I know this because I once was a hard leftist in my misquided youth. I learned a hard lesson about this at the Peoples’ Revolutionary Constitutional Convention, in 1971 in DC. The Black Panthers forced a reporter for an “underground” radio station to erase the tapes of his interviews. They wanted to take my camera, because they claimed the right to authorize all pictures. The camera had been a gift from my parents, a reactionary concept in their eyes. I managed to talk then out of taking the camera, but they took my film (pre-digital stone age). I lost the camera to a pickpocket later that day.
It was the point at which my path diverged from that of the hard left. It wasn’t evident at first, because a shifting of a degree or two in direction is nearly imperceptible at first, but after a few miles can result in a large difference in destination. When I realized that, I made a hard right turn.
The worst part is when all hell breaks loose they will act surprised as if they never had a clue what was taking place and want to know “why didn’t someone tell me and why didn’t someone didn’t stop it”.
They will even go so far as to tell people that tried to warn them “you didn’t know”.
One that is going to be bit in the ass is Rush and his comment “non-violent coup” and “I live in Realville” implying anyone that doesn’t believe it’s non-violent as he does is living in Kookville.
When the violence of the left can no longer be denied, Rush and everyone else on the right that are so much smarter than the rest of us will claim they were right because it never was violent before it just turned violent.