Posted on 08/07/2020 7:27:19 AM PDT by george76
the genuinely privileged class in America’s big cities consists of radical progressives, who flout mask requirements at mass demonstrations, deface public property with graffiti, and riot and destroy while being called “mostly peaceful demonstrators.”
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The two rioters grabbed national attention when they were arrested because of their elite and privileged backgrounds.
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Colinford Mattis.. embodies elite credentials via affirmative action, “plucked” in Miller’s word, from East New York and educated at elite St. Andrew’s prep, Princeton (where he was a member of two elite eating clubs), and NYU Law. Urooj Rahman, born in Pakistan and brought to the USA at age 4 by her immigrant parents, made do with public high school and Fordham University for undergraduate and law school education, to become an officer of the court and thereby enjoying special privileges and obligations of members of bar, with a special obligation to uphold the rule of law.
So certain of her privilege was Rahman on the night of her firebombing that she gave an interview and allowed herself to be photographed with one of her two prepared Molotov cocktails in hand, sitting next to Mattis in his minivan.
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Violent, bloody revolutions are usually waged by ruthless educated people who become monsters because they are so convinced of their righteousness. Maximilien Robespierre, who had thousands executed during the French Revolution only to lose his own head to Dr. Guillotine’s invention, was a lawyer. The highly educated are the most dangerous because they live in their heads and can convince themselves of anything.
I don’t see the actions of Mattis and Rahman and as temporary lapses, but rather as the product of their warped and dangerous thinking, a serious danger to the public. Making a Molotov cocktail requires premeditation.
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I would not be surprised to see the rise of individuals loosely gathered together as groups to defend the Constitution and their communities, families and friends.
A winchester model 70, (308), at 500 yards, with or without a scope, is extremely accurate. With a scope, deadly accurate.
An M1, or M14, with just iron sights, properly sighted in is very accurate.
I am not advocating anything, just musing back to my earlier training and experience.
Have a nice day, and be careful out there.
She is probably correct that nothing will happen to her. What jury in that area is going to convict her?
Our jury system depends on the idea that jurors will take their duty seriously, but since the Flynn jury, my faith in that system has taken a beating. Soros money electing prosecutors who won’t prosecute criminals too. We seem to have two different countries under that same name.
but for how much longer
How much longer will non-Dem citizens have any real political power? Don't know.
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