It’s official: the leaders of Denver have lost their minds. Instead of actually fixing the broken city they’re supposed to govern, local officials are tripping over themselves to add empty rituals to every public event. Forget about fixing potholes, or tackling skyrocketing crime, or getting homeless camps off the street—no, the city council now wants a public confession of America’s original sin before each session: a slave-labor acknowledgment, performed like a church ceremony before getting absolutely nothing done.
This comes after the endless parade of “land acknowledgments,” where progressives nod grimly about occupying “stolen” Native American land—then never give back an inch. The churches clutch their pearls and mumble about stolen land on Sunday, but they keep the deeds in their own filing cabinets and cash the checks just the same. They won’t even answer the obvious question: If all this land is really “stolen,” when are they giving it back? Try never.
Americans see through the hypocrisy. What’s the point of these confessions if nobody plans to do anything? Try telling a cop that you “regret” keeping a stolen car, but you’re not handing over the keys. See how far that defense goes. But the left loves these cheap rituals—because they require zero sacrifice, real change, or risk. Just say the right words and you can keep your ill-gotten property, your salary, and your seat at the table. Every university, woke church, and city council jumps on board, desperate to outdo each other with the next empty gesture. Pronouns one week, stolen land the next, soon slavery, then—what—an apology to Julius Caesar?
It always comes back to cheap symbolism. Progressives rename mountains, scrub neighborhoods of un-woke names, and change mascots—but while the names on the map change, nobody’s life gets better. The only thing growing is how much time politicians waste on meaningless self-flagellation, while the real issues—crime, failing schools, collapsing infrastructure—crumble right under their noses.
Americans deserve leaders who solve problems for the living, not actors staging guilt-ridden recitals for the dead. If your top priority as an elected official is apologizing for centuries-old tragedies you had nothing to do with, maybe you’re in the wrong line of work. Maybe, just maybe, voters would rather you clean up the streets than stand in front of a microphone apologizing for history. But that would take real work, real sacrifice—something modern liberals have zero appetite for.
Do Americans want more sermons from politicians—or do we want actual results? The next time a city councilor performs their latest apology ritual, don’t clap—ask them why they haven’t fixed the basics. We already know the answer.
Source: American Thinker
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