The New York Times article linked below, comes very close to honest reporting. Close i said, but not here. The paragraph sample below is one of many points Mr. Douthat makes where he shows how he, teh New York Times and other liberal media and the Democrat political establishment, still does not understand Conservatives or Donald Trump.

Let me highlight.

1. There is a 'crisis in the liberal" cities, no doubt about it. If the point were defensible in any way, the New York Times would never have let this headline into its paper. There is no question. Everything about every big city is a mess - period. And, what has been consistent in these cities (and states) for generations, liberal leadership. Now there are some basket case cities run by republicans, but they are dwarfed by the overwhelming presence of liberal Democrat leaders in big cities. look at every Presidential election map going back to the 1980s and you will see, cities vote Democrat, most of everyone else does not.

2. "The weaknesses of the conservative coalition are reversed for liberals. Instead of uniformity, there is Balkanization. Instead of chauvinism against outsiders there is suspicion against neighbors. Instead of a pious Christianity that’s too often distant from the stranger and the orphan, there is a pious liberalism that depends on the cheap labor of immigrants and the surveillance and harassment of the poor." This statement could not be further from the truth.

a. Republican are not uniform. Look in the senate. Did they stand tall against Obamacare - No. Did they stand tall against impeachment - No. Does the Democrat Senate stand tall uniformly against everything Republican - yes. Ditto for the Democrat House.

b. There is no more chauvinistic tendencies in the Republican/Conservative side than there is on the Democrat side. Do I need to list Bill Clinton, John Edwards, Joe Biden, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, etc, etc...

c. "..pious Christianity too far from the poor and the orphan', really. Based on that statement, Mr. Douthat knows nothing about religion, especially the Christian religion or Christians as a group. All they do is support the poor and the orphan. Democrats don't. Democrats talk about it, but do nothing. Conservatives also give more to all charity than do Democrats. As he says, the Democrat elites in these cities "depend on the cheap labor of immigrants and the surveillance and harassment of the poor".

d. I didn't even get into his requisite slamming of Donald Trump.

But, with all the distortions and lack of clear understanding of his opposing side, he does participate in some rather useful self-reflection into the "Crisis in the Liberal City".

By Ross Douthat,

The George Floyd protests expose the fault lines in metropolitan America.

The coalition of the liberal city is a high-low coalition, an alliance of highly educated urbanites, service workers and the underclass, inhabiting the same geography but very different social spaces, sharing a common political opponent but lacking a common way of life. The weaknesses of the conservative coalition are reversed for liberals. Instead of uniformity, there is Balkanization. Instead of chauvinism against outsiders there is suspicion against neighbors. Instead of a pious Christianity that’s too often distant from the stranger and the orphan, there is a pious liberalism that depends on the cheap labor of immigrants and the surveillance and harassment of the poor.

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