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Barbara Boxer, Donald Trump, Ellen DeGeneres, Hillary Clinton, Jeff Sessions, John Paul Stevens, Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, political assassination
It’s not incitement to murder when progressives do it…
Imagine, gentle readers, you are the former attorney general of California, for the moment, America’s most populous state, the former chief law enforcement officer of that state. Imagine that you are now a United States Senator from California, the replacement of the long-serving and destructive Barbara Boxer. Further imagine this, from Legal Insurrection:
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) cracked a tasteless joke on The Ellen DeGeneres Show during one of her answers to a hypothetical question offered by the host.
DeGeneres asked Harris a series of lighthearted questions, ranging from whether she has any tattoos (no) to her celebrity crush (Tito Jackson).
She was then asked, ‘If you had to be stuck in an elevator with either President Trump, (Vice President) Mike Pence or (Attorney General) Jeff Sessions, who would it be?’
‘Does one of us have to come out alive?’ Harris asked, prompting cheers from the audience. Harris laughed hysterically at the joke and took a second to compose herself.
Take the link and see the video, gentle readers. Harris thinks herself oh so witty, and so terribly, terribly cute. Of course, DeDeneres and her audience yukked it up. The thought of the death of the President, Vice President, or the Attorney General at the hands of the former Attorney General of California are just hilarious! How could anything be funnier?
And the political climate for such things is just perfect, isn’t it? Post Parkland, the political atmosphere is filled with Democrat accusations that Republicans want to kill children, that the NRA and all its members are bloodthirsty monsters and terrorists. President Trump, because he actually honors his oath to support and defend the Constitution–all of it–is just like Hitler, only much, much worse. Anyone that isn’t for repealing the Second Amendment like former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is responsible for every mass murder of the past and all of those in the future–except, of course, those committed by female, vegan, Iranian, PETA activists. What better time to demonstrate the moral and intellectual superiority for which progressives are justly famous?
Sooooo funny!
Now imagine if a Republican senator, or any republican, made such a joke about any Democrat, say Ms. Harris–who thinks herself fit for the presidency. Not a pretty picture, is it? Is there any leftist head anywhere that wouldn’t be exploding with outrage?
I’m not one to blame mere words for inspiring violent crimes. The blame ultimately belongs with those that commit atrocities. But let us play fairly. If the opponents of Progressives are mass murders for merely defending the Second and First Amendments, for logically, rationally pointing out taking away American’s fundamental rights will not stop violence, shouldn’t people who advocate the death of republicans/normal Americans, or in the case of Harris, who so blithely joke about committing political assassination, be held to the same standard? Doesn’t Harris have blood on her hands? Isn’t she a terrorist? Isn’t she a genocidal monster? Might not her words inspire some crazy person to attempt political assassination, just as Leftists scream the words of normal Americans do?
Consider that virtually all the political violence in America is committed by leftists. Consider the chagrin and disappointment of leftists and the Media–I know, one in the same–when the latest school/mass shooter turns out not to be a white male, card-carrying Republican NRA member. The horror.
Consider if it’s a good idea to surrender Second Amendment rights to people like Harris. Surely she, and the moral, intellectual giants like her are serious statesmen whose only thought is for the welfare of all Americans? Surely she can be trusted?
Finally, consider in a time when Donald Trump is declared unfit for the presidency for actually keeping his campaign promises, for actually following the Constitution, for working to limit the power of government by returning power to the people, and for actually working to restore the rule of law, whether a former state attorney general and current US Senator who so much as jokes about assassinating the President, the Vice President and the Attorney General–there’s irony for you–is fit to be a US Senator.
Oh. That’s right. She represents California. That’s to be expected. I get it.
Pre-Posting Update: Immediately following the weekend fire in an apartment in Trump Tower that killed an elderly man and injured firefighters, noted progressive and lover of mankind David Crosby wrote, and quickly deleted:
These are the people who want to have a “dialogue” with us. They’re the morally, intellectually superior, the kind and the forward looking. They’re on the right side of history, rather like the charming song in Cabaret: Tomorrow Belongs To Me.
That progressives, and particularly US Senators, feel free to say such things is a reflection of the growing proclivity of the Left for violence. It’s a dangerous time.
It was an oddball scenario that got a witty answer. This was not like like mumbling the word “bomb” on an airplane… it wasn’t a call to arms… no manifesto… in fact, there was no mention of a weapon of any kind. The words “kill” or “death” were never uttered. (Maybe she was going to bore them to death with idle elevator chatter…) Actually, what ticks you off more than anything is that the audience laughed up a storm… as the audiences of all the talk shows do to political jokes at Trump’s expense. The public in general is NOT Trump’s base. That goes back to Trump having lost the popular vote… which we all knows means absolutely nothing.
Dear Doug:
I do indeed understand the context and the sense of jest about it. The problem is the growing propensity for violence by the left, and the fact there are some things one doesn’t joke about, particularly if one is a US Senator, people who are also subject to real assassination threats from time to time.
Uh.. where is there a growing propensity for violence from the left?
Dear Doug:
You’re kidding, right? Right? Black Lives Matter. Antifa. The Resistance. All have been directly involved in violence and crimes of many kinds. I do not call mere words or ideas violence, but they, and much of the Left–the “survivors” of Parkland, etc.–commonly incite and exalt violence, including actually writing plays about the assassination of the president in a Julius Caesar-like fashion.
Sounds like you better clean your guns and get ready. :/
Dear Doug:
“Clean my guns”? My dear Doug, my guns are always clean. I won’t do the standard “ready” response…
There used to be a saying of “not in polite company”. In other words, there were things that weren’t said in public. In the past when guys were talking among themselves and a woman were to approach one would hear “there is a lady present”. Simply put keep the language clean.
When someone aspires to a higher office they should be setting an example. When you wish to write laws that govern the rest of us, you should hold yourself to a higher standard.
The issue here is the double standard and how things would be if the roles had been reversed. We already know what would have happened had it been a conservative instead of a liberal making such a joke.
If these people can’t even keep it civil in public, heaven only knows what they say in private. And yet when it is pointed out, the conservatives are accused of being the ones that don’t wish to have a civil dialogue.
Well.. ok… so where does that put Trump? Because, sadly, he doesn’t fit your criteria.
You said…
“The issue here is the double standard and how things would be if the roles had been
reversed. We already know what would have happened had it been a conservative instead of a liberal making such a joke.”
Well, that objection makes perfect sense… and is likely true. But to pontificate some higher level condescension of “that kinda humor is not appropriate for a sitting senator” when the context of the joke was not threatening seems stretch.
California seems to breed the most whacked-out, illogical, morally bereft female politicians on Earth–Harris, Waters, Boxer, Pelosi, Feinstein, etc. Maybe it’s the polluted big-city water….or just equally brain-dead, gimme-stuff-for-free voters.
Dear the permit:
What you said.
I recommend, if I may, two books by Kurt Schlichter, “Indian Country” and “Peoples Republic.” This is a look at the nightmare world the left wants.
If anyone on the right said anything about someone on the left like they talk about us that person would face a massive attack back from all levels of the left.
I have long considered the left’s position on firearms to be the height of hypocrisy. The left demands we support there First Amendment rights while screaming from every possible venue to take away our Second Amendment rights. To me that eliminates any possibility of a rational conversation. Because the left will not admit there hypocrisy.
Molon Labe!
Keep your powder dry and your faith in God.
Dear zaarin7:
Coincidentally, I’ve been meaning to get around to book reviews on those volumes. I guess I’ll have to make time.
You said….
“The left demands we support there First Amendment rights while screaming from every possible venue to take away our Second Amendment rights.”
???? “their” First Amendment rights and “our” Second amendment rights??? I thought we all were under the same Constitution. Jeez.. quit worshiping your gun so much.
Don’t all parts of the Constitution deserve equal protection?
That’s a rhetorical question. I can already guess your answer.
Well, that was my entire point.
Well, nobody is running around demanding to repeal the 1st Amendment. Well, except a bunch of leftist snowflakes who don’t like having their juvenile rants responded to with logic.