Posted on 08/16/2017 6:56:11 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
The tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia, could have been an occasion to stop and consider how the tolerance for politically correct violence and politically correct hatred is leading the nation toward civil war.
Instead, the media and the political left have turned this incident into the biggest fake news story of the summer, transforming its real lessons into a morality play that justifies war against the political right, and against white people generally.
The organizers of the "Unite the Right" demonstration in Charlottesville were repellent racists.
But they came to defend a historic monument honoring a complex man and cause, and not to attack it or, presumably, anyone else.
They applied for a permit and were denied. They re-applied successfully in a petition supported by the local ACLU.
If they had come to precipitate violence, why would they have gone to the tedious trouble of applying for a permit?
Who knows what — if anything — would have happened if that had been the end of the story and no one had showed up to oppose them.
What "Unite the Right" actually demonstrated was that the assortment of neo-Nazis, pro-Confederates, and assorted yahoos gathered under the banner of the "Alt-Right" is actually a negligible group.
This supposed national show of strength actually attracted all of 500 people.
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“Omitted from the media coverage were the other forces at work in precipitating the battle of Emancipation Park, specifically Black Lives Matter and Antifa, two violent left-wing groups with racial agendas who came to squelch the demonstration in defense of the monument.
Unlike the Unite the Right demonstrators, the leftist groups did not apply for permits, which would have been denied since there was another demonstration scheduled for that park on that day.
But why should they have applied for a permit, since the mayhem they had previously caused in Ferguson, Berkeley, Sacramento, Portland, and other cities, was accomplished without permits, while their criminality was presented by the media as “protests,” and their rioting went completely unpunished.”
BTTT
“Two parties, two culpabilities; but except for the initial statement of President Donald Trump, condemning both sides, only one party has been held accountable, and that happens to be the one that was in the park legally.”
“What is taking place in the media accounts and political commentaries on this event is an effort by the left to turn the mayhem in Charlottesville into a template for their war against a mythical enemy — “white supremacy” — which is really a war on white people generally.”
No paywall at http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/charlottesville-virginia-fake-news/2017/08/16/id/808009/
Bkmrk.
The biggest news is how the Police and possibly even National Guard stood by silently and let all the fights break out. The mayor, governor, police director, etc, are the ones who should be the focus of the story, and if there’s a political reason why they let the fights break out. People that swing first, should be going to jail, and body cams should be able to provide plenty of evidence in a melee like this.
This is the left’s “Reichstag fire”, and it is designed to elect leftists in the mid-terms and 2020. The left’s campaign to claw back power started on Election Night, and hasn’t let up since. It is a 24/7 operation, and now Fox News is appearing quite complicit in it.
“Who knows what — if anything — would have happened if that had been the end of the story and no one had showed up to oppose them.”
We DO know that; look at the night before. No incidents at all - and no Klan outfits, helmets, USSR flags, etc.
It's another battle in the long running War against Western Civ.
The Left has been itching for this ever since Bush v. Gore.
That’s the best article I’ve seen on the subject.
Trump should Tweet a link to it.
It is.
Yep. Huge Horowitz fan here. He is so smart.
Yes, they were just silent for the last 8 years because they had the run of the place (even with a Republican Congress).
They've been wanting this for long before that.
I remember reading a student editorial in the school rag back when I was in university written by a rabid hate-filled student who was eager for the race wars to start. That was back in the 90s. I think there were shades of it in the 60s, too.
Speaking of fire. There were a lot of Tiki torches present. I wonder where and who purchased them. A couple of bar code stickers might be of interest.
Yes, but the media has turned it into something real in the minds of the ignorant public.
I saw no negative aspect to the torches, since they weren’t accompanied by costumes; it was a night-time event. I’d be curious who bought them as well, though.
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