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comment by dublinben
dublinben  ·  1401 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I am a simple potato guardian who needs my Second Amendment rights

The president's comment about "guarding potatoes" was dumb, but this kind of "humor" piece is completely tone deaf and counterproductive. This dismissive attitude by liberals just feeds into the culture war that is tearing this country apart. Every reader who gleefully forwards this to a friend, or makes a joke about "30-50 feral hogs" just perpetuates the Republican narrative that their way of life is under attack.

We need public figures like Washington Post columnists "offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day" to be using their position to unify the country around the existential threats we face, not sowing discord to garner some cheap laughs.