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Will a Hard-Left Turn Lead to Pushback?
National Review ^ | 2/4/2021 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 02/04/2021 5:03:47 AM PST by Onthebrink

The corruption of the Renaissance Church prompted the Reformation, which in turn sparked a Counter-Reformation of reformist, and more zealous, Catholics.

The cultural excesses and economic recklessness of the Roaring ’20s were followed by the bleak, dour, and impoverished years of the Great Depression.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...


TOPICS: Government; History
KEYWORDS: 2020election; aoc; bidenadministation; camelfaceharris; farleft; joebiden
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1 posted on 02/04/2021 5:03:47 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

The Germans did not overthrow the Nazis.
The Russian people did not overthrow the Soviet Union.

VDH seems to think that we will vote our way out of this mess. Recent history indicates that won’t be allowed.

We’re in trouble.


2 posted on 02/04/2021 5:06:47 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Onthebrink

No I doubt very seriously that it will. For two reasons. First is that they just won’t allow it. Secondly is that I think Jesus will be coming back soon and there won’t be any voting in His administration


3 posted on 02/04/2021 5:07:23 AM PST by SquarePants (Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time)
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To: ClearCase_guy

As John Adams said, people don’t have to be willing to risk their lives. They need only be willing to DESTROY their “comfort”. And that is what fighting back does. It’s what happened when I fought wearing a mask on a flight from Denver to Chicago. It got ugly, but I was always polite.

Ultimately, I won because the pilot said, as they were yelling at me, that we were to wear masks except when eating or drinking. I had brought a big bag of Costco shelled peanuts and nibble on them for the entire flight. Without a mask on. I followed the letter of the rules.

It’s also fun to drink stuff through your mask. :)


4 posted on 02/04/2021 5:13:27 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

> We’re in trouble. <

I’d argue against that if we still had an independent press. But we don’t. Too many people only get their news from the mainstream media. And the MSM will sugar-coat every last bad thing the Left does.

So yeah, you’re correct.


5 posted on 02/04/2021 5:14:44 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Onthebrink

Many states (even blue ones) allow open carry. I’ve never done it, but it would be interesting to do it in public places while wearing a T-Shirt that says, “I wear a gun because I don’t wear a mask.”


6 posted on 02/04/2021 5:14:45 AM PST by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Onthebrink

I like VDH but will never click on the NR website.


7 posted on 02/04/2021 5:17:39 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Onthebrink

“ The counter-reaction to the populism of the Trump reset — or Trump himself — is as of yet unsure.”

That is not what’s going on


8 posted on 02/04/2021 5:20:12 AM PST by stanne
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To: Onthebrink

“We gonna git em in the midterms!”

Even if that happens (might be close, but it likely won’t happen), it will only serve to further entrench the Deep State.


9 posted on 02/04/2021 5:20:27 AM PST by cdcdawg (My greatest fear is that our society will get what it deserves.)
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To: Onthebrink

Sometimes some people are a little too smart for their own good.

VDH suffers from that on occasion.

L


10 posted on 02/04/2021 5:21:51 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Onthebrink

VDH is a talker and not a doer.


11 posted on 02/04/2021 5:24:44 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: cuban leaf

Problem is, for many people it’s easier to risk their lives than their comfort. “She knew she would never be a saint.... but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.”


12 posted on 02/04/2021 5:29:31 AM PST by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: cdcdawg

We can try to hit them in the midterms but they are not going to take it.

The left has already shown the depths to which they will go to steal an election and put themselves in power.


13 posted on 02/04/2021 5:30:14 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: cdcdawg

Correction: install themselves in positions of power.


14 posted on 02/04/2021 5:30:56 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: Onthebrink

“The counter-reaction to the populism of the Trump reset — or Trump himself — is as of yet unsure.”

The counter-reaction to the populism of the Trump reset is massive fraud from the political class led by the democrats

People who are supposed to be leading our thinking on this are absolutely failing

No pundit knows what is happening

They refuse to research Trump.


15 posted on 02/04/2021 5:31:47 AM PST by stanne
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To: Onthebrink

Counter revolution to trumps populism? Just what?

We’re in the middle of a counter revolution to the Clinton bush obama necrotic despotism

These journalists even the good ones are going to be left looking like a dramatic story telling tween at a slumber party.

Cue the AOC vid.


16 posted on 02/04/2021 5:37:25 AM PST by stanne
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To: Onthebrink
We are still in the pre-game show.

This will not end well.


17 posted on 02/04/2021 5:37:53 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

they really can’t handle the truth

trying to govern from underneath a coup against 80-100 million Americans gonna be a real *&tch


18 posted on 02/04/2021 5:39:58 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: mo

Amen.


19 posted on 02/04/2021 5:42:39 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Lurker

See 17.

CIA Counterterror Chief Suggests Going To War Against ‘Domestic Insurgents’
Compares dissenting Americans to Taliban, Al Qaeda; Compares President Trump to Saddam Hussein.

https://summit.news/2021/02/04/cia-counterterror-chief-suggests-gong-to-war-against-domestic-insurgents/


20 posted on 02/04/2021 5:44:26 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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