As this meme from Balls Cotton suggests, Progressives firmly believe there’s nothing wrong with protests…
…provided the proper people are protesting.
Now, here’s The Gouge!
First up, courtesy of Project Veritas via Balls Cotton, meet one Michael Beller, Esq., Principal Counsel for the Public Broadcasting Service:
Or, perhaps more accurately, PBS‘s unprincipled counsel. Better yet, we can refer to Michael Beller as PBS‘s former Principal Counsel, as he was fired late Tuesday afternoon.
Still, you’d do well to heed Beller’s words, as he speaks for a significant segment of The Left, who’d just as soon see you in a concentration camp while your kids are being reeducated. This despicable piece of Liberal excrement typifies every element of The Left…
…in his dismissive disdain (ala Anderson Cooper) for those who don’t think like him.
Reports Beller’s option was immediately picked up by Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro to aid in reforming Venezuela’s primary education system remain unconfirmed.
Since we’re on the subject of politically-correct, Constitutionally-incorrect Progressive thinking, CBS reports an…
Juxtapose this with the years it took the Army to take action against unrepentant Commie cadet Spenser Rapone:
In fact, Ms. Rainey had already resigned her commission prior to participating…out of uniform…in a lawful exercise of her First Amendment rights guaranteed every American. Note Commie cadet Rapone was IN uniform…yet still wasn’t immediately weighted down with concrete blocks and thrown in the Hudson.
We should note, despite keeping some 25 “cadets of color” on the football roster in violation of long-standing West Point guidelines declaring anyone charged with an honor offense ineligible for varsity sports competition, the Black Knights (no pun intended) of the Hudson still fell to the West Virginia Moutaineers in the Autozone Liberty Bowl…which is somehow fitting, since that’s the only place where most West Point grads are qualified to work.
But we digress!
In a related item, writing at the WSJ, former assistant attorney for the District of Columbia Jeff Shapiro explains to the uninformed and politically-motivated why…
House Democrats have drafted an article of impeachment that accuses President Trump of “incitement to insurrection.” Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said Thursday that his office is “looking at all actors here and anyone that had a role” in the Capitol riot. Some reporters have construed that as including Mr. Trump.
The president didn’t commit incitement or any other crime.I should know. As a Washington prosecutor I earned the nickname “protester prosecutor” from the antiwar group CodePink. In one trial, I convicted 31 protesters who disrupted congressional traffic by obstructing the Capitol Crypt. In another, I convicted a CodePink activist who smeared her hands with fake blood, charged at then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in a House hearing room, and incited the audience to seize the secretary of state physically. In other cases, I dropped charges when the facts fell short of the legal standard for incitement. One such defendant was the antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan.
Hostile journalists and lawmakers have suggested Mr. Trump incited the riot when he told a rally that Republicans need to “fight much harder.” Mr. Trump suggested the crowd walk to the Capitol: “We’re going to cheer on brave senators and congressmen and -women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them. Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong.”
In the District of Columbia, it’s a crime to “intentionally or recklessly act in such a manner to cause another person to be in reasonable fear” and to “incite or provoke violence where there is a likelihood that such violence will ensue.” This language is based on Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969), in which the Supreme Court set the standard for speech that could be prosecuted without violating the First Amendment. The justices held that a Ku Klux Klan leader’s calls for violence against blacks and Jews were protected speech. The court found that Clarence Brandenburg’s comments were “mere advocacy” of violence, not “directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action…likely to incite or produce such action.”
The president didn’t mention violence on Wednesday, much less provoke or incite it. He said, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
District law defines a riot as “a public disturbance…which by tumultuous and violent conduct or the threat thereof creates grave danger of damage or injury to property or persons.” When Mr. Trump spoke, there was no “public disturbance,” only a rally. The “disturbance” came later at the Capitol by a small minority who entered the perimeter and broke the law. They should be prosecuted.
The president’s critics want him charged for inflaming the emotions of angry Americans. That alone does not satisfy the elements of any criminal offense, and therefore his speech is protected by the Constitution that members of Congress are sworn to support and defend.
It’s also worth remembering last Wednesday’s mob wasn’t the first group to attack the Capitol looking to make a point, as evidenced by this photo of the Senate side following a 1983 bombing:
It must also be noted one of those involved, Ms. Susan Rosenberg…
…was pardoned by Bill Clinton after serving only 16 years of a 58-year sentence for possession of explosives, and is now gainfully employed as vice chair of the board of directors of Thousand Currents, a non-profit foundation that sponsors the fundraising and furnishes administrative work for Black Lies Matter.
Submitted for your perusal are a few other clips which belie the myth January 6th constituted the first time Congress was attacked, the “people’s business” was interrupted or protestors trespassed on supposedly-sanctified federal property where they weren’t permitted:
Next, courtesy of Daniel Francis, writing at the Jewish World Review, Dennis Prager highlights the utter inaccuracy (okay, we MEANT stupidity!!!) of Ahnold’s Kristallnacht comparison (as featured in our Tales of the Darkside video, accessible through link #3 immediately below our Quote of the Day at the top of the page):
“In my previous column, I described how I have come to better understand the moral problem of the “‘good German,’ the term used to describe the average, presumably decent German, who did nothing to hurt Jews but also did nothing to help them and did nothing to undermine the Nazi regime.”
Watching America accept the rationally and morally indefensible physical and economic lockdown of the country, I concluded: “Apathy in the face of tyranny turns out not to be a German or Russian characteristic. I just never thought it could happen in America.”
In one week, it has gotten worse. Now we are faced with a lockdown on speech the likes of which have never been seen in America. And the parallels with Germany are even more stark. The left-wing party (the Democrats) and the left-wing media (the “mainstream media”) are using the mob invasion of the Capitol exactly the way the Nazis used the Reichstag fire.
On Feb. 27, 1933, exactly one month after the Nazis came to power, the German parliament building, the Reichstag, was set ablaze. The Nazis blamed the fire on their archenemy, the communists, and used the fire to essentially extinguish the Communist Party and its ability to publish, speak or otherwise spread its message. Using the Reichstag fire as an excuse, the Nazis passed the Enabling Act, a law that gave the Nazi chancellor, Adolf Hitler, the power to pass laws by decree — without the Reichstag.
Now to America 2021…”
You know the rest of the story. Not sayin’ it is so, only that it might well could be.
And for those wondering how the Wuhan virus vaccines are progressing, as this graphic shows, Progressive states ain’t exactly at the head of the pack…
…which means those paying sky-high taxes for sub-par services continue to take it up the kiester. Which is why they’re moving to Texas, Florida and other Red States…but bringing their failed Blue State politics with them.
Meanwhile, if you haven’t heard, both Barry and Hunter are pursuing new business ventures, Obama based on his brilliant command of numbers…
…and Hunter owing to the renewed influence of his crime family’s Don:
Which brings us, appropriately enough, to The Lighter Side:
Then there’s this from the Penguin…
…along with an extended string from Balls Cotton…
…and three more from the lovely Shannon:
Finally, we close on a rather sad note from the Sports Section, as the craven capitulation of yet another professional sports organization has led us to boycott their future events:
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