I’m in New York for last night’s Manhattan Institute’s annual Alexander Hamilton Award dinner. Held last night at Cipriani on 42nd Street, this year the award honored long-time Manhattan Institute chairman Paul Singer. As of last night, Mr. Singer has stepped down and been succeeded as MI chairman by Betsy DeVos.
Mr. Singer is the founder and president of Elliott Investment Management. He is also the philanthropic supporter of conservative and Jewish causes.
Is that the reason that the lunatic left was out in force at the event last night? I don’t know, but they were. If NYPD had not been out in force to provide security along with others, the “protesters” would likely have shut down the event. Walking in with my daughter and one of her Jewish colleagues and his father, the loudest loudmouth among the nuts shouted out in a throaty voice that we were “Nazi filth.” That was a new experience for me.
Among the guests singled out for recognition last night was Daniel Penny. He may have received the biggest ovation of the evening.
The New York Post covers the “protest” in “Daniel Penny attends Manhattan Institute fundraiser — where swarm of protesters staged a ‘die-in.’” The Post identifies Third Act NYC as the organization behind the “protest.” The “protest” appears to have covered the gamut of causes promoted by the left at present. I don’t think the reporter hung around for the “Nazi filth” part of the proceedings.
What is the proper response to being called “Nazi filth”? Those are fighting words. They made me physically ill. If I had the necessaries, I would like to have pummeled the guy. We are beyond “words can never hurt me” and “so’s your old man.” We have entered the expanding territory formerly occupied by the Twilight Zone.
I thought: I am grateful for the NYPD. I am grateful for law enforcement. Inside Cipriani, I was grateful to be in the company of a large crowd (more than 600) of like-minded people celebrating a worthy man and an honorable cause. And I continue to mull over the proper response to being called “Nazi filth.”
