To paraphrase George Orwell in “Animal Farm“:
“All political violence is equal. But some is more equal than others.”
DC has ignored many decades’ worth of political violence of all sorts.
Because all of those political violences — have been committed by Leftists.
Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol, Pentagon, and State Department – March 1, 1971
And now, a partial recap of the recent instances….
Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Banged on Doors of Supreme Court, Occupied Capitol Building – October 4, 2018
Secret Service Agents Wounded Outside White House, Car Bombs Feared; Official Says Trump Was Taken to Bunker – May 31, 2020
Department of Interior Releases New Footage of Violent Riots in Lafayette Square – June 1, 2020
Portland Protesters Barricade Courthouse with Federal Officers Inside, Then Try to Set It on Fire – July 22, 2020
Armed Protesters Break Into Oregon State Capitol Building, Break Windows, Assault Journalists, Hit Police With Chemical Agent – December 21, 2020
Protesters Burn Government Building During Riot in Portland – August 19, 2020
Portland ICE Building Set on Fire During Riots – April 11, 2021
Five Charged with Damaging Las Vegas Federal Buildings During BLM Protest – September 17, 2020
Protester Defaces D.C. Government Building With Anti-Trump Message As Terrorist Acts Continue – May 30, 2020
Antifa Rioters Vandalized Federal Buildings in Philadelphia, Cops Say – January 5, 2021
Flashback 2020: Months of Antifa/BLM Looting, Rioting, and Chaos:
“(I)n most instances the radicals in Black Lives Matter and Antifa were allowed to get away with their heinous actions last year, even being treated as heroes by the mainstream press and Democrats – some of whom, like Harris and the Biden campaign, promoted their bail funds.”
Which brings us to late last week. When the following happened — the very latest in the VERY long line of Leftist violences.
Climate Change Activists Storm and Take Over Department of Interior Building:
“A demonstration in Washington, D.C., against fossil fuel projects turned violent Thursday when climate change protesters stormed the U.S. Department of the Interior building and occupied a space inside the federal building for hours….
“Climate activists took over the space held by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for roughly four hours. This was reportedly the first time since the 1970s that the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., was occupied. The Indigenous Environmental Network (is) one of the organizers of the People Vs. Fossil Fuels demonstrations.…”
“Police and protesters clashed during the confrontation. The police reportedly used Tasers in order to control the crowd attempting to bulldoze their way into the Department of Interior building.”
Is DC going to do anything about this one? Of course not – don’t be ridiculous.
We surely are.
And, of course, the Left getting away with it this time means there will indubitably be a next time.
Because why would the Left stop engaging in violences if nothing happens to them when they engage in violences?
Why Charges Against Protesters Are Being Dismissed by the Thousands – November 19, 2020:
“Prosecutors declined to pursue many of the cases because they concluded the protesters were exercising their basic civil rights.”
Ummm…
First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law…abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble….”
Emphasis ours — because duh. “Basic civil rights” does NOT include assaulting and occupying government buildings. Arson, looting, and vandalism are also beyond the definition of “basic civil rights.”
And in many, many cases, it’s these prosecutors doing the dismissing….
How do we know Leftists getting away with violence leads to more Leftist violence?
Because Leftists have been getting away with violence for decades.
The Weather Underground bombers didn’t become prisoners — they became college professors.
In the Proud Tradition of Leftist Domestic Terrorism…
Antifa Activists Say Violence Is Necessary
Antifa’s Deadly Year Shows the Extremism on the Far Left
New Study Shows Hundreds of Black Lives Matter ‘Protests’ Turned Violent
The Black Lives Matter Movement Must Solve Its Violence Problem
FBI Follows Up on Fort Myers Occupy Wall Street Bomb Threat
Occupy Cleveland Bridge Bombing Plotters
From Spikes to Bombs: The Rise of Eco-Terrorism
Environmental Terrorism: Alive, Well and Dangerous
Most Notorious Acts of Ecoterrorism
Ecoterrorism: The Attacks We Forget
Eco-Terrorists Suspected Of Causing $2 Million In Arson Damage At Dakota Pipeline Site
And because Leftists keep getting away with their violence, we can with moral certitude know there will be more Leftist violence.
We only have human nature — and hundreds of years of human history — as evidence.
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