Talk about a stretch! Or rather a streeeeeeeeetch!
Liberals have gotten so over the top melodramatic about the supposed dire consequences of the announcement by President Donald Trump that the United States is withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement that they have turned themselves into laughingstocks. One of the more hilarious examples is their comparison of the Marine Jazz Band playing on the White House lawn shortly before the announcment to the Titanic band playing "Nearer My God To Thee."
Not only do the two bands have completely different sounds as we shall hear but where would you rather have been; On the White House lawn or the deck of the sinking Titanic? Hint: one group went back home and slept comfortably that night and the other group all drowned in the cold Atlantic.
However, that didn't stop New York Magazine writer Madison Malone Kirchner from making the absurd comparison of the two situations. The very title of the June 1 article sets the silly tone of the story, A Band Played at the White House Before Trump’s Climate Announcement, and, Yes, It Was Just Like Titanic:
On Thursday afternoon, Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. (The Paris Agreement was formally signed and enacted last year and endeavors to limit global warming. Including the United States, 195 nations signed it.) While waiting for Trump to take the microphone, a military band warmed up the crowd with some jazz music. Because nothing says “we’re not worried about melting ice caps and a disintegrating ozone layer” like a few smooth jazz tunes. Immediately, people on Twitter began comparing the scene to another moment in history when a band played to a crowd awaiting — quite literally in this case — their doom: The string orchestra that famously played on the deck on the sinking Titanic.
To see just how ridiculous the comparison is, let us take a look at the two bands. First the Marine band playing a jazzy tune as drama-queened by someone on Twitter:
Military jazz quartet accompanying Trump's Paris pull-out announcement at WH: "Surreal...its like the Titanic band," 1 guy here says pic.twitter.com/LFqxOi4er0
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) June 1, 2017
And now the band playing as the ship sinks as depicted in the film "Titanic."
This probably won't be the last of the laughable liberal Chicken Little moments over the American withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement but at least it gives you an idea of how absurdly melodramatic they will be.
