A large segment of the public, including the Police and National Guard publicly expressed their sympathy and support for the rioters. To wit}BLM or Black Lives Matter. They indicated this and demonstrating this by publicly in broad daylight on public streets kneeling in front of members of BLM and giving them a symbolic blow job. This has never happened before until now. People need to face facts and get out of their denial.
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Ok: how large? 50%? And this took place where? In Oklahoma? In rural Kansas? Or was it more revolutionary theater in already occupied urban territory?
Huge rallies applauded every previous dictatorship, everywhere and every one of them, even with underlying civil & economic conditions favorable to the totalitarians, was eventually overthrown.
I read explanations and walkbacks from some police (& perhaps National Guard....I didn’t retain which branch or where): the one I recall said he felt he had a choice to take a knee or see his unarmed men with peace-keeping ROE jumped by the crowd. I can understand it as a de-escalation tactic in many situations.
It is the sort of optics that cuts both ways. For some, it is proof positive the military and LEO cannot protect them. Some of those will arm themselves and make plans accordingly. Others will move away. Some might capitulate, for the moment (the occupiers will never trust those people). Some might go postal in the moment, be jumped and get beaten, or worse.
Whatever the response, most people will take note and keep their own counsel. This is how counter-revolutions happen.
It is fluid and dynamic and when human emotions are in play, there is no way to predict the outcome.
As for the comment about ripping the fabric of American society....it’s ripped. But, something else will happen and, if the events of the last few months are any indication, it could be anything and fewer and fewer people are going to accept the MSM/DNC/minority blackshirt explanation. What they do with that distrust is still unknown.
Have you ever been done dirty by an old and trusted friend? That is what has happened. I think a lot of, maybe most, Americans are still processing the betrayal.
It isn’t that Americans are or aren’t frightened, it’s the responses they choose. Fewer and fewer people are going to share those, going forward. And, were I the totalitarians, I would not trust even the most obsequious of back-downs. And, I would make sure to watch my own back, because you just never know who’s planning what.
America has lost her innocence. This was a specific goal of the destructors, so they won that round. Their victory laps may be short and full of obstacles. This is no longer the same country.
Personally, I expect anything, at any time. I think the most important prep is mental, spiritual and emotional. Anyone who has killed anything, be it a deer or a rabbit or a beloved dog that needed to be put down, knows it irrevocably stains the soul. Those who have experienced this will wait as long as they can. But, if there is escalation of threat, it will not remain a deterrence.
I think such considerations are why people are so far slow to respond with violence. We are the bear being poked. At some point, bears will take no more.
Nice post, except I have to disagree with this part:
“......knows it irrevocably stains the soul.”
IMHO that is not a universal truth. Some people are natural killers.
You, sir, are a sage. America has been betrayed. We put our lives and our fortunes into this Country. And we were betrayed. Trust has become a nebulous word. It “depends” is the new untrusting mantra. I don’t see how this is reconciled any time soon. The TRUST is gone.
Rudyard Kipling. “The Wrath Of The Awakened Saxon.”
I wonder when the whole thing will blow? People just aren’t going to take it in the shorts indefinitely.
Excellent post.
I’d say you have a good handle on things. Do you think recent events have disturbed some Democrats enough to turn away from the Democrat party?
It seems to me that normal and good and decent people are seeing the Democrats true, ugly colors and they don’t like what they’re seeing. Or is the hate for Trump enough to keep them in line?
See above