So what's so wrong with just killing Trump? Wouldn't it obviate the need for all this destruction of property, all these clashes in the street? Doesn't everyone say that they'd kill Hitler if they could go back in time and do so?Advice: If Trump comes to your town, start a riot.So …. who exactly is the fascist in this scenario? The Week’s Michael Dougherty seemed to wonder that himself, asking Rensin what exactly he saw as the limits of “legitimate” political violence. The answer? Murder’s out … but that’s about it:
— Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016
@michaelbd Destroying property is legitimate. Shouting down is legitimate. Disruption of all events is legitimate. Murder isn't.So any violence short of murder is legitimate, as long as the political aim is pure enough, presumably. If you’re wondering what kind of violence isn’t legitimate, Jeryl Bier found this line in Rensin’s sand from last year:
— Emmett Rensin (@emmettrensin) June 3, 2016
Here's @emmettrensin on "literal violence": https://t.co/gmYzGWfbHO pic.twitter.com/HPYejDklOmA “Stop Hillary” wifi password is literal violence, while destruction of property and shutting down free speech is just legitimate political action.
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) June 3, 2016
I mean, I understand the Catholic objection -- that murder is an inherently disordered act. But surely you won't want to impose some religious test on your politics, Vox. Why not have the courage of your convictions?
UPDATE: Vox today runs an article called "Donald Trump Rallies Are Only Going To Get More Dangerous For Everyone." Whose fault is that? Trump's, of course.
UPDATE: Althouse: "Yells of "[F***] you!" are heard, along with vuvuzelas and chants of 'Trump go home!'"
Vuvuzelas, is it? Now we know what we're dealing with here.
UPDATE: Vox suspends, but does not fire, its editor. Go sit in timeout until after the election -- everyone knows you don't actually tell people to riot. You just say that it's completely understandable that people riot given how awful Trump is, and that it's certain to get worse.
I used to not understand why the Roman Republic fell into all that violence.
ReplyDeleteI do now.
If they think that's violence, wait until they see what people train US patriots in as a counter attack.
ReplyDeleteNot even Islamic death squads in Iraq or ISIL, can match a properly trained kill team in the US. It's due to a very simple reason, American warriors don't tend to be in a cult of death, unless they are with the Leftist alliance for evil. Thus the ability to survive means experience is accumulated on both the cadre, teacher, student, and operator levels. Islam's problem when Europe began developing better armor and weapons, was their fatalism. Same thing why Japan lost so many new pilots in the Marianas Turkey Shoot.
I really loved the video.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun, isn't it? :)
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