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Reversal of Reality
/legalinsurrection ^ | August 16, 2017 | William A. Jacobson

Posted on 08/17/2017 6:16:36 AM PDT by MarvinStinson

Denying the truth that both sides were violent goes beyond criticism

The media and political frenzy we’ve witnessed since the Charlottesville riots and death of Heather Heyer last Saturday has been as intense as anything in recent memory.

I’ve often used as a measure of frenzy the media reaction when Mitt Romney made a statement during the 2012 campaign criticizing the Obama administration’s response to Benghazi. By that measure, the current situation is off the charts.

For anyone who remembers, the death of four Americans, including our Ambassador, were cast aside for 2-3 days as the media foamed at the mouth in anger that Romney dared criticize the President and politicize such a moment. Reporters even were caught on tape colluding as to which questions to ask at Romney’s press conference. Romney’s act of stating the truth about Benghazi was an act that could not be tolerated, and so his statements were twisted.

The political sphere went hand in hand with the media frenzy, as Democrats fed and fed off of the media frenzy.

That media and political frenzy was, of course, a reversal of reality. It wasn’t Romney who politicized Benghazi by asking serious questions about lack of protection of our Ambassador and consulate. It was the Obama administration that put out false explanations in order to shield Obama’s campaign. The media frenzy was not to get to the truth, but to protect the lies of the Obama administration.

That 2-3 day frenzy was nothing compared to what we are seeing now, because Trump told a simple truth about the riots. Both sides came ready to fight, and both sides were violent. That’s an undeniable fact for anyone who cares about facts.

Unfortunately, many people seem uninterested in facts. So Trump’s words have been twisted into a supposed endorsement of neo-Nazis and White Supremacists, even though there was no such endorsement stated or implied. In each of his three statements, Trump went out of his way to condemn racism and hatred, and in two of the three statements he condemned neo-Nazis and White Supremacists.

What makes this more intense than the media attacks we have seen on Trump before is that Republicans are running scared. The fear of being falsely called a Nazi supporter by the media and political opponents is so intense that Republicans are falling all over themselves to denounce Trump for stating the simple truth that both sides came ready to fight.

Antifa (fka Black Bloc) anarchists are being portrayed as merely opposed to bigotry, when in fact that are violent thugs opposed to civil society.

Denial of the truth that both sides were violent seems to go beyond mere criticism, into a reversal of reality.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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Antifa anarchists are being portrayed as merely opposed to bigotry, when in fact that are violent thugs opposed to civil society.
1 posted on 08/17/2017 6:16:36 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

Well, it is sure getting more hype than the shooting of the congressman by the leftist got.


2 posted on 08/17/2017 6:20:14 AM PDT by Bogie
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To: MarvinStinson

Here are some of the excuses we hear when the Democrats break the law:

1. They feel repressed.
2. They are frightened.
3. They aren’t very smart.
4. They are emotional people.
5. They are childlike.
6. They want attention.
7. They want poor people to have more.
8. They want revenge.
9. They’re mentally ill.

Here’s an idea.....

They want to loot the public treasuries.

They’re greedy thieves.

We need to quit giving them cover for their actions.

They are greedy, dirty, sneaky thieves.


3 posted on 08/17/2017 6:33:29 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: MarvinStinson
President Trump does not support violent white power groups.

Liberal News Media and Democrats do support violent anarchists and communists.
4 posted on 08/17/2017 6:45:40 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: MarvinStinson

To deny reality is to call their sanity into question. A lot of people have completely lost their minds, if they ever had any to begin with.


5 posted on 08/17/2017 7:27:41 AM PDT by afsnco (18 of 20 in AF JAG)
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To: MarvinStinson

We are dealing with very EXTREME groups on both the left and the right, PERIOD.


6 posted on 08/17/2017 7:27:56 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl

Actually, we are dealing with two extreme LEFTIST groups.

Unite the Right and Antifa/BLM are both Soros funded.

And their traveling circus will now move to other cities and incite more violence.


7 posted on 08/17/2017 7:33:19 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: exit82

Perfect. Well put.


8 posted on 08/17/2017 8:34:56 AM PDT by UpInArms (without failure there's no success only slavery)
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