Op-Ed: Itxu Díaz: Listen Here, Jen Psaki – You Are in No Position To Ask for Sacrifices

👤Jen Psaki, who reminds me of a cross between Pippi Longstocking and a Tasmanian devil, has asked U.S. citizens to “sacrifice a little bit longer” with regard to restrictions, lockdowns and other extreme measures being imposed during this stage of the pandemic.

Three months after taking office, Joe Biden — the man who promised Americans the swift defeat of the coronavirus pandemic — now has only one response to offer them: Make sacrifices.

The word “sacrifice” comes from the Latin words “sacrum” (sacred or holy) and “facere” (to do) — so, basically, doing sacred things. For centuries it was a term exclusively linked to the religious sphere of the offering. And that undertone of submission to a deity, which is more or less what the left believes citizens should do before the government, remains latent in the word.

In an (unsuccessful) attempt to be empathetic, the White House press secretary added that “it is difficult” to ask people to continue making sacrifices, because “the country has been shut down in one form or another for more than a year,” mentioning how citizens have had to give up weddings, sports and restaurants. Yet she asked anyway.

Someone should explain to Psaki that the government cannot ask anyone for such sacrifices while at the same time making them mandatory. It is a crude way of twisting the language: There is no sacrifice in the face of imposition. And the closures, lockdowns and other measures are mandatory. Perhaps that is why they receive praise from the Democrats, who are increasingly at odds with freedom.