‘Hands Off’ Irony Is Lost On The Left
I & I Editorial Board
April 7, 2025
We were bemused at the Orwellian doublespeak of the weekend protests, which were waged under the banner of “hands off.”
Hands off? What the protesters really want is for the government to keep its hands on – on our throats choking out our freedoms and in our pockets stealing our money.
Naturally, the protesters describe themselves as “defending democracy” and the current situation a “crisis.” What else is new?
But this particular effort – reported by most of the press to be “massive,” encompassing, said CNN, “scores of people” (20s of people?) – was more mindless than usual.
The “Hands Off” website claims that “Trump and Musk are attempting an illegal power grab,” but that they are also “gutting services” – not aware that this is a flat-out contradiction.
How is Donald Trump amassing power by cutting the size of government, squeezing out waste, and deregulating the economy? Or by ending the weaponization of law enforcement? Waste, fraud, heavy-handed regulations, politicized law enforcement are all the hands-on weapons of autocrats and dictators.
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