Posted on 04/10/2012 1:48:12 PM PDT by fporretto
Permit me to speak in abstractions for a moment.
Imagine that the Wazznians have been eyeing the possibility of invading neighboring Brux, toppling its regime, and seizing its lands. Imagine further that the rulers of Wazznia -- nasty fellows, really -- have harbored this ambition for some time, and are passionately dedicated to it. Finally, imagine that, though Wazznia's military strength vis-a-vis Brux has been growing, it's not yet decisively greater; moreover, it's highly unlikely to grow any further, even shows signs of waning.
Given all those postulates, what decision would you expect the rulers of Wazznia to make? Would they simply abandon their ambitions of a Greater Wazznia at Brux's expense, or would they say to one another, "there'll never be a better time to strike," and cast the military die?
I won't say that every autocrat, presented with those circumstances, would choose to strike, but I will say that some will -- and perhaps a majority, at that.
Now let's talk about politics.
Since World War II, the nation has surrendered, incrementally, to two polemic tactics wielded most skillfully by the Democrat Party: the imposition of unearned guilt, and the evocation of unwarranted compassion. The unearned guilt is, of course, about America's long-dead practice of slavery; the unwarranted compassion is for groups nominated as "helpless" or "downtrodden," whether their plight came about by chance or by deliberate action. The national response to these tactics has been most gratifying to the Democrats, who owe much of their political ascendancy to them.
But both tactics are waning in force. The attempt to evoke guilt over race relations, most particularly by accusing anyone who dissents from the Democrats' claims and policy preferences of "racism," has begun to backfire more often than not. The attempt to make ordinary Americans feel responsible for succoring the Democrats' various victim-groups also appears to have crested, and is facing a sharp reduction in effectiveness. Yet these are the principal political weapons in the Left's arsenal.
I speak here of tactics rather than values. No sane man, viewing the national tableau, could dispute that the law has done more than it should in its attempts to compensate for America's historical injustices toward Negroes. No sane man, aware of the size of the nation's aggregated "welfare" efforts, could argue that our governments should be given still more power and money with which to "help the needy." The hardest of hard-core left-liberals could never make an objective case for either proposition. Yet they continue to press it, using the emotional pistons of guilt and compassion.
Now that those tactics are losing their power, what ought we to expect from the Left?
My assessment is that it's even money, if not more likely, that we'll see the Left marshal its allies -- the media, the special-interest groups, corporate cronies, and racialists and victimists of every stripe -- and attempt to galvanize them into maximum militancy.
The George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin affair is one weathervane. The Left has done everything but a rain dance in the attempt to whip up public fury over this incident, and to make Republicans and conservatives its targets. Consider the bounty the New Black Panthers have placed on the head of George Zimmerman. Consider the threats of an outright "race war" -- a foolish notion, considering that American Negroes make up a mere 13% of the population, and the less wealthy, less well armed portion at that -- should "justice" not be done. Consider that no prominent Democrat, whether he holds public office or not, has spoken against this tide.
The "war on women" theme is another indicator. For daring to suggest that ObamaCare's requirement that Catholic institutions must insure their employees' purchases of contraceptives and abortifacients is a violation of First Amendment protections, Republicans and conservatives are being assailed furiously as enemies of women. The facts of the matter are plain enough. Catholics' reactions are plain enough. The degree of inter-creedal support for the Church's position is impressive enough. Yet the Left continues to press this theme, knowing that it must break through now, on this front, or lose its opportunity for the foreseeable future.
Finally we have the "Occupy" madness. Masses of lawless vandals in city after city have effectively seized public property and taken it private -- and for what? To scream for more free stuff from the government! Yet the Democrats are, if not vociferously, at least tacitly in support of this insurrection. For them, it's strike now, while the iron is at least warm, or strike never.
We are in danger of a change so large as to dwarf any event in American political history except the Civil War. Race, creed, gender, ethnicity, and relative financial standing are all being harnessed to the Left's war chariot. Yet supposedly intelligent conservatives are still trying to placate blood enemies: power-seekers who would commit any crime, perpetrate any fraud, and sacrifice any value, to attain total hegemony over these United States.
How do you plan to respond? What are you willing to say, in public where everyone can hear, in defense of freedom, equality before the law, and Constitutional rule? Should there be insufficient non-violent pushback to quell the forces being mobilized against them, where will you stand?
"Let us not speak falsely now; the hour is getting late." -- Robert Zimmerman / "Bob Dylan"
What if the left threw a riot, and no one came?
Interesting take, fporretto. Thanks for posting.
Radical socialists/totalitarians...they not only plunder...
...they slaughter.
BE PREPARED
The good news: They can be swept from existence in this country by voting them out of EVERY office...federal-state-county-city, and their collectives can be defunded.
C’mon November!
Obama is having Zero success in motivating “regular” folks into rioting & protesting over the mythical wars on women & blacks. Only the most extreme elements are even raving & ranting. I don't see any mass marches, do you? Al Sharpton can't even interrupt Easter.
Those that are supporting him “proudly & loudly” are primarily motivated by political patronage. These are the people who will lose big money if Obama loses. They might even end up in jail. But, they don't riot, they party. Rioting is for the little people.
If you want to see some unhappy people, hang around a gas station or grocery store. Unsurprisingly, they are of every color. Nobody is blaming the Pubs for high gas prices or empty wallets.
Obama might just see some marches directed at him. It is not beyond possibility that middle America will rekindle the TEA Party rallies, or perhaps GAS riots. If Americans were Taxed Enough Already in 2010, there is ample reason to be even madder, now.
"Let us not speak falsely now; the hour is getting late."
"There must be some kind of way out of here..."
There is: vote, defund all of their collectives, speak out, organize and speak truthfully.
(Point out the false speakers, their enablers, their amplifiers.)
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