Posted on 10/10/2018 8:16:18 AM PDT by Liberty7732
This is an article I never anticipated writing. It is so deeply violative of American values. But given the growing nature of the American, or un-American, leftist violence, its impossible to avoid.
The disruption, violence and intimidation tactics of the left have been increasing dramatically since the American people chose Donald Trump as President. And theyve jumped forward again in the Kavanaugh character assassination hearings.
Its imperative to remember the level of violence and disruption by leftists since November 2016 (although it began before that with Trump supporters being pummelled and chased and bloodied repeatedly.) I wont reiterate all of the examples now, but there are several sites devoted to tracking the near-daily flood of leftist attacks and support for such attacks, including in the media. Breitbart News keeps a rolling list here, currently at 583 and counting. Catholic Online has another extensive list here. And heres a Youtube channel that has a partial list of filmed attacks. (These lists document attacks the mainstream media ignores, dismisses or at the very best, downplays.)
But the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, and the 11th hour accusations that ended up being baseless, sent things further overboard. And its telling that someone like Kavanaugh was the target. Other than graduating at the top of his class at Yale and being a Supreme Court nominee (and now confirmed) Kavanaugh is a pretty normal American guy. He goes to church every week or more often. He volunteers for charities. He coaches his kids teams. He likes a beer.
Not really the epitome of an evil gang rapist who must be stopped at all costs. Nonetheless, the Democrats went all in with the aid of an irresponsible, compliant, allied media that breathlessly reported every nonsensical, lurid whisper against Kavanaugh as though the concept of news judgment was never heard of.
The attacks started with pre-planned protests in the hearings themselves, where leftist protesters invited in by Democratic Senators jumped up and began shouting. Within the first hour, Kavanaughs wife and children in what should have been a proud moment had to be escorted from the chamber because it was no longer considered safe or an appropriate environment for the girls. Just shameful.
Of course, it all went gravely downhill with the uncorroborated accusations by Christine Blasey Ford, and even more baseless others. Democrats and their allies sullied Kavanaugh in every way, led by the disgraceful Sen. Dianne Feinstein not only concealing the Ford accusations for weeks and then outing Ford when the woman wanted anonymity, but also actually asking Kavanaugh about the gang rape accusations which were obvious fiction through a porn star lawyer.
And the ongoing, endless leftist demonstrations, protests and attacks. For the first time, United States Senators (Republicans, anyway) needed security escorts when walking between offices within the Capitol building. So much shame.
The reality that has been sinking in well outside very conservative, or very Trumpian circles, is that the vile assault on Kavanaugh was an assault on every conservative, every Republican, every Trumpian everyone not on the woke progressive plantation of anti-Americanism that is driving the left and the Democratic Party.
The attacks on Trump cabinet members, on U.S. Senators, on judicial nominees, on kids in a fast-food joint with a MAGA hat are also attacks on all the rest of us.
At the political level, conservatives fought back. For many, it was gratifying to see.
First, of course, came Kavanaughs spirited, full-throated defense of himself that heartened many conservatives watching it. Then came Sen. Lindsey Graham, long a frustrating moderate to conservatives, who unleashed a totally accurate tirade against his Democrat colleagues the likes of which is rarely if ever seen in the Senate. For a moment, he became conservatives favorite Republican.
But the expansion is continuing to grow. Even arch never-Trumpers such as Bret Stephens are warming to the idea that Republicans, and even Trump, are not actually the problem and may be the only defensive line against the tyranny of the left.
The middle of the country was repulsed at the spectacle wrought by Democrats, revealed in a crushing wave of new polls showing the Democratic Party in a free fall. What is further heartening is that these polls across the spectrum show that Americans are unwilling to accept such vile behavior.
But alas, and totally predictably, the left is turning to violence again after the Kavanaugh vote over the weekend. Not really turning because they never really stopped. Heres just a tiny taste of the ongoing disruption and violence that exists almost solely on the left over the past few days:
Two people were hospitalized after exposure to a powdery substance suspected of being ricin at Cruzs Houston campaign office. A group of protesters following Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell out of a restaurant in Kentucky shouted we know where you live, bitch. Republican Congressman Andy Harris of Maryland was assaulted by protesters after they busted through his Capitol office. Antifa (which certainly acts like a domestic terrorist organization) has taken over streets of Portland and chased down people who dont obey their traffic directions. Portland police just watched, obviously under orders. A liberal Minneapolis teacher Tweeted: So whos gonna take one for the team and kill Kavanaugh? A search for any sort of list from any sites that counter this narrative comes up empty. There apparently are just so few attacks on the left from the right that a list does not make sense.
The question is, however: For how long? How long will conservatives and Trump supporters stand around and be abused, attacked, vilified and doxxed before there is an in-kind response? I oppose any in-kind responses on the lowest level of violence and doxxing, of physically endangering anyone.
Frankly, the principles that make conservatives conservative tend to restrain us more than the bitter anger and drive for power that propels modern progressives, particularly modern feminists.
But human nature being what it is, eventually it could overtake the better nature of our principles. I dont want it, and I dont know what it might look like. It would be obvious if it ever starts happening, because those attacks and disruptions would receive enormous media coverage. Eventually, without a course change by Democrats, it will happen. Leftist Democrats cant keep attacking people and expect them to just take it forever.
As the old quote goes (paraphrased): I dont like him. When hes attacked, he defends himself.
But let our defense be using the weapons of our ideas, our noble words, rather than worthless ones as God called on Jeremiah to use our principles, our appreciation of America. We should take these concepts and be engaged where we are: in family, in our neighborhood, at work. Personal relationships matter and are far more persuasive than Twitter or Facebook or protests.
Last but not least, we vote! Truly, if conservatives and Republicans will get out and vote and we do vote in much higher percentages then we will have better leadership at every level. It may trigger more leftist violence from the left if things go south for Democrats in November, but that will further sharpen the differences for Americans to see.
There is going to be blood split if the Democrat are not hammered into submission by voters at the ballot box in Nov.
Democrats will continue these crypto fascist tactics of poltical violence and intimidation until US voters punish them for it. So far they think this scumbag behavior is working for them.
Liberty7732,
I am recently retired. I am sorry to say that I have to agree with you. For as long as I can remember the GOP has not stood up for anything. The meaning of negotiation has changed to mean the Dems ALWAYS get what they want.
Maybe we should be “baiting” them into the behavior, so we will be the ones prepared to respond to it, appropriately.
They vandalize our Trump-stickered bait car, they get a beat down. They assault us at rallies, they get bear spray. And we can always “out” some of them as being conservative, causing them to eat their own. Can that bearing of false witness be more forgivable than theirs at the Kavanaugh hearings?
Negotiation leads to compromise. Compromising with bad policy is like adding sewage to your drinking water.
I will be voting November 6th if I have to crawl through hell in a gasoline suit.
Kickin’ ass and taking names!
The awkward stage.
I understand why you say what youre saying, but thats exactly why we elected Trump. He is the great reset. And as Ive said for a long time: Trump is the lefts last chance to avoid bloodshed.
Its not going to matter what Republicans do if Americans decide to fix things on their own. And Trump being President was the first step in that direction.
I know exactly what you mean, and I sort of look forward to the next phase.
Good article.
It stinks to say that.
I hate to think what would cause our side to really swing back with blood letting.
I walk my dog, twice a day, I carry, always, some times two pieces.
Many in the neighborhood are demonRATs {yard signs}, know that I'm a Trumper, {signs, hats, shirts, dog wearing a Trump sweater} and we all are cordial.
Some times I have opened carried with a Smith & Wesson 357 Magnum so these is no confusion.
Bloodletting by the left.
4. Start Enforcing Criminal Law
One thing that turned the Kavanaugh confirmation process into a circus was the protesters who stormed into buildings on Capitol Hill, cornering senators and sometimes shouting insults and threats, said Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor in Texas.
There is no bottom to how low the Democrats will go to promote their agenda, Powell told The Daily Signal. The behavior of protesters was horrible and offensive. It should not be allowed in office buildings. They are showing their true colors and they are painfully ugly. They are digging their own graves.
But this goes beyond a political problem, said J. Christian Adams, a former Justice Department lawyer, asserting that the threats and interruptions of Senate business amount to a federal crime.
These are not protesters. Its a crime to disrupt the U.S. Senate, Adams told The Daily Signal. The U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jessie Liu, needs to start enforcing criminal law.
If the law isnt enforced, its going to keep happening and get worse. It wont stop at the Senate; theyll disrupt the Supreme Court, too, Adams said.
Such behavior is punishable upon conviction by a maximum of six months in prison, he said.
Adams referred to U.S. Code 4, Section 5104, which says in part:
Violent entry and disorderly conduct.
An individual or group of individuals may not willfully and knowingly enter or remain in the gallery of either House of Congress in violation of rules governing admission to the gallery adopted by that House or pursuant to an authorization given by that House with the intent to disrupt the orderly conduct of official business utter loud, threatening, or abusive language, or engage in disorderly or disruptive conduct, at any place in the Grounds or in any of the Capitol Buildings with the intent to impede, disrupt, or disturb the orderly conduct of a session of Congress[.]
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