Posted on 04/29/2016 2:34:21 PM PDT by RightGeek
Last night, anti-Trump protesters rioted in Costa Mesa, California. Yes, rioted. That’s what you call it when “demonstrations” turn into this:
[video of rioters trying to turn over police car]
Or this:
[photo of bloody Trump supporter]
Just imagine for a moment the shrieking outrage if Trump supporters had tried to flip a car outside a Hillary Clinton rally. Imagine the fury at the sight of a bloody man wearing a Hillary shirt. So how did the mainstream media cover the anti-Trump riot? Hot Air’s Larry O’Connor has the details:
Check out the LA Times headline: Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed. Maybe it’s me, but if your headline includes the phrase: “police car smashed,” perhaps you should go ahead and call it a riot and not the benign and righteous sounding “protest.” The Times write-up of the ugly violence begins with more apologetic language: “Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night…” “Demonstrators”??? This is a very deliberate use of language. When you have a righteous cause, you’re a “demonstrator.” The Times is using language equating these thugs with someone marching in Selma. “Demonstrators” sounds heroic.The Washington Post used the morally-neutral term “clashed.”
Trump protesters clashed with police officers here after a campaign rally Thursday hosted by the Republican presidential candidate.It’s just a clash, folks. Who knows how it started? Then there was this tweet from an L.A. Times reporter:
[tweet "It appears the #DonaldTrump storm has passed #CostaMesa"]
I’m sorry, but an anti-Trump riot is not a “Donald Trump storm.”
Let’s state this as plainly as possible: Nothing Trump has done justifies a violent response. Nothing. Yet the more the media whitewashes this violence and applies its typical double standard to left-wing thugs, the more the violence will escalate.
Clearly the media sympathizes with these Mexican flag-waving crowds in much the same way that it sympathized with the rioters at Ferguson and Baltimore. But when you excuse political violence, you tend to get more of it. We know leftist radicals aren’t shy about taking so-called “direct action” to intimidate opponents. We also know that at least some Trump supporters are spoiling for a fight. Trump himself has been spoiling for a fight. We risk the worst political violence in a generation. Am I wrong to believe that some in the media are thrilled at the prospect — so long as the Left is leading the charge?
Wow, this from someone at National Review? That in itself is amazing. I might add, about time National Review.
I'm Rich Lowry of the National Review.
Ya know what really gets me excited?
When you cancel your subscription, or put another magazine like Ramparts or Mother Jones on top of mine on the newsstand.
Cuz that's what cross-eyed Nascar fans with wet spots on their trousers naturally do.
This guy should exit NR before he catches anything incurable. I don’t think there’s any hope for the rest.
Anti-Trump Mob Vandalizing Trump Supporters’ Car (with the Trump supporters inside the car):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tNQ9upvMTk&feature=youtu.be
I am old enough to remember the left-wing riots in 1968.
It did not turn out well for the Democrats.
You have to add the National Review, where this article comes from, to that list. How many of their hate-filled screeds have likened Trump to Hitler, or accused him of inciting violence?
And it will EXPLODE when the Trump supporters start fighting back.
That’s some scary video. I found myself wondering at what point does one just hit the gas pedal. When the guy said lets light it on fire?
Bingo!
Perhaps the kick off for their pre-election fundraiser?
this is from National Review? the ones that were backing Cruz blame Truth for violence in Chicago?
And even if you hit the gas pedal, you probably wouldn’t be able to get through the crowd. The thugs would swarm your car and overturn it, or pull you out of it and do a Reginald Denny dance stomp on your head. It’s madness. And people wonder why so many Americans want firearms and access to semi-autos with high-capacity magazines????
Note that the author is either #NeverTrump or darn close. He’s absolutely right. If Trump weren’t running and Cruz were winning instead, he’d get 98% as much violent crap as Trump is getting. They ain’t protesting Trump (okay, maybe 2%, as noted). They’re protesting ENFORCING THE LAW.
I was in downtown Dallas during the left-wing riots at the 1984 Republican convention.
That election did not turn out too well for the Democrats either.
georgi schwartz
beaners gone wild
lala land liebtards permit this and encourage it
“When the guy said lets light it on fire?”
That is the point where I’d have opened fire.
Problem is, this is 2016, and 30% of the voters are Socialist non-white minorities.
Please remember - In 2012, Mitt Romney became the first presidential candidate in American history to get 59% of the white vote - but lose the election!
The left has *always* led the charge.
Terrorists have always come disproportionately from two groups: islamists and leftists. That is because violence is in their blood.
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