The approach of the B/H administration toward Griner's incarceration is in all ways wrong.
Griner is an American citizen. That's it. That's not nothing, but it is the only rational plus in the calculus. She shares that with the many dozens of other Americans wrongfully detained around the world who aren't enjoying such attention from the …
The approach of the B/H administration toward Griner's incarceration is in all ways wrong.
Griner is an American citizen. That's it. That's not nothing, but it is the only rational plus in the calculus. She shares that with the many dozens of other Americans wrongfully detained around the world who aren't enjoying such attention from the B/H administration or the talking heads.
The fact that Griner is black and gay has (or should have) absolutely no bearing, and doesn't within an objective calculus. It is only otherwise to those for whom identity, victim-culture, and the associated virtue-signaling is everything.
Of course, the fact that Griner went to a foreign nation, known to be hostile to America, and broke their law, puts her (should put her) low on the roster, especially as compared to those other Americans who were detained on trumped-up ideological "crimes." Similarly, that she was in Russia to play basketball as opposed to those who were in foreign nations in service to America, or doing important often dangerous work (eg., reporting on hostile regimes) puts her (should put her) low on the roster.
Given that calculus, the idea that a swap is being considered for Bout, who by all reports as evil and dangerous to Americans as they come, is hideous.
The approach of the B/H administration toward Griner's incarceration is in all ways wrong.
Griner is an American citizen. That's it. That's not nothing, but it is the only rational plus in the calculus. She shares that with the many dozens of other Americans wrongfully detained around the world who aren't enjoying such attention from the B/H administration or the talking heads.
The fact that Griner is black and gay has (or should have) absolutely no bearing, and doesn't within an objective calculus. It is only otherwise to those for whom identity, victim-culture, and the associated virtue-signaling is everything.
Of course, the fact that Griner went to a foreign nation, known to be hostile to America, and broke their law, puts her (should put her) low on the roster, especially as compared to those other Americans who were detained on trumped-up ideological "crimes." Similarly, that she was in Russia to play basketball as opposed to those who were in foreign nations in service to America, or doing important often dangerous work (eg., reporting on hostile regimes) puts her (should put her) low on the roster.
Given that calculus, the idea that a swap is being considered for Bout, who by all reports as evil and dangerous to Americans as they come, is hideous.