I don’t want to sound naïve or anything, but on some level, I still expect people to acknowledge objective reality, and it’s kind of off-putting when they don’t. But that denial is what the left does, and they put us on our back heels by not acknowledging reality. It’s disconcerting; it’s hard to deal with because we are used to people who are smart, sane, and dealing in good faith. They aren’t any of these. The sun doesn’t come up in the east. The sun comes up in the west, but if you say it comes up in the east, you’re a transphobe. This goes for everything like the climate change hoax, the systemic racism hoax, and the hoax that men can become women through the power of wanting to watch chicks change in the locker room. But the State of the Union last week was a whole different level, and the reaction to it of our trash elite doesn’t just amuse me – it disturbed me.
I think this phenomenon is dangerous. And I think the left is dangerous.
Reality used to be the common ground that we could all work with. When everybody acknowledged reality, you had a place to start a discussion. But when you refuse to acknowledge objective reality, there’s no possibility of discussion. Democracy depends on discussion. You have to be able to argue in a democracy, or democracy doesn’t work. But they don’t want democracy to work. They want power. And, of course, power is the alternative to democracy.
Do I think that these people are willing to do whatever they have to do to maintain power? You bet I do, and you know how I know? Because they tell me. They tell me expressly when you get them in a place where they think no one else is listening, and then they’ll tell you what they want to do to you. They want you disenfranchised, disarmed, and, far too often, dead. Now, that’s not a historical anomaly. That’s a historical trend. What do you think socialist do to their enemies? Give them a nice big hug? They put them in camps, and they put them up against walls. So, why do you think they’re so eager to see us disarmed? It’s not like you or I will go out and commit a crime. No, they want to take our potential for resistance off the table so they can go as far as they might have to in order to hold power. They want a monopoly on force.
You can see that with the way they’re trying to shape the Army. You know all those traditional conservative young males who just wanted to go out and kill the enemy? They’re not wanted anymore. Such people are uppity. Such people are rebellious. Such people believe the Constitution is not a suggestion. They left wants people who follow orders, even when those orders include going out and killing other Americans. But again, don’t take my word for it. Don’t believe a thing I say. Believe a thing Joe Biden says all the time. How often has that desiccated old pervert fantasized about turning the F-16s on dissident Americans? More times than he can count with his pants on, so over 21.
I watched that State of the Union and then watched the reaction to it, and I wonder if these people are insane or just the best liars I’ve ever seen. Now, I’m a Los Angeles trial lawyer, and I have a grudging respect for somebody who can spin a tale and keep a straight face. But when you get Joe Scarborough, the noted intern wrangler and traditional marriage advocate, out there telling us with a straight face that this Joe Biden is the best Joe Biden ever and he’s as sharp as a tack and blah blah blah blah, blah blah, you’ve got to scratch your head. I mean, if this is deeply cynical, I appreciate it. I don’t like it, but I admire the technique. Yet what if this guy actually believes it? What if he thinks it’s true? Then he’s crazy or stupid. What else does he think? And what else would he support them doing to us?
We already know what they’re doing to us. We have a dual-track justice system, where our preferred candidate is being persecuted, civil and criminally, in an unprecedented manner with no regard for due process, cheered on by our ruling class, which sees him as what he is – a threat to its power. All the norms, the rules, and the guardrails that keep society from going off the tracks can be safely thrown out the window when it’s Donald Trump or when it’s us. There are hundreds or thousands of innocent J6 protesters being persecuted right now, their lives ruined, for daring to speak out against the oppression by our institutions. They’re throwing people in jail for praying outside of abortion clinics. Do you think the left won’t go further if this lawfare fails? When this doesn’t work, because it won’t work because we’re not ready to become serfs living on our knees and obeying the commands of a bunch of faculty lounge and coastal city femboys and their frigid women, they’re going to double down. There’s no bottom here for them to hit. They’re going to do whatever it takes to keep power. And mark my words, it’s going to happen this year. They’re going to start hurting people. They’re going to start using violence even more than they already do, as Antifa and BLM are just catspaws of the left.
Maybe you think this sounds all crazy and paranoid, and I sure hope you’re right. I hope this is nonsense, and in a few years, you’ll look back and say, “Kurt, you were sure off the mark on that one.” I really hope that’s true.
But it’s not true. And you know it’s not true. A lot of conservatives and moderate Republican types are in denial. They know it’s true, too, but they don’t want to admit the truth. They want to pretend everything is normal because if they have to stop pretending, then that means they have to start acting. They can’t keep doing their tiresome moral posturing about how Trump and his mean tweets are bad, and they’re not going to vote for him and yada yada yada. No, they would have to act. They would have to sacrifice some of their pride and support Donald Trump because electing him is the only chance we have.
Maybe I’m crazy. But do you want to bet your freedom on it? More to the point, do you want to bet your life on it?
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