Prioritizing Family Is Now a Hate Crime
Sitting in a hospital cafeteria, surrounded by families enduring the long grind of caregiving, I mused, “If only someone could tell us who we’re allowed to love first." Turns out, prioritizing family is now a political crime.
Then along comes Vice President J.D. Vance, daring to suggest that — brace yourself — we should prioritize our families and neighbors before trying to save the rest of the world. A radical notion, apparently.
Because when you set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm, eventually all you have left is ashes.
The second he said it, leftists in the media, elected office, and even some pulpits scrambled to their fainting couches. Apparently, this age-old wisdom is now a hot topic, with theologians clutching their pearls and debating ordo amoris like it’s the next TikTok trend.
Wow. Care-give much?
Forgive me, but it seems we need a refresher on basic priorities. And if not, I might have to dust off my board certification in cranial proctology to help some folks see what should be painfully obvious.
As someone who has spent four decades in the caregiving trenches, let me break this down in simple terms: Prioritizing doesn’t mean neglecting others. It means building a strong foundation at home so one can extend genuine support outward.
This is not complicated.
But according to the latest faculty lounge symposium on “Why Traditional Values Are Problematic,” prioritizing your own family is a dangerous and radical departure from — checks notes — literally every major civilization’s survival strategy. Because in our new age of moral sophistication, a man prioritizing his wife and children? That’s practically medieval! Next thing you know, he’ll be demanding mutton and fealty from the peasants.
Meanwhile, the same people hyperventilating over Vance’s comments are the ones cheering on billion-dollar foreign aid packages while American families struggle with medicine, food, and housing. The same leaders who despis...