Oh, us mean-spirited Conservatives. . .

As insensitive as we Conservatives are reported to be, can anything be more mean-spirited than a Liberal talking to a crowd of Liberals?

Such was the case of Karen Lewis speaking to the Illinois Labor History Society’s “Salute to Labor’s Historic Heroes from the History Makers of Today” (a mouthful by itself).  In her monologue, which you can watch below, she said to laughter and applause:

Do not think for a minute that the wealthy are ever going to allow you to legislate their riches away from them. Please understand that. However, we are in a moment where the wealth disparity in this country is very reminiscent of the robber baron ages. The labor leaders of that time, though, were ready to kill. They were. They were just – off with their heads. They were seriously talking about that.

She went on to add that she didn't think that we were yet "at that point."  Dang!  Does that mean that we are approaching that point?  She went on to say:

Do not think for a minute that the wealthy are ever going to allow you to legislate their riches away from them.

Huh? Legislate away their riches? Money? Property? As though the government should do just that in order to achieve some vague notion of "fairness" or "equality."

But of course none of this was regarded as "mean-spirited" by the mainstream media. Liberals don't regard attacks on wealthy or Conservatives as ever being mean-spirited.  They think we deserve it.