01-28-2017, 07:52 PM
What happened to those Trump rallies in Chicago and San Jose? Who shot those cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge? How many people were arrested in those DC protests just past? How about violence associated with some of the BLM protests in Baltimore, Ferguson, and elsewhere?
I agree that that sort of thing is foolish and counterproductive (and in some cases downright evil), just as the Weathermen, Eldridge Cleaver, and the like were back in their day. That doesn't mean they don't happen.
The US government is pretty good at riddling radical movements with informants and provocateurs, and there is yet little real desire among the mass of people for violent revolution. So I agree that things will ultimately be decided at the ballot box.
Trump and the Republicans just won a major battle. In remains to be seen whether they can consolidate their position, and how the left responds.
I agree that that sort of thing is foolish and counterproductive (and in some cases downright evil), just as the Weathermen, Eldridge Cleaver, and the like were back in their day. That doesn't mean they don't happen.
The US government is pretty good at riddling radical movements with informants and provocateurs, and there is yet little real desire among the mass of people for violent revolution. So I agree that things will ultimately be decided at the ballot box.
Trump and the Republicans just won a major battle. In remains to be seen whether they can consolidate their position, and how the left responds.