The Great Unhingening: Violent Crime Encroaches On The Other D.C.

The progressive left's gaslighting powers are so great that they even gaslight themselves...It's all the new legal guns! Because criminals love background checks and always prefer legal firearms for doing teh crimez! It's Republicans and their push to 'defund the police'!" It's teh COVIDZ because...erm...when you get out a' teh lockdownz, you just gotta shoot somebodyz!! 

I guarantee you, somebody out there on the left is saying that it's global warming...

I don't like this kind of argument, but it's actually right: progressives have these zany, boutique, luxury beliefs because they don't have to live with the consequences. They live in ritzy neighborhoods--often gated. They aren't going to be victims of crime. What they have to worry about is being cancelled for wrongthink. Best to go ahead and support BLM, defunding, decarceration, and the rest of the crazy package.