Posted on 11/02/2021 12:42:25 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell
Tucker Carlson's special "Patriot Purge" episode 2 of 3, is about the cowardly, vicious deep state getting rid of the natural leaders from the military, public safety & 1st responders. It's a focused purge, attempting to decapitate the hierarchy of the heroes, the best of the best, of the people who lead those who protect the defenseless, who stand in harm's way while the deep state and it's MSM allies go for the big bucks. Once the cowardly, evil people get rid of the hero leaders, they will be free to do whatever they want.
I happened to be listening to a talk on a philosopher of group rivalry and scapegoating, when an alert came in that the 2nd of Tucker Carlson's "Patriot Purge" episodes is ready for viewing. ($6.95 / mo, I never liked him before, I though FoxNews had betrayed us & I thought "he's always yelling", it's not true, I'm so glad I subscribed.)
The philosopher, Rene Girard (link to talk in the comments below) investigated how we manage conflict. He had the concept of "imitative rivalry" (mimetic desire), that we want what others want, and we tend to want to take away those desired things.
A common example of that rivalry would be, in Gunsmoke, when a punch thrown in the bar soon breaks out into general brawl, you expect to see friends forming alliances, but at first, everyone indescribably fights everyone.
Girard elevates this into how scapegoating happens, two friends start fighting back to back, everyone starts watching one of the conflicts, soon the group scapegoats one individual for tarring & feathering, after this "cathartic" release, group cohesion is restored in the community.
The interview about Rene Gerard's work shows that Jesus Christ ended all this. He became the scapegoat for all. When Jesus said "Father, fore give them, for they know not what they do", He superseded the private catharsis of purging individual. He became the victim.
The evil, cowardly deep state wants to overthrow the peace that Jesus established. They want to raise the conflict level. That's why Antifa and BLM are the Brownshirts of the Democrat Party. DNC sanctioned riots will not be prosecuted, though they have wrecked Seattle and, especially, Portland, and they left something like 6 people dead in Washington D.C. in 2020, a true insurrection.
If there is a new 9-11, it was not January 6, 2021, they took place in Washington from May 29, 2020 to June 23, 2020.
https://www.patrickcoffin.media/rene-girard-on-what-makes-us-tick/
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