Yet , it's THEIR behavior that Is exactly what they Say they oppose. Nobody is attacking the lefties, beating them up, at least not Unprovoked. Stop with the pretense of Peaceful Protest. The agenda is made public. Obstruct the paths of those who want to go somewhere that You have decided is bad. You don't want to go? Don't go. But you Have no Right to hinder anyone else who wants to go. When did destroying private property and assaulting people become things that fall under the umbrella of Tolerance? Who made you the arbiters of right and wrong? Where is your authority to demand where others go or not go?
And, if you can decide for others today, what will you do when others believe They can decide for you?
If you want freedom for yourself, the best insurance for that is to protect the freedom of others.


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WHEN EVIL IS CALLED VIRTUE

Take a close look at this week's cartoon. It carries a hidden message that is easy to miss. The irony is clear enough that the violent leftist demonstrators in the US, whose political ideology is identical to classical Fascist doctrine, seek to deny freedom-of-speech to those who disagree with them. That, too, is classical Fascism. Yet, these people have the gall to label those they attack as Fascists.
But the deeper message is that the demonstrators in every part of the country follow the same style book. They shout slogans and chants that are crafted to create the impression that they are virtuous and trod the moral high ground. They shout obscenities and assault people while chanting: "Shame. Shame. Shame." Observers are thereby programmed to feel that, even though the rioters are obnoxious, their actions are justified by the virtue of their cause and the evil they oppose.
This tactic is called 'virtue signaling' and it is studied at war colleges and universities specializing in psychological warfare. I recall reading about a similar strategy years ago in a manual for guerilla warfare. It stressed the importance of winning the support of peasants and local townspeople by convincing them that the guerillas are motivated by high ideals, such as a desire for peace, freedom, equality, and opposition to tyranny.
It is obvious that this tactic did not just occur simultaneously to the organizers. They are not products of a spontaneous uprising of the masses but part of a network of professional agitators with lots of training and money behind them.
In my view, one of the most important things that must be done by the Trump administration is to put these Fascist revolutionary organizations out of business, and the best way to do that is to cut off their funding from abroad and from within. Let's start with from within. The name George Soros comes to mind.
G. Edward Griffin
2017 February 3

You're being played like fiddles. Used to accomplish what can't be accomplished by an attacking army. Your butthurt and willingness to angrily attack people and destroy property, left unchecked, will eventually bring federal and state authorities into the picture, and we all lose then.
It's been three months, and the admonitions from the left, telling everyone how America expects the right to allow for a peaceful transition of power, still ring in my ears.
Sit down, wait, see what happens. We did. America watched as the left stood silent while our military continued what has been going on for years. Can't you people just allow a flaming homo who prefers black men to speak?
If the right is So homophobic, so raci s t, WHERE DOES HE FIND AN AUDIENCE?
Another question that will go unanswered.

Yeah, good post, but the point is, the left only Claim tolerance.
They are DOING what they say they oppose.
And following a proven, historically proven, recipe. It's almost as if the leadership is educated in the arts of social conflict.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 02/11/17 at 07:53:32:


Manipulation is a very strong tool.
In a free society, unfettered, it can dominate and dictate.

Look how, through advertising, it frames a product.
They have studied the minds through countless studies, and have found you need to "hook" ones attention, or lets call it consciousness, quickly, to form, and pitch your product.

Lets call that "complex simplicity"

Once seated, you now manipulate it to a point of positive emotions, and thought.

Now fertile, you plant a seed, and the end game, a sell.

You present this in a manner that appears to make these, uh, victims (strong word)  think they arrived at their choice(s) on their own accord....
However, if we look deeply we see some mischievous manipulating, like exaggeration, to reach our stated goal, a sell, or customer.

Is it dishonest.....???
Well, it really is up to all to decide, as again, the "ends justifies the means"

How do we reign in such behavior?
Censorship?
Restrict freedom of speech?
Makes sense, if our goal is to protect those who lack the capacity to not fall victim to, "false advertising" and schemes....
But hey, would that not trample on the rights and liberties to engage in free enterprise, or those who have the capacity to decide for themselves?

See, I think when we muddle the role of goverment by extending its responsibilities to assure more protection, we weaken the whole system upon which it was originally intended.
It becomes a juggernaut, by such vastness alone!

A moral compass, based upon an absolute, would be a great tool, but again, you can't force anybody to use it, or you've breached our freewill....
Or like you reference again, being intolerant to enforce, tolerance.  

raydawg wrote on 02/11/17 at 08:31:57:


Violence is not fascism,
Fascism is violent.

Not really,... calling protest Fascism whether violent or not is incorrect
Fascism is a form of governance..

You can't just call anything you don't like,. fascist.
..or I'll call sweet potatoes,.. fascist...

Serowbot wrote on 02/11/17 at 09:42:43:


If you try and make me eat the sweet potato, against my will, it is, even if you French Fry it first  

Well, if that's what you Want from it, that's all you'll get. If you're curious about why I say what I say, you can start by just listening to Charlotte Iserbyt interviews. No reading required. Once you see why I maintain that our schools were sabotaged, then maybe you will decide to check out some of the other things.
And, BTW, I knew the schools were shot down on purpose before I ever heard of her. I watched it happen. I watched them demand power and money to make changes and then they said the schools were performing even worse, but they Never Undid the change that Made them worse. Even as a preteen I knew better than that.

pg wrote on 02/11/17 at 17:19:58:

The left now feels violence against the right is both effective and morally justified.    
Does no one remember that the Nazis were socialist?

Yep,  do as  I, ’SAY’.
do not do as I, ‘DO’.

It’s right for me, but wrong for you.

In the last  POTUS,  Any,  That's   ANY,  criticism of his actions, and ALL,  name calling,  was  PURE   RACIST ! etc, etc, etc, etc, et, etc, etc, etc, etc !  And On and On and On …………..

Yet Now, criticism, of a  POTUS, by, Looting,  Burning, Steeling, Blocking Traffic, shouting Death Threats, etc. is ‘perfectly’, OK ?
Even  BEFORE, he has been in office less than a month ?????

Get on the Bus, or stand in the street and  'CRY' !

Now, if you are, disagreeing with a  fine point, a procedural thing, (this way or that), a opinion. etc.

Communicate it. In a,  'ADULT'  way.
Do NOT,  Loot,  Burn, Steel, Block Traffic, shout Death Threats, etc.

Because, more and more, will see that as,  ONLY, a   'Temper Tantrum',
And   TOTALLY,  discount you.