It’s a funny old world, isn’t it? One minute you’re waving placards, demanding the dismantling of everything that keeps society from resembling a chaotic food fight, and the next, you’re clutching your pearls because the predictable mess has landed squarely on your own designer doorstep. It’s almost like some people think they can order up a revolution like it’s a gourmet coffee – extra foam, hold the consequences, please.

You see it time and again: the loudest champions of radical chic suddenly discover a newfound appreciation for, shall we say, order when their own comfort is disturbed. The calls to “reimagine” public safety often fade into panicked whispers for, well, actual safety, once the reality of their reimagined world bites. It’s a script so common, you could set your watch by it.

And speaking of scripts, let’s turn our attention to Seattle, a city that’s practically a living laboratory for what happens when progressive pipe dreams collide with cold, hard reality. The latest character to find herself in this particular play is one Molly Moon Neitzel, founder of the eponymous Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream. Ms. Neitzel recently delivered a fiery speech opposing a new King County crisis care center in her Capitol Hill neighborhood, lamenting the current state of affairs.

From ‘The Post Millennial’:

“We are struggling. The businesses here are struggling. The residents are unsafe. Do they need to come to a neighborhood in absolute dire crisis for the last five, six, seven years?”

One might almost feel a pang of sympathy. Almost.

From ‘Power to the People’ to ‘Not in My Backyard!’

You see, what Ms. Neitzel conveniently forgot to mention in her plea was her own enthusiastic role in turning Capitol Hill into the “dire crisis” zone she now decries. Back in the infamous summer of 2020, when far-left activists established the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ), later CHOP, Molly Moon’s was all in. The ice cream chain proudly closed to participate in a Black Lives Matter march and even posted signs pointedly asking armed police officers not to enter their stores. “Police Officers: Molly Moon’s is a gun-free zone,” one read. Refreshing, no?

Ms. Neitzel herself declared, “I am anti the current police system. Yeah, I think we need major reform.” She was, by all accounts, a fervent supporter of the very movement that saw police abandon their precinct and a six-block area descend into what The Post Millennial described as “rampant lawlessness, vandalism, and fatal shootings.” Talk about putting your ice cream where your mouth is.

The Audacity: Suing Over the Utopia She Championed

But here’s where the plot thickens, or perhaps, where the ice cream curdles. After championing the CHAZ/CHOP experiment that destabilized the neighborhood, Molly Moon’s, in a stunning display of chutzpah, turned around and sued the City of Seattle in 2023. The reason? For the damage and losses her business suffered during the occupation! The lawsuit accused the city of authorizing a “hostile occupation” and leaving businesses unprotected.

Let that sink in. The business that told cops to stay away, owned by a woman “anti the current police system,” sued because there weren’t enough… well, civic order and protection. It’s the kind of irony that’s so rich, it could be a new ice cream flavor – perhaps “Hypocrisy Ripple” or “Consequence Crunch.”

When the ‘Summer of Love’ Leaves a Nasty Hangover

The truth is, Capitol Hill, like many blue-city neighborhoods that embraced these radical experiments, is still reeling. The “Summer of Love,” as Seattle’s then-Mayor laughably called CHAZ, led to a downward spiral of crime and decay. According to Seattle Police data cited by The Post Millennial, Capitol Hill saw a 9 percent increase in crime in the first four months of 2025, even as citywide crime reportedly declined. Businesses are struggling, and empty storefronts are a common sight.

So, when Ms. Neitzel now wrings her hands about a crisis center potentially adding to the neighborhood’s instability, it’s hard not to hear the faint, ghostly cheers of her past activism. As one insightful Capitol Hill resident reportedly put it after her recent speech, “You can’t burn down the house and then complain about the smoke.” Indeed. Ms. Neitzel has become a walking, talking (and suing) example of what The Post Millennial calls “performative activism turned opportunism.”

This isn’t just about one ice cream store owner in Seattle. It’s a cautionary tale, a delicious scoop of “I told you so” for every common-sense American who watched these disastrous policies unfold. The “woke” utopia always sounds grand in theory, but when it comes time to live with the real-world fallout, even its most ardent supporters suddenly rediscover the virtues of law, order, and a safe place to sell artisanal ice cream. Perhaps next time, they’ll think before they churn.

Key Takeaways:

• Progressive policies often backfire, with supporters facing the harshest consequences.
• Anti-police rhetoric and ‘autonomous zones’ inevitably breed crime and chaos.
• Liberal hypocrisy is stark when activists sue over self-inflicted community ‘crises’.

Sources: The Post Millennial