Posted on 02/03/2024 4:34:09 AM PST by MtnClimber
Because leftists cannot win in the war of ideas, they will inevitably choose violence over reasoned debate.
In 2004, when I got curious about what blogs were, I started investigating blogs on both the left and the right. I quickly realized that leftists dealt with obscenity, invective, and America hatred, and that I preferred the polite, reasoned debate on the right. One of my favorite sites was Power Line, started by a cadre of four Minneapolis-based attorneys. I still check in with Power Line on a regular basis, which is how I learned that leftists firebombed the offices of the Center of the American Experiment (“CAE”), a conservative think tank. John Hinderaker, one of Power Line’s founders, is president of the CAE. The arsonist(s) also attacked two other conservative businesses in the building.
Writes Hinderaker:
[L]eftists firebombed my office last Saturday night. At around 2 am, they broke into the building that houses Center of the American Experiment and two other conservative organizations with which we often collaborate, along with many other businesses. The arsonists set two fires: one was in the first floor corridor between American Experiment’s office and the space we sublease to Take Charge, Kendall and Sheila Qualls’ organization. A second fire was set on the third floor, immediately outside or perhaps actually inside the office of the Upper Midwest Law Center, on whose board I serve.
He includes with his post a picture of the office hallway, which has been reduced to a burned-out skeleton. The Center of the American Experiment has further information about the fire, along with this video:
One would think that a multi-office firebombing in a Minneapolis suburb would be a newsworthy subject. However, as Scott Johnson, another of the original Power Line guys, wrote early this morning...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
But tell her your advice, because she is no angel, based upon what bimboerption has presented
In all honest, I had no idea where the quote was coming from, because she left a slew of responses for me to address to when I got on FR this morning, and I didn't look as to where it was actually coming from. So that was my bad.
This is the kind of thing the Communists were doing in Germany circa 1930. The reaction they got could be described as “unintended consequences”.
Trivializing this act of political suppression by saying it was simply the destruction of criminals demonstrates a profound mental simplicity on your part. This wasn't a broken lock from an act of petty larceny or even damage from a random riot, but rather a targeted act against our democracy. You should re-read your Ayn Rand more closely this time.
Thanks for the advice. Hopefully more information comes out about the criminals responsible.
What insult? I expect you’d think being called after Russia’s #1 commentator would be a compliment tonyou.
Talk about morning drinking...
Tell you what, if you refer to me as Megan and not ‘Meg’ (which is not my name) and you share your actual first name with me I’ll use that name for you going forward. No kidding.
“Talk about morning drinking...”
It’s a Sauternes Saturday for me! Not right now but a bit later I’ll be corking a 2018 Chateau Doisy-Vedrines Sauternes. Someone was kind enough to send me a gift box of pears and this wine will pair up quite nicely!
Wish you were here! It’ll be very nice!
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