So, there I was, looking at Huffpost headlines when I see this "How The Trump Campaign Could Evolve Into Organized Violence, In 6 Steps".
The article immediately stood out to me for its selective attention. I know it is Huffington's and most media's go-to interpretation of last week's violence in Chicago - that it was Trump supporters who acted violently. But really, if one reads beyond those outlets, they can easily find that the protest and resulting violence was orchestrated by proud members of Black Lives Matter, MoveOn and affiliated groups, along with some Bernie fans. It was protesters that had firearms and fired shots. Because I have a cadre of liberal associates on FB, I even got to see some that thought the resulting memes about how "Obama's peeps" shut down Trump's right to speak were "LoL" funny. Of course, they are elites and have the illusion of comfort and security in their gated communities and penthouses.
So, alleged violence-incitement is likely to turn into organized violence - but on which side? Is anyone who is not half brain-dead, who is not a member of the above mentioned groups really unable to see that there has already been violence and threatened violence in this nation for the past several years. In fact, is it not stock-in-trade for BLM and others to routinely threaten or engage in violence as a means to affect social change? Haven't such groups repeatedly burned down their own neighborhood and killed their fellow residents just to show how violent and uncivilized they can become? Have they not do so with the willing and eager support of MSNBC, Huffington, Media matters, MoveON, Soros and others? Can anyone really say that those groups have directly and purposely engaged in or incited violence?
I am note sure how many times I can say this, but I am not a Trump fan. But fan or not, I repeatedly see others throwing stones at him while they live in glass houses. How are your wicked Uncle Bernie and Mrs. Drysdale (Clinton) not inciting people to violence when they tell them it is their time to take form those who have, their time to get free stuff at the expense of others who have robbed them of their rightful share. Have they condemned the fact that their "followers" want to shut down others' rights to speak? How would these people have reacted if a similar response and demonstration happened at a Clinton rally? The rhetoric of violence, retribution, rage, and hatred is not all on only one side of this equation.
For extra added fun - to truly see this mindset in action - look no further than the comments on the above article. I'll highlight a few:
1.
Ta'Keysha Brown ·
Works at US Postal Service
True, but what they don't realize is that we are not our grandparents. We fight back, we shoot back, and we stab back. Every one of those cowards are willing to throw a blow, but how many of them are ready to take two blows back?
So - here's your US Postal worker, paid by tax dollars, threatening to go postal on anyone who disagrees Yes, you fought back and will fight back apparently (at least she does not seem to be an anti-gun liberal). Will you shoot first? Is that how you think this will be fixed? I suspect many of them will be more than willing to take a few blows to land a good one. I suspect more than you realize. If you do not see the incitement inherent in such a comment, such a threat, then you are willfully ignorant. You see, the article also talks about how the election of Obama was followed by a spike in hate crimes against blacks (BTW, I think we need to consider how we define hate crimes). What I remember seeing was videos of blacks dancing in the streets saying that now the white folks were going to get what was coming to them. Always winners and losers it is.
Do you really want to start a shooting war?
2. Then there's 
Elizabeth Pengson
i could sense this,, why I suggest to have the SEALS.Marines.. snipers at the ready.. even tanks.. let's see how tough his supporters are.. I have no doubt, they are just bullies and cowards like him ..
give them a dose of their own meds, bet they'll run the Ozarks,never to be seen for decades.
give them a dose of their own meds, bet they'll run the Ozarks,never to be seen for decades.
Liz figures the way to deal with people you don't like is to have Marines and SEALS on call - and tanks - you know kind of like Red China and Tiananmen Square - or maybe Kent State with the hippies of those days. Apparently fine by Liz - American ingenuity in action.
I suspect you should be worried about how well this idea will go Liz - your side has not been very kind to law enforcement and military folks in recent years - blaming them for most of the ills of society (Attention Liberals: that's why giving veterans bigger checks does not buy you love). As I note below, you and Ta'Keysha have worked really hard to make enemies - in this case, enemies in the LEO and military communities.
You see, some folks like you have suggested that were Trump to be elected you would leave the country. I find this incredulous since as a veteran I served this nation even when I did not agree with or care for the policies of the man who held the office of commander-in-chief. Because I served a nation. I know many of today's warriors who are not fans of the current administration and how it has handled wars and changed the military. But they continue to serve something larger than themselves. Your loyalty is fleeting and self-serving.
But I do not think they will accede to orders to fire on their fellow citizens just because you don't like them.
Let's look further - at the stages the authors suggest:
1. Anger
2. Excusing Violence
3. Legal Impunity
4. The Opposition Fights Back
5. Going on Offense
6. Picking a Shirt or Hat Color
So, can someone tell me how this process does not just as clearly describe how the violence on the "other" side has developed and been nurtured. Anger - clear. Excusing violence - BLM riots are justifiable violence in today's liberal view - legal impunity goes along with this. Now, the opposition has begun to voice its own concerns, declining to be run over - it is going on more offense. And of course, BLM, with the "hand's up" t-shirt already has it colors.
This is all about defining an enemy and both sides of this equation have gone out of their way to define an enemy. How many cops must be ambushed before someone on one side speaks out? %The "non-Trump" side has been doing defining society's core institutions as its enemies for years, not addressing the specific issues that need to be addressed, but demonizing entire groups of people based on gender, race, occupation, socioeconomic status and so on. Some have decided that people from other countries should be more welcome here than our own citizenry - making enemies of large swaths of the country.
Wait - I need to share the comments of one more intellectual giant:
Lachelle Wolfe ·
Trumps supporters may or may not wear a certain color of support for trump, but they will be wearing guns, in the open carry style. That's the difference between republicans and liberals, republicans want to intimidate by open carry, but not smart enough to understand by doing that they've already showed their hand. We are already seeing how stupid they are by how many of them are getting shot by their toddlers, or their children are shooting their siblings or themselves.
Trump supporters might riot and get violent if he's not elected, but I don't think they are willing to lose their lives, and they will.
Trump supporters might riot and get violent if he's not elected, but I don't think they are willing to lose their lives, and they will.
Nah - I don't have anything to say about this one. Well - maybe a few of things: I am not a Republican. I don't open carry. Has Lachelle taken a look at the black community (and no, I am not assuming she is black) to see how many of them are shooting each other on a regular basis, be it gang violence, drive-by shootings with children being shot, or turf/drug related? I ask this because I assume she is considering Trump followers to be nothing more than white rednecks - yet the community that I suspect is near and dear to your heart suffers a much higher cost due to violent behavior.
Because of that I suspect that Trump haters in that community will riot if he wins - will probably riot if he loses, too. Do they want to lose their lives?
This is such immature egocentric crap.
Dark times ahead.
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