Posted on 10/17/2025 5:19:20 AM PDT by MtnClimber
We daily see the truth of Adam Smith’s statement that “compassion to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.”
Mahatma Gandhi has been culturally deified since his death. The same is true of Martin Luther King, Jr. Both were brave, and, while preaching peace, compassion, and nonviolence, they literally walked into the batons of those who did not share that peaceful passion. Both men led movements that changed the way their nations functioned and, as a result, became larger-than-life figures.
But here’s the thing that most don’t recognize: They succeeded only because the people against whom they were fighting were moral people. I don’t mean that the people throwing slurs at or using guns or dogs against their followers were angels. Not at all. But the British people, in Gandhi’s case, and white Americans, in MLK’s, were largely moral people.
And how do we know that? Because Gandhi and King succeeded. The tactics both men employed would never have worked in most circumstances in human history, because the humanity shown by the British and the American whites was anomalous, frankly. The truth is, we’d likely never have known of them had they tried those tactics against the Nazis or the CCP or the Romans or the Mongols or Al Qaeda or the Aztecs...or virtually any other government or civilization in human history.
Such non-violent sentiments, particularly pacifism, may have a place in political discourse, but they’re not appropriate everywhere, and most certainly not at all times. Einstein was famously a pacifist almost his entire life. But even he abandoned that when the Nazis began targeting the Jews in pre-WW II Germany. He quickly reverted to it once the Germans were defeated in Europe, becoming an outspoken advocate for not using the nuclear weapons he had played an indirect role
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The left views criminals as useful foot soldiers in their war to destroy civilization.
they need to bring back the policy of denying the vote to criminals like it used to be.
And do it federally so liberals states cant opt out.
“The goal of the justice system should be one thing: Keep criminals from harming innocent civilians.”
The goal of the justice system in blue cities is keeping keeping democRATS in power.
I will not ever, I mean ever, put Martin Luther King, Jr. on such a pedestal. He plagiarized more than Biden and womanized more than Clinton.
And that is what is the hardest to understand...why does the Democrats want to destroy this country?? To me it will never make sense because our country is a wonderful place full of opportunities for everyone. Why do they hate so much?
To be clear, the left - I.e, “progressives” - wants to destroy the law of the land - USC - to facilitate a transition to chaos under THEIR aegis to manage the populace not as a Republic, but as the mob deems necessary under their ‘crisis’ model which, ultimately, reverts to a form of quasi-democracy more reflective of socialism with communistic controls over the people and economy.
But… if we’re defining “civilization” as the U.S. existed before 9/11, the bushes and the zero cabal…
I agree.
Because they are socialists/marxists/communists. For them to gain power and control, and implement their political agenda, as Obama said, fundamentally transform, they have to destroy the current political and social structure(Constitutional Republic, Capitalism, Laws, Two Genders, etc.). It does not matter how they do it, as long as, what they are doing, gets it done.
That is why, what they say or do, does not make sense too us, unless you look at it, in that light.
So, things like, supporting illegals, they want easily controlled people, that will vote them, after giving them freebies, in to power or get them enough seats to gain power. Or, letting criminals go, they want to sew caos, in society, so, they can come in and create laws, putting more power and control, in their hands. For the people, of course.
If you look at what they say and do, on every issue, through this lens, it all makes sense.
I understand all that...it still doesn’t explain their need to go about it the way they do! They can gain power so much more easily by doing good and being honest than sowing all the chaos and division. And lying about everything. It’s like they don’t know how to real and love this country. Hate must be their life. It’s crazy.
“...white Americans... were largely moral people...”
I disagree. Democrats are certainly NOT a moral people. They are the filthiest evil scum on earth. /spit
Have you noticed that the vocal democrat degenerates in Congress are black.
I believe compassion does have a place in the courtroom and prisons.
These places are where compassion is dramatically demonstrated towards former and potential victims of predators. That is where compassion should be shown.
Which is why equating the horror of abortion with the justice of the death penalty is inhuman as well as unbiblical.
I have wondered about this also & have no answer. I guess the best that the rest of us can do is to try to keep Democrats out of power as much as possible.
The hypocrisy of that position is breathtaking.
So, that is the reason you see them acting the way they do. They know, no one wants any part of their non-sense ideologies, so, they have to, no matter how it looks, lie/distort/propagandize/gaslight/divide, while adding chaos/violence, to the mix, not to persuade people to their side, but, instead, to fool, force, and/or scare people to accept it.
I used to wonder the same.
I have come to the conclusion that the Democrats are communist.
As communist the demand total control and will not share power with anyone.
The Democrats strategy to gain total control is to burn to ashes that which they do not control.
They will destroy society so that they can rule the over the ashes, rebuild society as they like it and rule uncontested.
And of course there are among them that will happily loot the wealth of this society while they work to destroy it.
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