Thursday, February 21, 2019
Pendulums of Violence
While pendulum swings in culture seem to be stuck on left; aggression, violence, and “hate” in the news cycle seem to be equal opportunity manifestations.
There are plenty of examples of nutcases with any number of views. In each instance, extremists on the right or left are used to paint half the political spectrum by allies of one side or the other.
A new terror plot was just revealed. A white nationalist nutcase with a hit list of the contemporary leftist vanguard.
The very next time a reporter is within earshot of the president, Trump will be asked if he disavows the domestic terrorist. What absolute nonsense. Will Nancy Pelosi be asked if she disavows Charles Manson? Should any public figure need to disavow Hitler? Stalin? Mao? The Unabomber, Timothy Mcveigh? The guy who tried to kill Republican congressmen on a baseball field?
I absolutely despise (“hate”) most of the noteworthy clowns of America’s left today. That certainly doesn’t mean I would in any way plot any act of violence against them. It’s beyond obvious that many prominent and not so prominent people today despise (“hate”) the current president or anyone who shares his views. While most of them would never likely commit an act of violence, the hints and hopes of such action have become quite common.
What really pisses me off about the conflation game is the idea that because some caricature of extremism has plotted something terrible, an entire side of the political spectrum now needs to shut up. Utter bullshit.
No reasonable person on either side of the spectrum need disavow the few lunatics among us and they certainly needn’t feel guilt by any vague association. Regardless, Republicans will be expected to hang their heads in shame over something completely unrelated to them or their values. Some of them will do so. Trump won’t, and there is no reason he should.
Over the next few weeks the establishment media will be chastising the current president for “his rhetoric” (holding conservative views). He will literally be blamed as a motivating factor in this recent terrorist plot. The terrorist will be depicted as someone who’s beliefs were in line with those of Larry Elder, Ben Carson, Clarence Thomas, etal. Even though they’re African-Americans and he was a white nationalist (racist).
The recent terror plot was by a real Nazi-racist. He was certainly no libertarian who believed in limited government.
Be assured, the left will be beyond ecstatic that another excuse has been handed to them to shut down anyone who doesn’t agree with them.
Nonsense...
