TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia Sound Off on Civil War

On Valentine’s Day, I wrote how last fall’s election results spurred the hard left into mounting an insurrection of sorts.  In fact, in ‘Will the Left’s Civil War Turn Deadly?‘ I described it as a civil war. I did so in part because of the organized nature of these violent incidents across America.

These malcontents see violence as their only option after the electoral shellacking their favorite party took last November’s. The story generated an enormous number of comments. As is often the case here at TTAG, more than a few of our readers’ thoughts proved proved sage, prudent and well-considered.

Strych9 offered this comment at yesterday’s story:

Well said.

JWTaylor, a man I have great respect for, called me on the carpet over citing the sniper attack on Dallas Police  during a leftist rally:

Micah Johnson killed those officers because he was a racist piece of [merde] that wanted to, in his words, “kill white people, especially white cops.” He was not a member of any prominent leftist organizations that we know of, and in fact was banned from membership into some of the more prominent “black liberation” movements. He didn’t spout any communist/socialist/anarchist stuff on his facebook page, aside from hating white people. Plus, he did his killings 4 months before the election. That’s not tied into the anti-Trump riots post election at all.

The other statistic about ambush killings being a 10 year high is absolute truth. That means during the George W Bush administration it was higher than now, and during the HW Bush administration it was almost twice as high as now. And I don’t remember anyone credible saying it was civil war.

Don’t make something into what it’s not.

I countered with this:

…He just showed up at a leftist protest and started killing cops because it seemed like a good day to kill people?

[Scumbag’s name redacted] sure as shinola was no church-going, God-fearing man who loved his country. He was a – scumbag – who let his rifle do his “protesting” at a leftist rally. He didn’t target the leftists. He targeted our civilization. That puts him in the radical malcontent category in my book. YMMV.

JWT came back:

He targeted the place he knew a lot of cops would be. That’s not hard to figure out. He didn’t target anyone for political ideology, he targeted them for wearing a uniform. He said, explicitly, that he wanted to “kill whites, especially white cops”. Nothing in there about conservatives, republicans, right wingers, etc. Just whites and cops…

To which Ralph, another contributor for which I have a great deal of respect, offered this:

“He didn’t target anyone for political ideology, he targeted them for wearing a uniform.”

Sorry, JWT, but hating whites and especially white cops is a political ideology.

Bud Harton brought up an aspect I didn’t fully develop. Specifically, just how organized the Left has become in their effort to undermine President Donald J. Trump. He wrote this:

Mr. Harton is correct: 250 offices.  That takes big bucks and deep resources to create and maintain.

Mark Kelly’s Diapered Drooling Ventriloquist’s Dummy (yes, that’s really his/her handle) wrote this about George Schwartz/Soros’ contribution to this mess:

Garry-Owen37 offered this gem:

While I don’t believe it will be a traditional civil war with actual uniformed forces, squaring off against each other in the burbs, I do believe it will go alot like Ireland circa The Troubles. Or for those of us a bit young to remember that-Iraq circa 2007-now.

You have a small fringe group who was at least half of their part of the country neutral to their actions, if not, out right supporting them. They have the MSM who will run their stories and give it a good white washing. You have Higher Education who allows this type of crap to start fomenting on their campuses because their professors supported it back in the 70s. And last but not least, you have the Entertainment media who walks out on the red carpet and tells middle america how terrible they are and how the coasts are the truly enlightend ones.

So yes, the left will motivate itself to start doing dumb stuff at some point. The only things stopping them is a trip to Club Fed.

I expect car bombs, assassination attempts on right sided socio-political figures etc. The left wants to have a very safe fight. They want symbolism behind their moves more than they want actual military effecincy…effincey…eff..affi..however you spell the damn word. But it still works, because it causes fear, and it motivates the bench sitters on their side.

I could be wrong, but I watched the samething unfold in the sand box. It might take a while. but it eventually works.

More than a few of the other comments contained insightful and articulate writing.

Then, on the other hand, “The_Resisistance” flung plenty of rhetorical feces into the mix. Some call him our resident troll.  Maybe T_R has too much passion, or perhaps he’s drawing a paycheck to heckle. (It wouldn’t be the first time that’s happened.)

Yesterday, he went so far as to label TTAG’s maximum leader, Robert Farago, a Nazi (despite being the son of a Holocaust survivor) while lobbing plenty of unsubstantiated allegations and charges. Here’s a sample:

And I find it hilarious that people like you are so brainwashed by every false story from whatever hate propaganda website like this one feds you.

There have been more peaceful protest than “violent” ones like this BS article talks about.

This website is what it is. Fake news.

It’s creator robert farago being nothing more than a fascist, racist, homophobic, sexist, neo-nazi coward.

The only incidents i’ve seen in this country is from right-wing freaks like you that hurt innocent people, suppress free information and free speech, intimidate innocents americans into silence with your fascist beliefs.

And face it nazi thug, Real americans outnumber un-american nutbars like you.

You’ve still not posted any evidence that proves any “left wing” attacks when in reality there are none.

Your just brainwashed puppet statistic of fake news.

Instead of arguing on the merits, The_Resisistance only offers ad hominem attacks. Bless his heart.

T_R should consider reading this story from Notre Dame’s college newspaper, The Observer:

The left’s intolerant ‘tolerance’

Tolerance should be a less confusing concept, but some would never know based on the political left’s misuse of the term.

“Homophobe” and “racist” are two terms that have been frequently thrown about in reference to people who have different opinions from those on the left. Believe in the sanctity of traditional heterosexual marriage? The left calls you a homophobe. Don’t agree with President Obama’s crippling policies? The left accuses you of being a racist, and just plain unaccepting of America’s first African-American president.

The Democratic Party and those who fall politically left often brag about being the “accepting” party and being “tolerant” of others, yet they are the ones attacking people with differing views. Senator Tim Scott recently got attacked by the increasingly liberal National Association for the Advancement of Colored People simply for being politically conservative. The group has taken such a far-left stance in recent years that they are apparently only interested in advancing liberal colored people. They went as far as to call Scott a “ventriloquist dummy” for not following liberal agenda. This sad misuse of authority has isolated the once highly benevolent organization and has continued the rift of intolerance among the politically liberal and their sycophants.

 

Click over and read the rest.

In the end, thanks to the People of the Gun for all of their insightful comments. We love your participation. Even The_Resisistance’s.