Recently, a father of four named Jared Schmeck was on a live televised phone call with the President and First Lady, on a Christmas Eve event supposedly tracking Santa Claus’ progress, (a tradition designed to give children and their families joy in anticipation of the day ahead). After President Biden asked what Schmeck’s children were looking forward to and sweetly wishing him and his family a Merry Christmas, the man inexplicably punctuated his call with “Let’s Go Brandon.”

Jared Schmeck (l); President and First Lady Biden (r)

For those who have heard of the chant/hashtag ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ but may not be aware of its origin or meaning …

The hashtag was born after a sports reporter misheard a racing crowd chanting “F*ck Joe Biden” while interviewing the winning driver named Brandon Brown, thinking they were cheering him on.  It is basically giving a middle finger to President Biden.

Now, ol’ Jared Schmeck was heard complaining to The Oregonian that he’s being unfairly criticized because people have slammed his joke. “Now I am being attacked for utilizing my freedom of speech.”  No, sweet cheeks, you are not being attacked, however if you believe you have the ‘right’ to speak to the President in such a manner, then surely you must acknowledge that the rest of us have a right to criticize your judgment, your foul language, your lack of mental acuity, and for being a grade-A jerk.

Beau of the Fifth Column expresses it well …

I wonder, if the Founding Fathers had realized how ignorant and cruel the people of this nation would become over the centuries, might they have put a few constraints on some of the ‘rights’ included in the Bill of Rights, or Amendments #1-10?  Seems to me we need some, since people are obviously incapable of using their brains, of using a bit of common sense, of showing respect.

Take, for example, this voicemail that was left on U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell’s voicemail …

Is this really how people want to be remembered, by the number of times they can invoke the F-bomb against a fellow human being?  Is this who we are?  More and more it seems so, for until the past ten years or so, I never knew how cruel, disrespectful and downright ignorant so many of the people who call themselves “Americans” could be.  Needless to say, I am deeply ashamed of a large portion of this nation.  Freedom of speech has run amok in a way that would horrify the men who wrote the Bill of Rights in 1791.  ‘Americans’ need to learn to engage the brain before opening the mouth, and there ought to be a price when they intentionally fail to do so.