Posted on 09/26/2022 5:33:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber
What we used to know as “hate speech” is now presidentially acceptable speech, and what has followed from it is no surprise.
It has been a canard of the Left that “words matter.” We are lectured that “hate speech” leads inevitably to street violence.
So how ironic that the Left defames nearly half of America as dangerous “semi-fascist” extremists, white-raged and privileged, ultra MAGA, and guilty of all sorts of thought crimes from secession to civil insurrection? And what is the result?
Does this constant demonization matter? And what are the bitter fruits of such labors? After all, what did Barack Obama long ago mean by “clingers” or once Hillary Clinton by “deplorables” and “irredeemables”?
What did Joe Biden imply by “dregs” and “chumps” and “semi-fascists”? Or what did the FBI lovebirds really mean by smelly Walmart goers and “hillbillies”? After a point, did not America get this monotonous message?
And what does Joe Biden really mean when he recycles his academic advisors’ tired tropes of right-wing insurrectionists threatening the republic?
MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. . . . MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards—backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love . . . They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country . . . MAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth
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VDH ping
Call a dog by a bad name, you get a bad dog. Lowered expectations are almost always met and exceeded.
"MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. . . . MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards—backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love . . . They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country . . . MAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies." (italics in the orginal article, quoting Biden in a recent speech)
I’m old enough to remember when, overnight, we went from “Dissent is Patriotic” to “Dissent is racist.” It happened in January of 2008 and let me tell you, it was amazing how fast that worm turned.
Well,I believe in the Constitution. Life,Liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness.
The Second amendment.
Protecting our borders.
I don’t..and never will.. recognize/accept “gay marriage”
And I totally do not believe in sexualizing our children.
Or,using puberty blocking drugs.
And essentially infanticide or genocide..
So,if that veiw makes me dangerous..then so be it.
tahm tuh cuhvuh yo eers!
I state: “I hate communists. I hate any politician that sells a piece of my country for personal profit, from any party. I hate any person of any technological background that sells the knowledge they are entrusted to a country that does not have our interest, but our destruction at heart. They deserve no jailtime, but a bayonet!”
bmp
Biden is a fascist.
So how ironic that the Left defames nearly half of America as dangerous “semi-fascist” extremists, white-raged and privileged, ultra MAGA, and guilty of all sorts of thought crimes from secession to civil insurrection? And what is the result?
Does this constant demonization matter? And what are the bitter fruits of such labors? After all, what did Barack Obama long ago mean by “clingers” or once Hillary Clinton by “deplorables” and “irredeemables”?
What did Joe Biden imply by “dregs” and “chumps” and “semi-fascists”? Or what did the FBI lovebirds really mean by smelly Walmart goers and “hillbillies”? After a point, did not America get this monotonous message?
Yes, indeed, Prof Hanson at his best.
FR Index of his articles: Victor Davis Hanson on FR
Town Hall: Victor Davis Hanson on Town Hall
American Greatness: Victor Davis Hanson on American Greatness
His website: Victor Davis Hanson
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Is everything “communism” to you?
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