This has been talked to death starting within minutes after Kamala uttered this garbage and continues with this statement and others that followed. But, I haven’t seen this rebuttal, so here it goes.
First, let’s look at the facts, or at least as close to facts as is humanly possible.
Pearl Harbor refers to the Japanese bombing of a US naval station in Hawaii causing the loss of 2,403 American lives, 68 of which were civilian. Nineteen US Navy ships and 8 US battle ships were attacked. Four were sunk and 2 others destroyed. 300 aircraft were destroyed. It is estimated to have cost $2.1 million in 1941 dollars for repairs.1
2,977 lives were lost and over 6,000 were injured in the September 11, 2001 attack on the USA by the militant Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda. About 7,000 US service members have died since, adding greatly to the toll caused by these attacks. Insurance costs have reached $40 billion. Intangible losses include those suffered by the Airlines who were shut down and their subsequent financial loss due to Homeland Security regulations, Tourism revenue loss due to fear and restricted/complicated travel regulation, added security issues for immigration, travel, commerce, two wars subsequent and due to the attacks that are estimated at a loss of $6 trillion.2
January 6, 2022, on the 1 year anniversary, “Vice President Kamala Harris compared [the] January 6 [Capital events] to the 9/11 attack that killed almost 3,000 Americans and the assault on Pearl Harbor in 1941 in her speech at the Capitol on Thursday.”
Kamala Harris compares January 6 [which she calls riots/insurrection/and other dastardly things, but which I prefer to think of as protests by disenfranchised citizens] to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, calls America the ‘greatest and oldest democracy in the world’ and criticizes ‘extremists assaulting’ the country’s ‘ideals’.3
It is convenient to praise the USA when it suits your purpose because Kamala and the squad have been trash talking the USA since the first camera appeared in front of them. So are they proud to be American, or not?
One is a lie! And, I’m having a really hard time equating the January 6, 2021 events with the staggering devastation of Pearl Harbor or 9/11.
In the January 6, 2021 Capital protests, casualties occurred. Two rally participants died of heart failure, one before the capital breach. Both were in their 50s. One was reported to be trampled in the assault but actually died of an accidental overdose (acute amphetamine intoxication). One was by a Capital Police officer. One died of results of 2 strokes after the protest but billed variably as the result of blunt force head trauma or chemical spray exposure. The death certificate listed the cause of death as natural, the stroke. Four suicides, occurring 3 days to 6 months after the protests, one of which was an after-protest curfew enforcer who wasn’t even present at the Capital during the protests.4
And so AOC and other leftists list 10 deaths due to the protests.
Again, a lie. And, I’m having a really hard time equating the January 6, 2021 events with the staggering devastation of Pearl Harbor or 9/11.
In my day, it was called Münchhausen syndrome. Now it is called Factitious disorder. The Mayo Clinic web site says, “Factitious disorder is a serious mental disorder in which someone deceives others by appearing sick, by purposely getting sick or by self-injury.”5
In other words, lying.
Exaggeration, overstating the truth.6
In other words, lying.
Lying, thoughts or words presented containing untrue statements. 7
In the same words, lying.
Pathological lying, Pathological liars tell compulsive lies without a clear motive. It may be a sign of an underlying mental health condition, such as a personality disorder.8
In other words, lying.
“this is the woman who attacked Joe Biden as a villainous racist and probable sex abuser in Democratic primaries but is now his running mate. She appears utterly without principle save that of self-advancement.”
A lie.
“The president’s mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,”
A lie by exaggeration.
“… there’s a reason it has hit America worse than any other advanced nation. It’s because of Trump’s failure to take it seriously.”9
A lie.
In the medical world, symptom magnification is a real entity. It is an impediment in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of a disorder in a patient that has utter disregard for their own well being. It might be intentional or subconscious. If secondary gains are to be benefited, it may be considered pathological. It was a form of Münchhausen’s syndrome and is now a form of factitious disorder.
Consider for a moment, law enforcement officers may legally lie to a citizen, for any reason and without consequence. But, it is illegal to lie to a law enforcement officer, with charges ranging from a misdemeanor to a felony.
So, why is it perfectly acceptable to repeatedly lie to your constituents?
Me thinks that this party girl, Kamala Harris, has a serious psychological disorder.
From your quite confused grumpy Uncle Dave.
- Pearl Harbor. History.com Editors. Updated: Dec 2, 2021. Original: Oct 29, 2009. History.com. Retrieved 1/10/2022 from https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
- September 11 Attacks. History.com Editors. Updated: Aug 24, 2021. Original: Aug 25, 2018. History.com. Retrieved 1/10/2022 from https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks
- Kamala Harris compares January 6 to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, calls America the ‘greatest and oldest democracy in the world’ and criticizes ‘extremists assaulting’ the country’s ‘ideals’. Morgan Phillips. 1/6/2022. Daily Mail.com. Retrieved 1/11/2022 from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10375423/Kamala-Harris-compares-January-6-Pearl-Harbor-9-11-criticizes-extremists.html
- How Many Died as a Result of Capitol Riot? Robert Farley. 11/1/21. Factcheck.org. Retrieved 1/8/2022 from https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/
- Factitious disorder. Mayo Clinic Staff. Retrieved 1/10/2022 from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/factitious-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356028
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exaggeration
- https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lying
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/pathological-liars
- Opinion | Morgan Liddick: Kamala Harris and her lies. Morgan Liddick. 8/17/2020. Summit Daily. Retrieved 1/8/2022 from https://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/opinion-morgan-liddick-kamala-harris-and-her-lies/