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Trump Heard the Cry of the Unprotected
American Thinker ^ | December 20, 2016 | Christopher Chantrill

Posted on 12/20/2016 4:56:36 AM PST by Kaslin

I got to talk to a retired special forces guy last week, and he said that president-elect Trump won by appealing to voters that have long felt “unprotected.”

Now, everywhere I look, I see the word “protector,” as in a woman speaking of her son, who died literally protecting others with his body.

I guess it’s time I revised my definition of government.

Government is an armed minority, occupying territory and taxing the inhabitants thereof to reward its supporters. In return the government protects the inhabitants from enemies foreign and domestic.

In other words, the only justification for a government and its bullying supporters is that it keeps us safe. It is there to protect the unprotected, and that is all. The problem is that liberals don’t think that everyone deserves protection.

As I have written here before, I mark the day in 1971 that Archie Bunker debuted on "All in the Family" as the moment that liberals stopped protecting the white working class. The message from producer Norman Lear was unmistakable. Archie was a racist sexist bigot, and he deserved to be punished. No protection for him, said the Soup Nazi.

Nor have libertarians and conservatives done much better in the protection biz. We have tended to regard the unionized white working class as part of the problem, choking the free flow of commerce with privilege and intimidation. And we have not objected enough when liberals sneered at the white working class as gap-toothed southern rednecks.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; donaldtrump; trumptransition

1 posted on 12/20/2016 4:56:36 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Hillary heard the cry of the unrepentant.

CC


2 posted on 12/20/2016 4:58:49 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Kaslin

Hillary heard the cry of the unrepentant.

CC


3 posted on 12/20/2016 4:59:15 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Celtic Conservative

2 for 1 sale, sorry.

CC


4 posted on 12/20/2016 4:59:59 AM PST by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Kaslin

My dad was saying the other day - Trump channels and embodies the mood of the people in a way only a handful of leaders in history of.

Like Alexander the Great and George Washington , he has both a deep love and understanding of his people and acts as their personal embodiment in all he does


5 posted on 12/20/2016 5:03:45 AM PST by WashingtonFire
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To: Celtic Conservative

Hell, we are/were under assault by foreign and domestic globalist enemies who sought to dissolve America; end this beautiful and brilliant experiment in self-government sanctioned, neigh formed by the power of God almighty himself.


6 posted on 12/20/2016 5:05:47 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: Kaslin

The cry is going out...... ostracize the Leftist Ameritrash


7 posted on 12/20/2016 5:07:30 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: Kaslin

Be careful of trusting the government to protect. It is supposed to protect with the armed forces and with a righteous judicial, but no more than that. Personal protection is up to the family and the individual.


8 posted on 12/20/2016 5:08:29 AM PST by lurk (TEat)
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To: Kaslin

> The problem is that liberals don’t think that everyone deserves protection

That’s the utilitarian worldview. Whereas Christians think every life has value, utilitarians are happy to exterminate large segments of the population “for the greater good” or, as some might say now, “for the children.” This is the root of the eugenics movement 100 years ago, including notable monsters like Margaret Sanger and George Bernard Shaw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQvsf2MUKRQ


9 posted on 12/20/2016 5:09:08 AM PST by XEHRpa
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To: Kaslin
I mark the day in 1971 that Archie Bunker debuted on "All in the Family" as the moment that liberals stopped protecting the white working class. The message from producer Norman Lear was unmistakable. Archie was a racist sexist bigot, and he deserved to be punished.

Key point right there. Leftie commies used that to subvert the culture so that they could divide and conquer America. They're still trying, but this time have been stopped by a regular American citizen ... Donald Trump might not be the answer to everything, but he's far more in touch than any elite Politician can be ...

10 posted on 12/20/2016 5:13:58 AM PST by Mr_Moonlight (Ich bin ein Deplorable)
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To: lurk

“Be careful of trusting the government to protect. It is supposed to protect with the armed forces and with a righteous judicial, but no more than that. Personal protection is up to the family and the individual.”

^^THIS^^


11 posted on 12/20/2016 5:16:53 AM PST by davetex (Location: The Alamo)
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To: All
By "the unprotected" I think he means us....... "civilized working class people".....those of us w/ no hidden agenda.

Like the nefarious agenda being financed by the out-of-power Royal Idiot:
Obama raising war chest to 'fight' Trump
Wash/Examiner ^ | Dec 16, 2016 | Paul Bedard / FR Posted by kevcol

Obama is raising money for a war chest to fight President-elect Donald Trump.....in a fundraising email sent a week before Christmas, he says, "Help Democrats fight back. Stand with me, work with me, let's finish what we started."

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Atty General Sessions should consider this effort, and any contributors to this effort as a collusive plan to overthrow a duly-elected US government. ==========================================

Hear the tale of Boobamba's woe-begotten presidency: a dangerously divided nation, trillions in debt, and busloads of parasitic freeloaders pouring into our country, sucking up our tax dollars, most of whom plan to kill us.

Michelle whines about being out of hope. Understand, conservatives......Obama, and that ilk.....seek the overthrow of the US govt. Their evil scheme entailed installing a govt of THEIR choosing....... what Michelle won't say is there's no hope b/c their overthrow scheme failed miserably.

These misguided revolutionaries are a very good example of the reasons that the founders sought to limit and check power. But of course, over the years, those protections have been whittled down by uber-liberals and progressives, loopholes big enough to drive army tanks through.

There's a list.....people who have aided and abetted the overthrow of the US govt: the Clintons, the Obamas, Podesta, Obama, Huma, Cheryl Mills, Holder, Lynch, Comey, Koskinen, Pelosi, Reid, Schumer, both NY and Chicago mayors DeBlasio and Rahm Emanuel, the naysaying electors.....just to name the top end of the list.

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MUST DO---it is mandatory that we reconfigure the political language and archive the "code words" these evil people use to foment the overthrow.

Code words include..."Racism" "diversity" "Inequality," "zenophobic" "homophobic" "Islama-phobic" "globalism" "tolerance"......

The left's overthrow MO routinely dehumanizes those they disdain....as when Hillary called conservatives "deplorables."

All code for the lefties overthrow of the US govt----used incessantly to launch the overthrow.

12 posted on 12/20/2016 5:22:25 AM PST by Liz (W W W W W W w w w w w)
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To: davetex
“Be careful of trusting the government to protect. It is supposed to protect with the armed forces and with a righteous judicial, but no more than that. Personal protection is up to the family and the individual.” ^^THIS^^

A double dose of that right there.

If you think any different, you are a sheep

13 posted on 12/20/2016 5:26:17 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: eartick

You are not sheep if you want protection against competing with 3rd word wages. It is survival. Nobody is asking for a handout. It is the sole purpose of FedGov to protect workers form that kind of external competition. Notice I didn’t say internal(domestic) competition.


14 posted on 12/20/2016 5:33:58 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: WashingtonFire

And BHO was the exact opposite.


15 posted on 12/20/2016 5:45:59 AM PST by ripnbang
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To: lurk

Excellent post.


16 posted on 12/20/2016 5:46:31 AM PST by ripnbang
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To: WashingtonFire
Trump channels and embodies the mood of the people

He has remarkable listening and learning ability.

A year ago at this time, I was visiting an active duty Army 1st Sgt. at Walter Reed who was dying of cancer. I shared my testimony and sowed some seed.

At his funeral, an Army chaplain shared how when the chaplain read from the Psalm of protection - Psalm 91, my friend gave his heart to Jesus.

The one who had served so faithfully to protect others finally made the connection in his heart and spirit when he heard how God had a plan to protect him.

17 posted on 12/20/2016 6:06:14 AM PST by Dustoff45 (Where there is smoke, there is someone playing with matches trying to start a fire.)
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To: Eddie01
"neigh" -- horse...

"nay" -- human...

18 posted on 12/20/2016 10:09:34 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally. "Comey": Barack's current toadie.)
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To: Liz
Valerie Jarrett definitely belongs on your list.
19 posted on 12/20/2016 10:14:19 AM PST by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally. "Comey": Barack's current toadie.)
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