One of the most important principles in life is the idea of cause and effect. Children start mastering the concept at around 18 months. A toddler might drop a block on his foot, and very quickly realize that the block caused him to feel pain. He won’t assume that the television across the room had somehow hurt him. He won’t blame the neighborhood cat. And in the future, as a result of this deduction, the toddler might think twice about dropping a block on his foot.
In politics, for various reasons, cause and effect can be difficult for some people to figure out. Sometimes it’s because life is complicated. Sometimes it’s because of all the propaganda people are subjected to. And sometimes it’s because people just aren’t that bright.
That would explain the scene that took place the other day in Brooklyn, where there was a massive protest against the shelters for illegal aliens that have popped up all over the city. You might have seen the footage on social media. The…