The Real Threat... Violence From The Left

Zero Hedge ^ | 26 Aug, 2016 | Tyler Durden

[MtnClimber]

The impetus for today’s musings is my growing annoyance with the factoid (something touted as fact, but false) that “conservatives” are violent nuts.

According to new and old media alike - from Google and Facebook to the New York Times and the Washington Post - it’s the Trump supporter we must fear the most.

In support of that factoid, the media shrilly points out the affection Trump’s cheering squad has for the Second Amendment. And there’s no doubt Trump’s supporters like the idea of being able to defend themselves in an emergency.

While not the primary theme for today’s musings, I would like to share a quick personal aside about why private gun ownership might not be such a bad idea......

For starters, you might wish to revisit press coverage of the events hosted by Trump vs. Mrs. Clinton during their respective campaigns.

As far as I can tell, there was not a single case of Trump supporters circling Clinton events like feral dogs in order to harass her supporters as they tried to enter or leave the venues where the events were being held.

Yes, there were a couple of isolated incidents where Trump supporters were overly enthusiastic in assisting security as they subdued protesters inside Trump events, and those were shameful.

But that was nothing compared to the violence committed against participants at Trump rallies in cities such as San Jose, Richmond, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.

[MtnClimber]

There really needs to be armed security at Trump rallies to take care of the violent attacks by the left.

[Big Red Badger]

Yup.

[MtnClimber]

The police really don’t seem to do anything unless they are being attacked themselves. Are they afraid of what will happen to them, in retaliation, if clinton takes power? Do they think they will be lined up in front of a ditch too?

[political1]

The emails that came out before the Democrat convention had some interesting things in them. One thing, was that they were paying $800,000.00 dollars for protesters to disrupt the Republican Convention. 800 Thousand dollars is a lot of throwing around cash. I would bet that they are paying people to protest Trump rallies. I would even go so far as to say they paid David Duke to endorse Trump.

[jessduntno]

“Always project your most repulsive qualities onto the enemy.” - Any Dem Politician Ever

[Arthur McGowan]

A kudo to Durden for getting the definition of “factoid” right.

A factoid is FALSE. It is a lie deliberately tailored to look like a fact.

It is NOT a little fact, or a little-known fact, or a trivial fact.

[Terry L Smith]

I remind everyone to go find the historical records of the violence at the 1968 Democratic convention. It was NOT the all-Americans doing the violence, then, either. It was the Communist-fueled crowds reacting to their being ignored.

As for today, to stand there, and just be beat upon, without ANYONE standing up, shows me there are a lot more nutless ones then those with sand! That’s YOUR WIFE BEING HIT, YOU WIMP! The cops were shown to be standing there, doing nothing.