Why does the left suddenly care so much about the Redskins?

Third, the Left has huge nostalgia for the Sixties. In the Left’s eyes, virtually every one of its causes is as morally urgent as the civil-rights battles on behalf of blacks (for which it falsely claims exclusive credit). Therefore getting the Redskins to change their name is a contemporary expression of working to give blacks full voting rights.

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Fourth, aside from tearing down another American tradition, and showing how awful America was and remains, the motivating issue here is left-wing self-esteem. Remember it was the Left that developed the self-esteem movement. And nobody feels as good about himself as the Left does when it finds another American moral flaw, especially when that flaw is another example of “intolerance” and racism.

Fifth, and finally, the Left is totalitarian at heart. Whenever possible it seeks control of others, and it loves to throw its considerable weight around. The left-wing president does it so often that the Supreme Court has unanimously shot down his attempts on a dozen occasions. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, under huge pressure from leftists, just dropped conservative Pulitzer Prize–​winning columnist George Will. Under pressure from left-wing professors and students, Brandeis and other universities dropped the few conservative speakers they had invited to this year’s commencement exercises. Coercing the Redskins to do their will is only the Left’s latest attempt to force its views on the vast majority of its fellow citizens. That’s why it’s worth fighting for the Redskins. Today it’s the Redskins; tomorrow it’s you.

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