Some people are their own worst enemy, unable to get out of their own way, and end up ruining any good opportunity they have, big or small. You also know this type. Being late for an interview for your dream job, saying something stupid when you meet someone attractive, or simply doing or saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
It just happens to some people. they can’t help themselves.
The Democratic Party is similarly helpless.
The anti-Israel protests happening across the country demonstrate this. It’s also a self-inflicted wound for Democrats, as they are turning away far more people than they are attracting.
Democrats are good at protesting, and as they often say, “almost peaceful” Riot. They keep the base agitated to the boil in order to maintain the incentive to “act” against Republicans.
The motive is usually against police officers, a group the average radical Democrat has no problem hating or justifying hatred for. Police officers come in all sizes, shapes, and (most importantly) colors. Active violence against police is usually racially based (as in the case of Ferguson), but not always (see George Floyd). It is the authority with which they mobilize the mob.
Since Occupy Wall Street 13 years ago, protests, “mostly peaceful riots,” have become a seasonal social event for the left. It’s part of the basic human need to belong. No one in the political tribe wants to be left behind.
The more people are “connected” through technology, the more many people became isolated and lonely. Public protests can give people, especially young people without children, a sense of purpose they crave but can’t find anywhere else.
This makes these protests against Israel personal for the participants. This is probably the closest many of the participants have felt in a long time, or even ever.
However, that feeling is temporary. If they emerge for any reason other than passionate dedication to the cause, drum swirls and chants calling for the destruction of Israel and America will only ring hollow the longer they continue. Like an addict who needs more to achieve the same high, escalation is necessary.
These crowds are the perfect combination of arrogance and ignorance. they know everything. That is, no one teaches them anything, especially about things they don’t know. These two elements are dangerous when combined properly.
This can also be seen in rhetoric. Norman Finkelstein, a prominent Israel critic and professor, appeared to show protesters how they could widen the tent by making simple semantic changes to the rioters’ chants. They can remove the bloodthirsty genocide part “from the rivers to the sea” that alludes to Israeli ethnic cleansing and replace it with a simple liberation call: “Palestinians will be free!” Dew.
They are Of course, I rejected this advice and immediately returned to calling for genocide.. Through a combination of ignorance and arrogance, they don’t want anyone to tell them anything.
Democrats created this mob in two ways. First, through a failed education system more interested in teaching children how to respect pronouns than learning history. Second, they created it by encouraging previous riots and riots.
The power of blame is only useful when involved, otherwise it is just passive support. Democrats refused to condemn the mob as it took over parts of various campuses. Even as they chanted their racist, anti-Semitic, anti-American mantras, Democrats refused to condemn them. They remained silent even as violent rhetoric turned to physical violence.
Only now is it starting to show up in opinion polls. 4 out of 5 Americans support Israel over Hamas, are they beginning to seek the restoration of order? This was not the case when Jewish students were blocked from accessing areas on campus where they paid tuition. This was not the case when Jewish students were forced to return to distance learning due to anti-Semitic threats. Not when violence against police reared its ugly head or campus property was damaged. It was only when the polls began to tilt and this proved to be a tangible political liability that calls for order emerged.
Progressive activist groups are very easy to create. They always have professional protesters on hand. But it’s almost impossible to control. Riots in the past have served an effective purpose for Democrats in elections. This is not the case.
The American people support Israel and oppose terrorists. No interpretive dance will change that.. But Democrats cannot end this mistake without losing radicals within the party. In Dearborn, Michigan, the mob would have been more active without its involvement than after it had stopped.
Meanwhile, blue-collar workers in Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and Wisconsin are now seeing people at work intentionally receiving their hard-earned tax dollars through student loan forgiveness. .
When these protests began, the Democratic Party had no choice but to embrace the far left. Now, no matter what happens, they can’t help themselves at all. Hatred is a great motivator, but the question is always what the purpose is. The Democratic Party is trying to make that clear.
derek hunter is Derek Hunter Podcast Host He was also a former staffer for the late Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.).
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