This was one of the iconic images of my childhood: Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev banging his shoe on the rostrum at the UN General Assembly. He was freaking out because they’d just shot down an American spy plane over Russia. Gasp! Oh, no! Did you say a spy plane? You mean you spied on us? [Bangs shoe on podium]
The hypocrisy was not lost on many people. Not even on 11-year-old kids.
Today, somehow I find it impossible to believe in the sincerity, or even the sanity, of some paunchy, middle-aged white liberal sitting behind a posh desk at The Guardian yelling and banging his shoe because there aren’t enough Minority central characters in children’s fiction and the government had ought to do something about it! Like dictate the content of books before they’re written! They could set up a special government agency just for that.
Will they never just dry up and blow away?
I remember that scene way back then, remember it well. I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see our Congress members doing something like this.
Neither would I, Erlene. Khrushchev would have been entertaining, we’re lives not at stake. IIRC, he mellowed slightly after this incident and was less inflammatory in his rhetoric, but was ultimately pushed aside.
He was the first Soviet leader who was allowed to live on after his “retirement.”
They’ve just done a similar thing in our Ohio legislature:
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2021/06/30/watch-ohio-democrats-scream-bang-furniture-in-opposition-to-amendment-banning-trans-athletes-womens-sports/
If they are truly that upset about trannies being kept out of women’s sports, there’s something seriously wrong with them.