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The good news is that America's 250th birthday came and went without incident. The bad news is that someone forgot to warn Sunny [whose given name is an oxymoron] Hostin that millions of terrifying suburban homeowners might celebrate by displaying . . . the American flag. OMG!
The View co-host has once again insisted that neighborhoods covered in Old Glory make her feel "unsafe," reviving a claim she first made in 2021 as though patriotic front porches are the latest national security threat. Interestingly, Hostin has never been attacked by a patriot nor the flag, so she might actually be pulling our collective leg.
During a discussion about America's semiquincentennial, Hostin reminded viewers that she still stands by her mental disorder that creates irrational fear and causes her to get the willies.
"I said this on this show many, many years ago, because this is my tenth year on the show," Hostin recalled. "I said there are times when I walk into a community and I see American flags all over the community and I suddenly feel unsafe because there’s a section of this country that has co-opted the American flag, and they equate being an American or an American flag with White supremacy and that should never be the symbol of White supremacy, but they have weaponized."
Can we finally agree that white supremacy is incredibly minute in our nation, and while it exists, it's highly probable that Hostin has never been the target of such disgusting behavior by someone flying Old Glory at their home. This is why her condition is possibly mental, or perhaps it's racist as she sees everything in terms of race and anger.
One almost expects the next public service announcement to warn Americans that exposure to excessive patriotism may cause spontaneous cable news anxiety.
Hostin's comments followed discussion of a viral image showing a group of white nationalists riding a Washington, D.C., Metro train while wearing American flag-themed insignias. The extremists deserve condemnation, but Hostin's leap from a handful of actual racists to ordinary families flying flags outside their homes requires an Olympic-level long jump.
"That, for me, was a defining image of modern America for Black Americans," Hostin said.
Apparently, the existence of fringe extremists now means every retired veteran, every family celebrating Independence Day, and every homeowner with a flagpole is part of the same terrifying landscape. By that logic, criminals who wave rainbow flags would make Pride flags suspicious, yet somehow that standard only seems to apply to Old Glory. And let's not forget those folks whose uniform has an American flag displayed.
One almost expects the next public service announcement to warn Americans that exposure to excessive patriotism may cause spontaneous cable news anxiety.
Hostin's comments followed discussion of a viral image showing a group of white nationalists riding a Washington, D.C., Metro train while wearing American flag-themed insignias. The extremists deserve condemnation, but Hostin's leap from a handful of actual racists to ordinary families flying flags outside their homes requires an Olympic-level long jump.
"That, for me, was a defining image of modern America for Black Americans," Hostin said.
Apparently, the existence of fringe extremists now means every retired veteran, every family celebrating Independence Day, and every homeowner with a flagpole is part of the same terrifying landscape. By that logic, criminals who wave rainbow flags would make Pride flags suspicious, yet somehow that standard only seems to apply to Old Glory. And let's not forget those folks whose uniform has an American flag displayed.
Guest host Michelle Buteau eagerly joined the performance after spending the Fourth of July celebrating with a cake reading "America, Do Better B----," because Buteau is also a virtue-signaling person and knows that it's safer to be condemning our great nation than to take a conservative stand defending her.
"When you say it’s the best nation. The best nation for who? Because if we are celebrating 250 years, what are we exactly celebrating, is what I want to know," Buteau said. "So I’m really glad that picture was taken, because that picture is how we feel walking into many rooms, down the street. That picture is how we feel and nobody will believe us. So look at that picture and understand how it feels."
But somehow Buteau and Hostin along with her ilk, have no intention of leaving for what they see as a "better country." That's because there is no better country.
Fortunately, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin managed to inject a rare dose of sanity into the conversation.
"The flag belongs to all of us," Griffin replied.
That simple statement seems almost revolutionary on an anti-American program determined to portray the Stars and Stripes as some sort of warning label.
Hostin has been telling this story for years. Back in 2021 she defended another media personality who claimed American flags made her uncomfortable, insisting that neighborhoods decorated with the nation's flag sent an unmistakable message.
"When someone of color, a Black woman, is telling you her feelings, people need to listen and not, you know, repudiate it and not say, 'Well, that can’t be true,'" Hostin had said at the time, later adding, "When I drive into a neighborhood, and it’s not July 4th, and I’m not in a predominantly military household neighborhood and there are flags, American flags, everywhere, alongside Trump flags, alongside flags with stars in a circle, I feel threatened."
Then came the dramatic conclusion.
"Because the message is very clear," she continued. "It’s a message of White supremacy. It’s a message of racism, and it’s a message of their country, not my country. I don’t understand why that would receive backlash. People need to listen when I am saying this is how I feel. This is my experience in this country."
Feelings are real. They are not automatically facts.
If someone genuinely believes that a cul-de-sac full of parents grilling burgers beneath American flags is an inherently dangerous place, the problem probably is not the flags. More likely, it is years of media conditioning that has convinced some people patriotism itself is suspicious by leftists like Hostin.
The irony is impossible to miss. The same commentators who insist the American flag "belongs to all of us" also spend an astonishing amount of time explaining why ordinary Americans should be viewed with suspicion for displaying it. You can't have it both ways, but she's too thickheaded to see this.
Fortunately, co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin managed to inject a rare dose of sanity into the conversation.
"The flag belongs to all of us," Griffin replied.
That simple statement seems almost revolutionary on an anti-American program determined to portray the Stars and Stripes as some sort of warning label.
Hostin has been telling this story for years. Back in 2021 she defended another media personality who claimed American flags made her uncomfortable, insisting that neighborhoods decorated with the nation's flag sent an unmistakable message.
"When someone of color, a Black woman, is telling you her feelings, people need to listen and not, you know, repudiate it and not say, 'Well, that can’t be true,'" Hostin had said at the time, later adding, "When I drive into a neighborhood, and it’s not July 4th, and I’m not in a predominantly military household neighborhood and there are flags, American flags, everywhere, alongside Trump flags, alongside flags with stars in a circle, I feel threatened."
Then came the dramatic conclusion.
"Because the message is very clear," she continued. "It’s a message of White supremacy. It’s a message of racism, and it’s a message of their country, not my country. I don’t understand why that would receive backlash. People need to listen when I am saying this is how I feel. This is my experience in this country."
Feelings are real. They are not automatically facts.
If someone genuinely believes that a cul-de-sac full of parents grilling burgers beneath American flags is an inherently dangerous place, the problem probably is not the flags. More likely, it is years of media conditioning that has convinced some people patriotism itself is suspicious by leftists like Hostin.
The irony is impossible to miss. The same commentators who insist the American flag "belongs to all of us" also spend an astonishing amount of time explaining why ordinary Americans should be viewed with suspicion for displaying it. You can't have it both ways, but she's too thickheaded to see this.
If Sunny Hostin truly feels endangered every time she sees Old Glory fluttering in the breeze, Americans can be forgiven for wondering whether the fear is rooted in reality, or simply another daytime television performance designed to turn patriotism into pathology.
I vote for pathology.
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