Posted on 12/12/2021 7:25:30 AM PST by jimjohn
A ran across this video while checking out the morning news over coffee. While many believe the Second Amendment is the most powerful tool in the Arsenal of Liberty, the confrontation in this video justifies the point of the First Amendment having more power than the one following. When you watch the video, your first reaction may be similar to what is posted in many of the comments that follow.
This is a confrontation between a U.S. Attorney and a local news reporter, and within it, there are several teachable moments.
View the video here, after which – class is in session…
One’s first impression of this confrontation between U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins, and a Boston 25 (Fox) news producer would be the audacity of Rollins’ attempt at making this a racial issue. Reading the comments that follow would attest to this fact. But to appreciate the full impact, you must ignore the racial overtones within this video and embrace the effect on this public official. One can also speculate how such a confrontation came to be.
Among the teachable moments in the video is not that a white woman (the masked producer ) was in view of Rollins' home, but that someone outside of her close circle knew where she lived, with a camera that could have exposed that at any moment. Note to the U.S. Attorney: Notice how the news station blurred out your license plate. In the world of interconnectivity, your license plate, name and approximate locale is enough to nail down your residential address, what your kids had for lunch at the local school they attend, and everything in between. It’s something her side does on a regular basis when they are not following U.S. Senators into a restroom, or staging intimidating mass protests at the home of others. But I digress…
Again, ignore the racial aspects of this confrontation. The race card was played because it was and is the “in-case-of-emergency-break-glass” strategy of the opposition: to immediately put their enemy on the defensive – especially when they are caught red-handed. The reality: It is safe to speculate that many attempts to question Rollins at her office failed; hence the reason they are at her residence. In America, this is what happens when you dodge the press chasing a hot story. Just ask anyone on the other side of the political fence.
A careful review of the video shows when Rollins’s anger began to build. It was when asked about how her address was found and the producer responded "its public information". This is what began the epic, foul-mouthed rantings of this federal public official. It’s not about skin color, or who bankrolled this candidate in the past. It’s about this public official being unnerved about something and does not want to face the public about – to the point that she was literally in fear of her life (forget about the kids – that's just drama). This woman told more about herself in this confrontation than she ever would have by simply answering the reporter’s question. Instead, the public has viewed what happens when you simply shine a light on this person, and the U.S. Attorney? Let’s just say she now has the public (including a lot of angry people) living rent-free inside her head.
Also note how she threatened to call the police and "make an allegation". One can easily assume that by immediately injecting race into the mix, the "allegation" to police probably would have been a false one, since it appeared the reporters and the camera were standing on public property (probably a sidewalk).
From personal experience, I’ve seen this movie before. Long ago, we held public meetings on political involvement, fully informed juries, and lobbying for pro 2nd Amendment causes. These meetings were constantly interrupted by one individual promoting and advocating controversial if not totally illegal actions – to the point where we called the police when he refused to leave the meeting.
The police did in fact arrive, where I met them outside and explained the matter, including the illegal activity this person was advocating. I was told in no-uncertain terms that this person had the constitutional right to be at this meeting and there was nothing they could do to remove him.
I’ll translate to shorten the story: He was on their payroll and they did not WANT to remove him from this meeting.
The next day, our team went to work after securing a photo. It simply took the name, photo, and reported activity of this person to post on what was then a popular forum for right-thinking Americans. As a result, this person was never seen at that meeting again. In fact, the last time he was seen was reportedly making a right turn at an intersection, seeing one of us stopped at a red light, then almost causing an accident trying to drive fast and as far away as possible.
We didn’t even have to post his address.
This shows that exposure of this nature works. The reason it is feared so much by our opposition is because it is used by them on a regular basis. Too often, our side merely complains about the double-standard. Or think of this this way: Antifa’s most feared and hated public figure is not Tucker Carlson, Dan Bongino or even Donald Trump. It’s a reporter named Andy Ngo, who routinely exposes the names, faces, and actions of some of the black bloc’s most notorious foot soldiers. This should tell you something.
I fully believe when our Forefathers wrote the Bill of Rights in the order they were written, it was by accident. We must accept that the First Amendment has more power than the one(s) that follow, and can and should be utilized when necessary as a first-strike weapon. The confrontation in this video is an excellent example of this teachable moment.
More background on Rachel Rollins (as local Suffolk County MA DA) can be found here.
That is all.
We are going to be hearing a lot more about this woman (Rachael Rollins).
She will most likely be with us until at least January 2025.
There’s a Ted Cruz video that states the case against her very clearly. Sorry, I don’t have the link available.
The 2nd reinforces the 1st and subsequently all the rest.
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ping for later.
Very interesting commentary. I will go back later to review your notes and video.
That woman is psychotic and shouldn’t ever be in charge of anything. The fact that she and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi are in positions of power shows the world how flawed our system of government has become.
The fact that she and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi are in positions of power shows the world how flawed our system of government has become.You're whistling past the graveyard if you don't see the common denominator here. They're all women in positions of power.
Women's emotions, AKA feelings, cloud all logical, reasonable thinking.
Corrupted, not flawed.
Naah - I've know many, many very sharp women who have done very well in leadership positions.
Pelosi, AOC and Rachel what's-her-name are deranged - broken brains - living violations of the Peter Principle.
They are motivated by whatever demon infests Leftist/Racists/haters and for some reason they get elected and nobody sane stops them in their tracks and sends them to the Happy Valley Mental Hospital where they most certainly need to be.
It may have “motre power” but that power depends on the Second Amendment for its continuation.
Took me about a minute to find her address.
And remember: The Second Amendment is the only absolute amendment. The first says “Congress shall make no law.” It binds Congress. The Second says “shall not be infringed.” That covers everyone and every institution.
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