Posted on 03/09/2023 5:34:41 AM PST by Heartlander
Recently there were some remarkable online videos of a Portland, Oregon good Samaritan confronting shoplifters and forcing them to dump loads of their pilfered goods.
More stunning, however, was the sheer outrage—of the thieves!
They pouted. They screamed. They resisted. How dare anyone stop them from stealing anything they wished.
The criminals entertained no fear of any consequences for walking out with bags of things that were not theirs. They had no care that mainstreaming their habits would undermine the entire fabric of society.
What is common to the pandemic of smash-and-grab, carjacking, fighting on airliners while in flight, and deadly Saturday night shoot-outs is this same apparent assurance there will be no consequences.
That expectation of exemption is why the Antifa thugs in Atlanta were so bold in their latest violent attacks on the police.
And why not, after the 120 days of rioting, looting, arson, and assault in summer 2020 which resulted in few Antifa indictments, fewer convictions, and almost no imprisonments.
The “broken windows” theory of policing in the 1990s and 2000s showed how the failure to punish even minor infractions soon leads to escalation to more violent crimes.
The homeless take for granted that ancient rules forbidding urination, defecation, fornication, and injection on the sidewalks do not apply to them. Is it any wonder that they increasingly are not victims of circumstance but victimizers of innocent passersbys?
Yet deterrence is not just eroded from the bottom up, but also from the top down—and by an elite who assume it will never be subject to the chaos it wrought.
Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe admittedly lied on four occasions to federal investigators, apparently with the prescient expectation...
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I propose selecting March 32nd (AKA April Fools Day) as Joe Biden Appreciation Day.
“..I propose selecting March 32nd (AKA April Fools Day) as Joe Biden Appreciation Day....”
LOL...
Who knows. We may even get a special edition of the “Joe Joe, The Clown Show” that day with super special jokes that just gloriously write themselves right there on national TV!!!!!
A white female pushed a fully loaded cart out the front door.
A Safeway employee followed her out and grasped the front of the cart.
A cat and mouse routine followed for TWO minutes, when she finally gave up and walked away.
The employee called 911 as soon as she walked out. Our Police Station is just a couple blocks away, but no one responded to the call.
A year ago, at the same store, a guy tried to walk out with a plastic gallon jug of vodka. Two security guys blocked his path, saying "Drop it! Drop it!" They initiated no contact.
I assume if the thief initiates physical contact with the guards, that elevates the charge to robbery instead of theft. The thief finally gave up trying to step around them, dropped the vodka, and walked down the sidewalk a free man.
VDH ping
Eliminating consequences and excusing irresponsible behavior is the Rats main goal.
And it’s all done in the name of “compassion” - a sick, cynical, pathological type of “compassion” that is destroying this country.
The homeless take for granted that ancient rules forbidding urination, defecation, fornication, and injection on the sidewalks do not apply to them. Is it any wonder that they increasingly are not victims of circumstance but victimizers of innocent passersbys?
Yet deterrence is not just eroded from the bottom up, but also from the top down—and by an elite who assume it will never be subject to the chaos it wrought.
Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe admittedly lied on four occasions to federal investigators, apparently with the prescient expectation he would never be prosecuted.
The same hubris was true of former CIA Director John Brennan who admittedly lied under oath to Congress—twice—with absolute impunity.
The former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper not only lied under oath to Congress, but crowed that he gave the “least untruthful” answer. He too faced zero consequences.
VDH again puts into words what we all know but have a hard time expressing, and does so with eloquence!
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Until Justice is applied to traitors such as Andrew McCabe, John Brennan and James Clapper, our nation will continue to sink into the hull-crushing abyss of woke liberalism.
VDH, the most perceptive chronicler of our nation’s decline. I sure hope this is a rough patch and not terminal.
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There is some justification for that.
If people who strongly identify with a particular group see their group unjustly (in their eyes) discriminated against and maltreated by the ruling system, then it is perfectly natural for vigilante (gangs) type of groups to rise up to defend the group’s interests.
That’s the history of the world, including America’s birth. I’m sure the Brits didn’t think too highly of our gang of ragtag rebels.
So, are gangs good or bad? And, more importantly, what differentiates a good gang from a bad gang?
“I propose selecting March 32nd (AKA April Fools Day) as Joe Biden Appreciation Day”.
Lol That’s a Winner!
Bumping and thanks!
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