Posted on 09/14/2020 12:08:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Even before the violent Black Lives Matter/Antifa riots took center stage over the summer after the death of George Floyd, many on the right were calling on Democrats and their diehard supporters on the far left to cool it with the anti-police rhetoric. The concern was that their constant bashing of law enforcement officers before actual facts were known in high-profile cases was going to continue to have dangerous and deadly consequences for those who put their lives on the line every time they put on their uniforms and badges.
Unfortunately, Democrats – most notably those in positions of power and who want even greater power – did not listen, and as a result shootings against police officers and sheriff’s deputies have continued to happen, with the most recent instance being the horrific Saturday ambush shootings of two L.A. County sheriff’s deputies as they sat in their patrol car.
“Fox and Friends Weekend” co-host Will Cain took to the Twitter machine Monday morning and posted a must-read thread where he pointed out why rioters and others who hate the police feel emboldened to commit these type of despicable acts against members of the law enforcement community – and how they can be stopped.
He started off by referencing the attempted assassinations of the young deputies in L.A. County from Saturday, noting that while we didn’t yet know the motivation of the shooter (though it’s not hard to guess, considering the “ACAB” environment that infests the city of Los Angeles) that the incident drove him to talk about some inconvenient truths:
Awful. Horrendous. Vile.
As we don’t yet know the shooter’s motivation, I’ll wait to make a larger point until the facts come out. Like we should do – and neglect to do – in every viral video that others have used to justify riots.
But…(thread), https://t.co/2c4VAOpDxS— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
He then went on to talk about how the “ACAB climate” has been “fostered by radicals” like BLM and “tolerated” by those (mostly on the left) who push the narrative in hopes that they won’t be on the receiving end of allegations of “racism”:
But THIS must be addressed NOW.
A city leader says a 31-year-old mother deserved this, witnesses celebrate shooting cops, & “protestors” wish them death.
An ACAB climate has been built on a lie, fostered by radicals, and tolerated by ppl who only hope to never be called racist. pic.twitter.com/rQ6vCa9k1S
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
Cain also discussed how the “lie” that officers are “hunting down” black men purely out of racist motivations was “provably false” but because it’s said over and over again, people believe it:
The lie told and retold creating this climate is that black men are being “hunted down” by cops and killed “just for being black.”
It’s repeated by stars, athletes & the media until it’s accepted as true.
But it’s statistically, provably, false. It’s a lie creating the climate.
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
Cain then zeroed in on the fact that BLM “weaponizes” this lie in the extreme, and that while everyone should believe black lives matter, that the radical, admittedly Marxist nature of the Black Lives Matter movement was something altogether different, and violent:
The lie is weaponized by a radical group: BLM.
Black Lives Matter has a Marxist platform, a driving ideology in critical race theory, violent historical origins, & revolutionary goals.
All good people believe black lives matter, but it’s on you to know abt Black Lives Matter.
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
The lies about officers from BLM are then regurgitated by “naive people” who want to feel good and superior about Doing Something without understanding a word of what they’re talking about, Cain tweeted:
The lie is then tolerated, believed, and repeated, by naive people who want to get through their day without being called a racist, who may even hope to call a few other people racist online during lunch break, and sit down at the end of the day feeling enlightened and superior.
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
These same people who want to feel like they’re helping “the cause” are in reality helping enable the environment that emboldens people who hate police officers to commit violence against them – including murder. The false claims about officers helps no one, not police officers, and not young black men, states Cain:
These naive people are not only helping create an ACAB climate that leads to violence…they are doing untold damage to young black men who believe the lie they are being hunted.
And let me be clear, for these naive people, it’s not about helping anyone…it’s about them.
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
Cain then pointed out that calling people who rejected the Black Lives Matter movement “racists” was not going to solve anything, and that discussions about the radical nature of the BLM group were not as cut and dry and their supporters on the left wanted people to think they were:
Most ppl believe black lives matter, want a more equal country, & would like to end racism.
But do you think that anyone who rejects the lie, sees BLM, and doesn’t yell “racist” at everything, is just…racist?
Do you really believe it’s simple as you’re good & they’re bad?
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
Lastly, Cain said something that can’t be repeated often enough: People need to stop virtue signaling for attention and acceptance because it’s literally hurting (and killing) people. Instead, he noted, they should do the right thing by simply telling the truth:
It’s past time to look around, see the climate, see the cost, understand BLM, live virtuously, not signal virtuously, live up to – not tear down – America’s values, and tell the truth.
— Will Cain (@willcain) September 14, 2020
We can’t count on Democrats to be responsible enough to walk back their anti-police rhetoric (though some of them think they’re fooling people by trying), but we should be able to count on Republicans including President Trump to amplify the point from here through election day and beyond that for purely political reasons, Democrats are doing more harm than good to the communities they claim to represent by fostering a climate of hate towards police officers, which in turn often has deadly consequences for those in uniform who have sworn to serve and protect.
I rest my case.
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Exactly.
And they need to be made to pay for those lies!
Mark
I don’t think Will Cain is gay. I know he has two sons, is married, and is a huge Dallas Cowboys fan. That is not to say that there aren’t any gay Cowboys’ fans. Nor that men with kids can’t be gay.
I always enjoyed watching him counter Stephen A. Smith and the rest of the ESPN liberal mouth pieces.
Ed Henry is gone most likely because of the alleged rape charges against him.
As for the gay conservative on Fox you may be thinking about, that is probably Guy Benson who looks a bit like Will Cain. Benson came out as gay on Red Eye some years ago.
Am not saying by any means that Benson is the only gay conservative on Fox.
I haven’t heard that Cain is an anti-Trumper. He doesn’t seem like a neo-con, but he does argue issues with a legal mind; because he is a lawyer.
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