Posted on 06/14/2020 10:18:57 AM PDT by RightGeek
Anyone who still doubts that woke progressives can pose a material threat to the pursuit of truth should consider the case of David Shor. A week ago, as protests over the unjust police killing of George Floyd took place in major cities across the country, Shor—a 28-year-old political scientist at the Democratic consulting firm Civic Analytics—tweeted some observations about the successes and failures of various movements. He shared research by Princeton University's Omar Wasow, who has found that violent protests often backfire whereas nonviolent protests are far more likely to succeed. The impulse behind Shor's tweet was a perfectly liberal one: He feels progressive reforms are more palatable to the public when protesters eschew violence.
But many progressive activists on social media didn't care whether the impulse was liberal, or even whether it reflected reality. They denounced Shor as a racist for daring to scrutinize the protesters, even if his aim was to make them more effective. One activist accused Shor of using his "anxiety and 'intellect' as a vehicle for anti-blackness." Then she tagged Civis Analytics, and invited the company to "come get your boy."
Get him, they did. Civis Analytics promptly fired Shor.
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In 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took charge of the French Revolution on a promise to "make terror the order of the day." Evidence-free show trials and ideological purges followed, consistent with the radical leaders' belief that public safety requires public terror.
Needless to say, critics of today's radicals do not live in terror of being sentenced to the guillotine. But losing employment and social standing is no small matter.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
Yeah? What about tomorrow's?
>>Yeah? What about tomorrow’s?<<
Whites will sterilized at birth (the few that make it out of the womb).
No joke and you heard it here first.
“Unjust police killing of George floyd”. The police edisnt kill him, falling down and hitting his head on a curb could have killed him or he could have just as easily died behind a dumpster in an alley. he died of a heart attack excerbated by illegal drug use , high blood pressure and heart disease. George picked a poor time to fight 4 cops and die.
The Cultural Revolution would make a great and cautionary movie or TV miniseries, but no production company today would dare touch it.
Needless to say, critics of today’s radicals do not live in terror of being sentenced to the guillotine.
Yeah? What about tomorrow’s?
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Tomorrow’s radicals will show today’s radicals what happens after the revolution to those that started it ...
Great point. Those that started the French Revolution found themselves at the guillotine, didn't they?
Is Tom Perez playing the role of Robespierre?
Ah, yes. Robespierre. That’s the name I was thinking of.
And the Nazi takeover and the Russian revolution and the Cuban revolution etc
The book burners get another win.
“the unjust police killing of George Floyd”
When did that become a fact? What about the meth and fentanyl in his bloodstream? What about his heart problems?
I don’t think we should let people say that without opposition. Not until it is proven, at least.
You are spot on. So many are quick to call Floyd’s death murder without a glance at the forensic evidence. The trial results could be devastating.
One thing the old liberal was good at saying is
there is no enemy
It is the one of the fundamental truths of life
“ I hate “. Is a human construct. Easily undone
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