The criminal who committed this murder, this assassination, is personally responsible and must be caught and held accountable (at best, death penalty after decades of appeals); nevertheless...
Democrat violence is now continuous, and it a natural result of their decades long socio-political war against US culture - especially the last 15 years, with: the Right is evil, offensive words are violence, everything is offensive, actual violence is an acceptable response to right wing violence (which by definition includes "offensive words"). The glorious result of their progressive push is not only fostering but facilitating "regular" crime while also pushing mostly peaceful protests and attacks - up to and including murder - on Republicans, conservatives, MAGA and anyone else who disagrees with The Party.
Response to today's post will be varied, horrified, and vicious in some cases. Maybe we need Townhall meeting, led by someone who could be as calm and collected as Charlie Kirk, to invite those who hate us so much to discuss that hatred. Otherwise . . . we'll hear repeated cries "to arms!"
That was much of the value of Charlie Kirk. He was calm and collected. And able to demonstrate to the college youth why they were on the wrong track. I have no idea who could possibly take his place.
The thing, fundamental idea, what you will, is that many, many years ago the haters of freedom set out to destroy this country, attacking us so covertly that most people didnt see it for what it was. I'm told Krushev indicated the haters of freedom would infiltrate the education system in this country, in effect destroy our pro country education in favor of refocusing on mking us dependent on government, drugs, sex, etc, and teaching that we the people had and have no responsibilty to keep the country free and should give way to irresponsibility since sex no longer required marriage to be had, abortion and birth control drugs took that responsibilty away. Drugs like LSD were introduced, and the beginnings of mind control took place. Once most of the kids were using things like marijuana on a regular basis, the tearing down of the rest of our values began, and the picture of where we are today showed up. In short, only a huge educational program including all the values of where we used to be as a nation, and shown with all the very interesting history, unabridged by anyone will work to turn things around. We the people have ignored our responsibility for a very long time, and let the parasites that always infest every culture have too big of a hand in designing the movies and commentaries that are constantly in front of us, and which are educating our people, whether we want it to or not.
Good piece, John, and proof that you have been spot on with your columns. When you have the Left abandoning reason and logic and replacing it with feelings and emotions, they run out of sensible responses and resort to tantrums and violence. In that sense, what happened to Charlie Kirk was predictable and inevitable- not when and how, but not far-fetched. This public assassination was a clear statement of how dissent to Leftist views will be dealt with, and meant to silence us. I am proud of how Trump and his cabinet are responding; I hope that there is now fear among those who call every Republican a threat to democracy or a fascist. People need to be charged for inciting violence, same as those who yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Congratulations to Antifa and BLM; hopefully the FBI will come and take you someplace where you will be confined away from the rest of us. God bless and care for Charlie's wife and kids whose lives have been shattered by this hateful act.
I’ve been thinking the same thing since Charlie Kirk’s assassination. At some point, it will be inevitable that those on the right will decide that since the government can’t or won’t protect them or their “tribe,” the only option is to take matters into their own hands and reciprocate. That would of course, turn America into the equivalent of many/most third world countries.
We should hope that the leaders on the left will recognize this and start tamping down their language.
Unfortunately, however, I don’t see that happening any time soon as the left is now captured and controlled by the far left so that leftist politicians are wholly beholden to the radicals. Until that changes, and until George Soros and his ilk stop funding the violence and stop brainwash the foot soldiers in their war against America, the violence will continue.
It's very difficult for many people to accept but the fact of the matter is that we cannot live in the same country as these woke liberals.
These people don't just disagree with us.
They HATE us.
I am convinced that many of the journalists I listen to on National Public Radio would cheerfully herd people like us out into Comrade Stalin's Katkyn Woods, put bullets into the back of our heads and joyfully celebrate.
America is like Anatolia in Turkey in 1914. Anatolia was inhabited by 3 distinct peoples: the Turks, the Armenians and the Greeks.
These 3 peoples could not live in the same nation state. By 1920 the 2 Christian peoples, the Armenians and the Greeks, had been exterminated or exiled by the triumphant Muslims under Ataturk.
We live within the same territorial boundaries as various other peoples and also these fanatical, ruthless White liberals.
One cannot live in the same country with such people.
Great piece and I think the answer to the question posed in the last tweet is clearly no, and has been for a long time. Most of the radical left will never ever countenance changing their mind or deviating from their established narratives, and they'd rather kill someone for questioning it than admit to being wrong. I'd be interested to hear if you or others are more optimistic on this front than I am or not, since its a pretty bleak outlook for the future otherwise.
I must admit, this viewpoint has some appeal for me, and I suspect others. However, force is a last resort. We need to change how education is handled in this country. Clearly those teaching nowadays are, for the most part, anti American. I know that evil people who have worked their ways into our education system have slowly planted the seeds of destruction into the minds of youth who are receptive to destructive suggestions. This has to change. When I was young, I was taught by teachers who had experienced a huge war and were alert to how Hitler and Stallin had gained control of their countries, and were able then to rain down destruction on the people they wanted to. We need to take care that we do the right actions to make sure anothre war doesn't happen. There are too many mad-men in control of various countries and who have atomic weapons and would only be too happy to unleash them on the world. They are insane, and death is by and large their goal. Ours and theirs. I don't want to see this happen but am too old to do much to prevent it. That is up to the younger people of this country. I hope that those who are aware aren't too late getting to the table.
In MAD, all of the agressive countries owned Atomic weapons. Nobody threatened anybody with using them. It was so dangerous to threaten another country with using them that nobody did. Pres Kennedy came the closest threatening Russia with destroying the missiles Kruschev was taking to set up in Cuba with bombing them out of existence the minute they arrived. Everybody was holding their collective breath during that time, even us kids. It was front page news that we all watched on TV. One of the scariest times in history. Because if Russia fired Nukes at us and we fired nukes at them, well it was assured we would all be annihilated. We practiced ducking under our desks at school in case there was a war with Nukes between us and Russia. When I was about 14 years old my dad who worked in Aerospace, told me we had 17 times kill power in this country. None of us would be worrying about anything at all if that war had taken place.
I want to add another comment as I suspect many people haven't totally wrapped their heads around it. What has happened to our culture is pure and simple brainwashing. Find a weak point somewhere and expound on it, pound that one or few things into young peoples minds, and make the entire culture seem to be the same as those few weak points. The drugs infesting our entire culture nowadays are the gateway to brainwashing.
I completely agree with you. Which is pretty normal. The key word being "normal". Which obviously the Left isn't. That contingent has always been about destroying freedom and killing to make that happen. They are universaly insane, and really the worst of them should be institutionalized.
No, and we couldn't coexist with them n the 70s. Some of the Weather Underground were arrested and sent to jail. When they got out, many got jobs as professors. And that is why they are here now. Don't be surprised if they start making bombs again.
Not exactly evidenced based. While the rhetoric might be out in the ether, the statistics do not support the claim that those left of center commit more acts of violence. In fact, it's the opposite. Violent, politically-charged attacks are statistically more likely to be committed by those right-of-center (free pdf of study here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2122593119).
Agreed that the rhetoric needs to change, left and right. James David's comments on this post are evidence of that.
The criminal who committed this murder, this assassination, is personally responsible and must be caught and held accountable (at best, death penalty after decades of appeals); nevertheless...
Democrat violence is now continuous, and it a natural result of their decades long socio-political war against US culture - especially the last 15 years, with: the Right is evil, offensive words are violence, everything is offensive, actual violence is an acceptable response to right wing violence (which by definition includes "offensive words"). The glorious result of their progressive push is not only fostering but facilitating "regular" crime while also pushing mostly peaceful protests and attacks - up to and including murder - on Republicans, conservatives, MAGA and anyone else who disagrees with The Party.
Response to today's post will be varied, horrified, and vicious in some cases. Maybe we need Townhall meeting, led by someone who could be as calm and collected as Charlie Kirk, to invite those who hate us so much to discuss that hatred. Otherwise . . . we'll hear repeated cries "to arms!"
That was much of the value of Charlie Kirk. He was calm and collected. And able to demonstrate to the college youth why they were on the wrong track. I have no idea who could possibly take his place.
The thing, fundamental idea, what you will, is that many, many years ago the haters of freedom set out to destroy this country, attacking us so covertly that most people didnt see it for what it was. I'm told Krushev indicated the haters of freedom would infiltrate the education system in this country, in effect destroy our pro country education in favor of refocusing on mking us dependent on government, drugs, sex, etc, and teaching that we the people had and have no responsibilty to keep the country free and should give way to irresponsibility since sex no longer required marriage to be had, abortion and birth control drugs took that responsibilty away. Drugs like LSD were introduced, and the beginnings of mind control took place. Once most of the kids were using things like marijuana on a regular basis, the tearing down of the rest of our values began, and the picture of where we are today showed up. In short, only a huge educational program including all the values of where we used to be as a nation, and shown with all the very interesting history, unabridged by anyone will work to turn things around. We the people have ignored our responsibility for a very long time, and let the parasites that always infest every culture have too big of a hand in designing the movies and commentaries that are constantly in front of us, and which are educating our people, whether we want it to or not.
Good piece, John, and proof that you have been spot on with your columns. When you have the Left abandoning reason and logic and replacing it with feelings and emotions, they run out of sensible responses and resort to tantrums and violence. In that sense, what happened to Charlie Kirk was predictable and inevitable- not when and how, but not far-fetched. This public assassination was a clear statement of how dissent to Leftist views will be dealt with, and meant to silence us. I am proud of how Trump and his cabinet are responding; I hope that there is now fear among those who call every Republican a threat to democracy or a fascist. People need to be charged for inciting violence, same as those who yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater. Congratulations to Antifa and BLM; hopefully the FBI will come and take you someplace where you will be confined away from the rest of us. God bless and care for Charlie's wife and kids whose lives have been shattered by this hateful act.
I’ve been thinking the same thing since Charlie Kirk’s assassination. At some point, it will be inevitable that those on the right will decide that since the government can’t or won’t protect them or their “tribe,” the only option is to take matters into their own hands and reciprocate. That would of course, turn America into the equivalent of many/most third world countries.
We should hope that the leaders on the left will recognize this and start tamping down their language.
Unfortunately, however, I don’t see that happening any time soon as the left is now captured and controlled by the far left so that leftist politicians are wholly beholden to the radicals. Until that changes, and until George Soros and his ilk stop funding the violence and stop brainwash the foot soldiers in their war against America, the violence will continue.
It's very difficult for many people to accept but the fact of the matter is that we cannot live in the same country as these woke liberals.
These people don't just disagree with us.
They HATE us.
I am convinced that many of the journalists I listen to on National Public Radio would cheerfully herd people like us out into Comrade Stalin's Katkyn Woods, put bullets into the back of our heads and joyfully celebrate.
America is like Anatolia in Turkey in 1914. Anatolia was inhabited by 3 distinct peoples: the Turks, the Armenians and the Greeks.
These 3 peoples could not live in the same nation state. By 1920 the 2 Christian peoples, the Armenians and the Greeks, had been exterminated or exiled by the triumphant Muslims under Ataturk.
We live within the same territorial boundaries as various other peoples and also these fanatical, ruthless White liberals.
One cannot live in the same country with such people.
Great piece and I think the answer to the question posed in the last tweet is clearly no, and has been for a long time. Most of the radical left will never ever countenance changing their mind or deviating from their established narratives, and they'd rather kill someone for questioning it than admit to being wrong. I'd be interested to hear if you or others are more optimistic on this front than I am or not, since its a pretty bleak outlook for the future otherwise.
I must admit, this viewpoint has some appeal for me, and I suspect others. However, force is a last resort. We need to change how education is handled in this country. Clearly those teaching nowadays are, for the most part, anti American. I know that evil people who have worked their ways into our education system have slowly planted the seeds of destruction into the minds of youth who are receptive to destructive suggestions. This has to change. When I was young, I was taught by teachers who had experienced a huge war and were alert to how Hitler and Stallin had gained control of their countries, and were able then to rain down destruction on the people they wanted to. We need to take care that we do the right actions to make sure anothre war doesn't happen. There are too many mad-men in control of various countries and who have atomic weapons and would only be too happy to unleash them on the world. They are insane, and death is by and large their goal. Ours and theirs. I don't want to see this happen but am too old to do much to prevent it. That is up to the younger people of this country. I hope that those who are aware aren't too late getting to the table.
Sounds like you are a fan of MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction.
In MAD, all of the agressive countries owned Atomic weapons. Nobody threatened anybody with using them. It was so dangerous to threaten another country with using them that nobody did. Pres Kennedy came the closest threatening Russia with destroying the missiles Kruschev was taking to set up in Cuba with bombing them out of existence the minute they arrived. Everybody was holding their collective breath during that time, even us kids. It was front page news that we all watched on TV. One of the scariest times in history. Because if Russia fired Nukes at us and we fired nukes at them, well it was assured we would all be annihilated. We practiced ducking under our desks at school in case there was a war with Nukes between us and Russia. When I was about 14 years old my dad who worked in Aerospace, told me we had 17 times kill power in this country. None of us would be worrying about anything at all if that war had taken place.
I want to add another comment as I suspect many people haven't totally wrapped their heads around it. What has happened to our culture is pure and simple brainwashing. Find a weak point somewhere and expound on it, pound that one or few things into young peoples minds, and make the entire culture seem to be the same as those few weak points. The drugs infesting our entire culture nowadays are the gateway to brainwashing.
I wish you weren’t onto something with this. But here we are.
I completely agree with you. Which is pretty normal. The key word being "normal". Which obviously the Left isn't. That contingent has always been about destroying freedom and killing to make that happen. They are universaly insane, and really the worst of them should be institutionalized.
No, and we couldn't coexist with them n the 70s. Some of the Weather Underground were arrested and sent to jail. When they got out, many got jobs as professors. And that is why they are here now. Don't be surprised if they start making bombs again.
Not exactly evidenced based. While the rhetoric might be out in the ether, the statistics do not support the claim that those left of center commit more acts of violence. In fact, it's the opposite. Violent, politically-charged attacks are statistically more likely to be committed by those right-of-center (free pdf of study here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/suppl/10.1073/pnas.2122593119).
Agreed that the rhetoric needs to change, left and right. James David's comments on this post are evidence of that.
Then we put ourselves in the position of being worse than they are.