Actor Seth Rogan, a native of Canada, responded to Senator Ted Cruz’s criticism of President Joe Biden’s decision to place the United States back into the Paris Climate Agreement, with a profanity-laced insult: “F*** off you fascist.”
What did Cruz do to be called a fascist? Did he invoke the political and economic principles of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in his opposition to the Paris Climate Agreement? No, Cruz did not mention Mussolini nor any other actual fascist.
All Cruz did was send out a tweet on Wednesday, saying, “By rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, President Biden indicates he’s more interested in the views of the citizens of Paris than in the jobs of the citizens of Pittsburgh. This agreement will do little to affect the climate and will harm the livelihoods of Americans.”
That seems like an example of the civil discourse that Biden claimed in his inaugural address that he supports. Cruz responded to Rogen, “Charming, civil, educated response. If you’re a rich, angry Hollywood celebrity, today’s Dems are the party for you. If you’re blue-collar, if you’re a union member, if you work in energy or manufacturing … not so much.”
Rather than tone down his comments, Rogen doubled down, calling Cruz a “clown,” tweeting “Haha get f***ed fascist. Go encourage a white supremacist insurrection again you f***ing clown.” (He seems to have a limited vocabulary). Rogen followed that response — which seemed to prove Cruz’s assertion — with another one: “If you’re a white supremacist fascist who doesn’t find it offensive when someone calls your wife ugly, Ted Cruz is the exact mother****er for you.”
Calling anyone who opposes any part of their agenda a “white supremacist” is the Left’s new tactic. If someone opposes the Paris Climate deal, just call him a “white supremacist.” If a conservative opposes gun control, just call him a “white supremacist.” If a conservative opposes letting men shower with little girls, just dismiss him as a white supremacist or perhaps a fascist. No need to argue for a secular progressive agenda. Just call the opposition — in this case, Cruz — a name, and be done with it.
Rogen’s parents were, in his own words, “radical Jewish socialists.” He calls himself “left wing” as well, and has been highly critical of Jews who support the nation of Israel. He has appeared in a Bud Light commercial celebrating LGBT Pride Month.
Not surprisingly, Mitt Romney invited the leftist Rogen in 2018 to speak at a seminar for Alzheimer’s disease awareness in Utah. Then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan was also invited to attend (Ryan was Romney’s running mate in the 2012 presidential election). When Ryan asked Rogen to pose for a photo with him and his children, Rogen refused. He later told left-wing comedian Stephen Colbert, “I look over and his kids are standing there expectantly, clearly fans of mine, and I said, ‘No way, man!’” He told Ryan, “Furthermore, I hate what you’re doing to the country at this moment and I’m counting the days until you no longer have one iota of the power that you currently have.”
Whatever his political views, it is clear that Rogen is not a very nice person. But what about his support for the Paris Climate Agreement?
On Wednesday, Biden signed an executive order that he was putting the United States back into the agreement that President Trump had exited. Biden said he accepted the agreement “and every article and clause thereof on behalf of the United States of America.”
There are two main objections to the Paris deal. One is the substance of the agreement itself, and the other is to how the United States got into the deal in the first place in 2015 under President Obama.
The agreement basically moves the signatory nations toward centrally planned economies. The United Nations has said of the agreement, “Implementation of the Paris Agreement requires economic and social transformation, based on the best available science. The Paris Agreement works on a 5-year cycle of increasingly ambitious climate action carried out by countries.”
To implement the agreement, national governments will be forced to inpose restrictions on certain economic activity, essentially dictating how economic resources will be used in their countries. For instance, one part of the deal calls for phasing out automobiles that run on internal-combustion engines.
Another problem with the deal is that it is clearly a treaty — a treaty with a huge impact on every American. The Constitution is quite explicit regarding treaties: Any treaty must not only be ratified by two-thirds of the U.S. Senate, but must conform to the Constitution itself. The Paris Climate deal was implemented by Obama alone via executive order, which was unconstitutional. Biden putting us back into the deal is likewise unconstitutional.
Unfortunately, the past presidential contest was not fought over important issues such as this. Debate moderators such as Fox News’ Chris Wallace, who slanted his “moderation” of the debate in favor of Biden, did not really bring up this serious issue, i.e., that Obama and Biden acted unconstitutionally in putting the United States into the Paris deal to begin with, and its implementation will adversely affect the livelihood of every single American.
If anyone should be called a fascist, it is not people — such as Cruz — who oppose this deal, which is essentially fascist at its core, but people — such as Rogen and Biden — who support it.
Indeed, in typical totalitarian fashion, all Rogen can do is spew hateful venom, calling Ted Cruz vile names.
