Posted on 06/09/2018 8:19:38 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
This is the United States of America. You are totally free to express your political views. No one is going to tell you what you can say or how you can say it, right? But what if you thought youd be audited by the IRS or have your business boycotted or even lose your job? Would you speak freely then?
This is not a hypothetical question. Its happening to Americans right now. Its what may be called The Intimidation Game. And players in Washington, D.C. are very good at it.
The object of this game is to make political opponents pay a high price for expressing their opinions. It was a standard technique in the Jim Crow South in the 1950s. It was used by racist southern Democrats to silence members of black civil rights groups like the NAACP. And these tactics have been revived and improved upon by todays Democratic Party and its allies on the Progressive Left. They want to silence conservatives; just like racists once wanted to silence blacks and their liberal supporters.
And its accomplished in three ways. First, harass; Second, investigate and prosecute; and third, blackmail.
Tactic number one: Harass.
Sic federal and state agencies and bureaucrats on political enemies. Remember the IRS targeting scandal that began in 2010. Thats when the Service systematically denied or delayed bestowing non-profit status on more than 400 citizen-activist groups, almost all conservative. These groups--representing tens of thousands of Americans--clearly met IRS tax-exempt standards. But the IRS delay and denial made it impossible for these groups to raise or spend money during the 2012 presidential election. Had they been able to, would the election have turned out differently? Well never know.
Democrats continue to claim the scandal was the result of rogue IRS agents who didnt...
(Excerpt) Read more at thecoachsteam.com ...
They are the descendants of the Jacobin Reign of Terror.
Democrats are evil scum who will destroy us given the chance.
Thanks for posting. HOORAY Kimberly Strassel.
TACTICS of TOTALITARIANS ALERT!
At SOME point you have to defy thugs BECAUSE they are thugs. At some point you must address them in a manner that they, as thugs, understand. A little something to keep in mind as the thugs get angrier and more desperate.
I hate to break it to you, but the Republicans are a big part of the problem.
you touch on the issue of political parties, and why are there only two major parties. Can we start up alternative parties? But doing so will result in losing election cycles for a period of time, as in the best case, it would take time for such a new party to be competitive.
I often wish we had alternatives to the two major parties. I know there are Libertarians, Constitution Party, etc. but these parties are not strong enough to actually win elections, in our current system.
Surprisingly, we are winning the intimidation game. The average American doesn't care either way about most of the political nonsense that the far left salivates over. What they do care about is others telling them what they must do or what they may not do.
When an average person doesn't care about the one in a thousand who thinks they might be transgender, the issue is irrelevant. When that same person sees that one side demands that people conform on trans rhetoric, the indifferent voter recognizes just how oppressive the Left wants to be.
Freedom wins - as President Trump proved.
Their Good Little Nazis, those lefty bastards, ain’t they...
They’re using the Nazi playbook.
“Remember the IRS targeting scandal that began in 2010. “
We remember it...too bad Sessions doesn’t.
‘It was a standard technique in the Jim Crow South in the 1950s.’
it’s been a standard technique since cavemen decided to form governments...
The real lesson of the 2016 Election |
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Kimberly Strassel is a member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board. Prager University helps millions of Americans understand the fundamental values that shaped America and provides the resources to articulate them. Published with permission.
Sadly, life is not free of consequences, even for snowflakes of the right.
Trump could have these leftards and sell-out ‘Just Following Orders’ IRS operatives soiling themselves by creating an executive order allowing citizens and companies to File Lawsuits in Civil Court against ALL the perps of this leftist intimidation.
IRS people who were JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS all up and down the chain of control - AND all the way to the top (politicians) where the directives were made from.
Years of lost income and punitive damages add up to millions each in thousands of cases ...
Another chunk of the Obama administration going to jail or headed to penury for their politically motivated crimes against Citizens (triple-damages) would be a good thing for the country, and to sound a warning to those who would attempt such crimes in the future.
Next stop lawsuits against lefty universities discriminating against conservatives.
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