Posted on 06/06/2016 4:09:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The rise of Donald Trump has exposed the frightening underbelly of Americas foulest tendencies. Our racism, nativism, xenophobia, misogyny, Islamophobia, ableism, and propensity toward authoritarianism have been laid bare. Reactions from those who stand opposed to these manifestations of oppression have varied from calm condemnation and routine peaceful protests, to blockades of roads and borderline riotous outbursts, including sporadic violence in various cities.
This isnt a coincidence.
There are so many examples of Trump inciting violence the New York Times put together this video documenting some of them. A powerful video juxtaposing his longing for the violence against protestors from the good ol days with images from the Civil Rights Era recently went viral. Theres been an upswing in anti-Muslim hate crimes that correlates with his candidacyincluding several offenders who cite him as their inspiration. Another of his supporters beat an unhoused Latino man. Yet another sucker punched a demonstrator at a rally and then, more alarmingly, went on to say, The next time we see him, we might have to kill him. Trump has not just flagrantly violated the typical boundaries of political discourse, his candidacy is linked to multiple instances of violence. It shouldnt be a surprise that opposition to him has responded in kind. Yet, a lot of people seem shocked and appalled at this perfectly logical reaction. In the face of media, politicians, and GOP primary voters normalizing Trump as a presidential candidatewhatever your personal beliefs regarding violent resistancetheres an inherent value in forestalling Trumps normalization. Violent resistance accomplishes this. In spite of this, such resistance is apparently more offensive and unacceptable to societal norms and liberal sensibilities than the nastiness being resisted in the first place...
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
Their lack of organization makes large scale confrontation with the police even more likely.
They have many of the judges, police chiefs (see San Jose), the media - in short, the gate keepers of justice and news.
Remember Francisco Franco and Augusto Pinochet. That’s where we may be headed with these terrorists.
I believe so. They keep pushing, something is going to give.
1968 redux
a bunch of gun haters with no military or police experience want to get into a violent battle with people who are military vets and police retirees with large private arsenals.
well no-one ever said that liberals were smart
If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun, Obama said.
Lots of us Vietnam vets can still pop a human silhouette at 300 yards, with the same rifle, the M-14.
With no regrets if you get my drift.
People need to understand that the ones giving the orders to police on the street are mostly de facto communists.
Cops follow orders, and the orders more and more often are hostile to conservatives, Christians, and Caucasians.
DO NOT FIGHT BACK.
We have the moral high ground. We are winning the propaganda war.
Do not fight back. Take the beating. Get it on tape.
Win the election.
Justice can wait until November 8.
I had a nice chat with our chief of police today. City of about 50k. Told him that the International Association of Chiefs of Police needed to make a statement about San Jose and that chief and mayor, that this is scary stuff, and completely unacceptable. He agreed, is involved in the organization, is going to talk to some folks.
Call your local chiefs, put pressure on via IACP. No one want to see a shooting civil war.
The left had its bigotry exposed for all to see and is now reduced to the desperate construction of new rationalizations to prop up their delusions.
DON’T take the beating.
Defend yourself calmly and purposely.
Giving in to bullies only encourages them.
Be as certain as possible to record encounters and preserve the evidence of whom was the aggressor. This requires some unobtrusive persons with cameras.Mini cams are available that mimic a pocket pen.
Absolutely the wrong approach. You need to be thinking strategically.
You’ve got to be in it for the hearts and minds, not personal satisfaction.
Self defense is a God ordained and enumerated right. You go right ahead and get killed by a mob. I’ll be over here killing and permanently maiming attackers with my bare hands like my dad taught me. Read my tagline.
Then we have a fundamental difference of opinion.
Nor do I believe people will applaud/choose those who accept an undeserved heating. But people will respect one who stops the bullying with minimal force and does so calmly and without malice.
heating=beating
Jesse: Give it a rest. You sound just like every other Democrat, socialist, Marxist, progressive, BLMer, irredentist and liberal asshole who has spoken about Trump, white privilege and white bread.
Sheez. Can’t these leftist automatons say anything original?
My can is more original that Benn, not that I’m implying that Jesse Benn is a little pussy. Don’t want to insult my cat.
Hussein
1. “I want you to argue with them and get in their face.
2. If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,
3. I dont want to quell anger. I think people are right
to be angry. Im angry.
4 I know they [the special interests and lobbyists] are
gearing up for a fight as we speak. My message to them
is this: so am I.
5. (Axelrod) If you get hit, we will punch back twice as
hard.
6. “Urged Hispanics to punish our enemies by
. voting
Democrat”
etc....
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