{"id":587238,"date":"2021-07-09T15:06:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587238"},"modified":"2021-07-09T15:06:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T19:06:16","slug":"illinois-dem-mocks-critics-of-critical-race-theory-bullies-afraid-snowflakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-dem-mocks-critics-of-critical-race-theory-bullies-afraid-snowflakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Dem Mocks Critics Of Critical Race Theory: \u2018Bullies,\u2019 \u2018Afraid,\u2019 \u2018Snowflakes\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-dem-mocks-critics-of-critical-race-theory-bullies-afraid-snowflakes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=587238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1061463440.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a video released by the hard-left Now This organization, Illinois Democrat Rep. Sean Casten calls critics of Critical Race Theory (CRT) \u201cright-wing fear-mongers who are nothing but bullies\u201d and are \u201cafraid of facing hard truths and afraid of the will of the majority.\u201d He calls the critics \u201csnowflakes,\u201d then snaps, \u201cThe unfortunate truth is that every time we\u2019ve moved a little bit closer to realizing Martin Luther King\u2019s dream, it\u2019s scared the dickens out of a certain subset of white men who are petrified to live in a world where they might be judged by the content of their character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casten begins his harangue by stating, \u201cThere are right-wing fear-mongers who are nothing but bullies. Bullies, who like all bullies, are themselves deeply afraid. They\u2019re afraid of facing hard truths and afraid of the will of the majority. This hysteria going on over Critical Race Theory and the right-wing efforts to mainstream disinformation about it are inflicting real harm, real harm on Americans, and it\u2019s adding fuel to the fire of forces who are hellbent on tearing our country apart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He turns to the harsh criticism leveled at Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley, who defended studying CRT in the military. Casten bloviates, \u201cThose fearmongers are right now attacking the Trump-appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Milley, the highest-ranking military officer in the United States. If you wanna know why those snowflakes are so provoked, take a listen to General Milley again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video shows Milley stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>But I do think it\u2019s important actually for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read and the United States Military Academy is a university and it is important&nbsp;that we train and we understand, and I want to understand white rage and I\u2019m white. And I want to understand it so what is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of&nbsp;America. What caused that? I want to find that out. I want to maintain an open mind here and do want to analyze it. It\u2019s important that we understand that because our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and guardians, they come from the American people so it is important that the leaders, now and in the future, do understand it.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Casten continues, \u201cGeneral Milley\u2019s offense was apparently having the gall to suggest that our military leaders should know their history and to acknowledge that our imperfect history informs our present. As George Santayana said, \u2018Those who fail to remember the past are doomed to repeat it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He preaches, \u201cNow it\u2019s true that there are (sic) a small minority of Americans who might wanna repeat the mistakes of our racist past, but I certainly can\u2019t fault General Milley for not counting himself among their number. Because racism is real in America; it hurts real people, and to be honest, I don\u2019t like bullies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeither the Civil War nor Obama\u2019s presidency ended racism in America,\u201d he pontificates, then states, \u201cThe unfortunate truth is that every time we\u2019ve moved a little bit closer to realizing Martin Luther King\u2019s dream, it\u2019s scared the dickens out of a certain subset of white men who are petrified to live in a world where they might be judged by the content of their character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casten argues that \u201cour forefathers\u201d \u201ckilled most\u201d of the people who lived in the Americas in 1491 and created Manifest Destiny \u201cto try to reconcile their sins they knew they committed with their Christian faith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce they had that, it was pretty easy to build that into slavery,\u201d he states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of us, none of you, I know are fooled by the specious garb of patriotism that the angry online mob attacking General Milley seems so comfortable putting on,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.9220779220779\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018They\u2019re afraid of facing hard truths, and afraid of the will of the majority\u2019 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCasten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepCasten<\/a> nails why being anti-critical race theory is actually unpatriotic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lo0oROYgwt\">pic.twitter.com\/Lo0oROYgwt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nowthisnews\/status\/1413166737822945285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a video released by the hard-left Now This organization, Illinois Democrat Rep. 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