[oldbrowser]

Or is the current left-wing savagery also a legacy of the tribal 1960s, when out-of-power protesters felt that expressions of speaking bluntly, even crudely, were at least preferable to "artificial" cultural restraint? Why should graying veterans of the barricades, then, remain "polite" when their country's less sophisticated red-state yokels are taking it in the wrong direction?

In a nutshell. Almost sounds like jihadism doesn't it?

[AmericanExceptionalist]

Almost sounds like jihadism doesn't it?

That is an excellent analogy. I have been persuaded for some time that leftist Democrats have a lot in common with the jihadists: a passionate belief that they are RIGHT, and that their worldview MUST prevail; a sad realization that it CANNOT prevail through persuasion alone; and the resulting conclusion that it is fair enough (in fact, morally righteous) to advance their agenda BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.