It lays bare his – and that of his political allies – contempt for the truth, the actual wheels of democracy in motion and most revealingly those who actually participated in democracy.

David Hogg’s version of democracy is sounding a lot more like dictatorship and less about the voice of the people. It could be dismissed as the rantings of radical gun control outlier, buoyed by Michael Bloomberg’s billions of dollars to foist an agenda that strips law-abiding Americans of their rights. Not any longer since he was elected by the DNC to represent their vision and steer their party’s future.

Like Sen. Kennedy said, it’s good for those who want to run against his platform. It’s also terrible for America.

Target: Democracy

Hogg’s admonition of “democracy” as the cause of school shooter drills and school shootings is a disgusting abrogation of the truth. He should know better. It is the warped and deranged murderers that prey upon the most innocent of American society that brought about these tragedies. Failure to confront that reality is willful and dangerous ignorance.

Hogg would rather blame anyone and everything else – especially those who dare disagree with him – for causing those unspeakable acts – all to advance a hollow political agenda. He’d rather blame the system of government that is predicated upon the people who are governed for having a voice in that government than holding the rotten and twisted criminals who visited unspeakable acts of criminal violence on innocents.

That’s hardly new for Hogg. He’s blamed firearms for criminals’ craven heart and decision to carry out their heinous crimes. He’s blamed the firearm industry that provides the means for law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and their loved ones against those who have no respect for life or law. Now, he’s blaming democracy itself because free citizens refuse to kowtow to his disarmament edicts.

His contempt isn’t just for those who disagree with his gun control agenda. He scorns the people who won’t knuckle under to his undemocratic points of view.

Hogg’s revulsion for democracy, the American Republic and the freedoms which it espouses is an admission that he reviles America itself. He – and his party – aren’t seeking to represent the will of the people in their government. They are looking to dictate it.

Two Truths and a Lie

Here’s the truth. Criminals commit crimes, sometimes shockingly evil crimes. Those criminals must be held to account. They are not fit to live in, nor participate in the society in which we live. That’s why the American Republic democratically elects representatives to pass and enforce laws to protect the people they are tasked to govern. That’s the social contract. Government’s first and primary responsibility is to protect the people it governs.

Here’s another truth. Americans’ rights are granted by our Creator – not government. That includes the right to keep and bear arms. Government cannot grant this right. It is a natural right which exists outside of government and cannot be plucked away at the whims those who might wish it to disappear. The Bill of Rights recognizes this.

That pre-existing right to keep and bear arms is the bulkhead that hedges against a tyrannical government that cruelly and oppressively rules instead of governs.

Here’s the lie. Hogg, and his fellow antigun zealots steering their political party in un-American directions, jealously guard democracy. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Hogg’s proposal is a Faustian bargain. In the words of Francis Bacon, he would “Cure the disease and kill the patient.”

In other words, Hogg’s definition of democracy would be so much better if “the people” just didn’t have a say. That’s not democracy. That’s tyranny.

It’s also why Sen. Kennedy’s “Operation: let them speak” might be the most democratic idea being bantered about today.