The Leftists Who Think Stealing Is Awesome!
If you’re wondering what the hot new trend among Brooklyn progressives is—apparently, it’s stealing from Whole Foods . Stealing is bad, and you shouldn’t do it. It really is as simple as that. Children understand this, even from a young age, and it’s taught to them by their parents, grandparents, teachers, and other mentors. Some people, of course, find themselves in desperate circumstances, and are forced to steal to survive. We may empathize with them, and we may even decide that their situation mitigates the blameworthiness of the offense. However, that doesn’t change the wrongness of stealing. If you catch your kids snatching a candy bar from the grocery store checkout line, you invariably punish them. You don’t commend them for striking a blow against capitalist oppression! Which brings me to leftists Hasan Piker and Jia Tolentino, who have been roundly and deservedly mocked on social media after participating in a podcast interview for...