A lot of things about this event don’t pass the common sense smell test. I think there will be more attempts on Trump and others. I think things are more likely than not to get uglier. Quite a lot of people are good and well fed up with the bullshit. Especially how the media covered this is beyond outrageous. People are not gonna sit back put up with it for much longer. Gaslighting breeds resentment. Resentment leads to violence. We are only headed there because the Deep State wants it that way. I don’t see any sign of them stopping.
"If I had a time machine, I would go back and shoot Hitler in 1933." How many thought that?
Media: "Trump is Hitler!", "Trump is Hitler!!", "Trump is Hitler!!!!!!"
[Man shoots the reincarnation of "Hitler"]
Media: "We're shocked, just shocked! There's no excuse for political violence in America. We have no idea the motive but there's no evidence that President Biden's words had any bearing on this. And J.D. Vance is a feeding dangerously violent, right-wing conspiracies for suggesting otherwise."
I heard that last sequence from ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS yesterday. They moved through the exact stages you described in this article in a matter of 2-3 minutes.
I heard a reporter today describe the shooter as "senseless" and "crazy". Unstable? Almost surely. Senseless and crazy... I very much doubt it. Coldly rational is probably more likely. If what the Democrats have spent the last 7 years screaming at ever increasing volumes is true, that kid's response was completely logical. If Trump is really a "racist Hitlerian dictator in waiting who will destroy American democracy" (this is a mashup of President Biden's own words over the last few weeks alone), "by any means necessary" is the appropriate response.
You're correct -- we're in for a very rough ride until Inauguration Day. (If Trump actually wins, the roughest will be between Nov 6 and Jan 20.) "Trump is a fascist" may have started as Democratic hyperbole, but some of the leadership appears to have convinced themselves it's true, and they have certainly convinced their ground troops that it is. And no one can voluntarily turn over power to Hitler.
“This is about the English fucking language. “ A not very subtle but accurate summing up of the heart of the matter. “In the beginning was The Word…” it’s words that incite violence but also declare independence and give freedom to the human race.
Spoken or written. “The pen is mightier than the sword. “ The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights prove, that if proof were needed, and the First Amendment encapsulates what is truly great about the UNITED States of America 🇺🇸.
Commenter Belte likened the left to an abuser, and I’m going to borrow the analogy a bit.
Ricky Vaughn in 2016 tweeted something to the effect that Trump represented a return of the American spirit—the idea that the U.S. didn’t have to be the globohomo skinsuit it had become under Obama (and W. and others too).
Well, the abuser left couldn’t stand for that return of the American spirit—people thinking like that are focusing on fixing things at home, which might mess up trade deals and foreign wars, etc. So this American spirit, had to be snuffed out.
As much as all the psyops and dirty tricks in and after the 2016 campaign were about undermining Trump/his agenda, I think they were also about breaking this new American spirit. But this spirited resistance to the neoliberal project persisted, and so the violence, censorship, and lies constantly escalated from 2016-2020 trying to kill it.
That changed after the 2020 election was stolen and anyone daring to protest it was hunted by the feds. With every institution shown as corrupt and democracy revealed as a rigged game, that earnest spirit that America could be fixed was largely broken. The right’s spirit broken, the abusee finally knowing their place, the left could back off a little and focus on their wars and domestic scams, and not have things be quite so crazy.
That may change because that raised fist after surviving the assassination attempt might have rekindled the old American spirit. Before that, even with Trump winning, people were voting for self-preservation against leftist policies or to punish the left for their crimes—these goals are bad for the left, but do not threaten the left long-term as much as the fundamental reordering Trump represented and people thought possible in 2016. Institutional resistance to such an agenda can only be overcome with an implacable spirit. The image of Trump’s raised fist reminds one that there is good and courage in this world, and that with those things, perhaps America can be saved.
But if the abused right gets uppity again, believing and demanding that the managerial state and its globohomo assumptions be overwritten, we can expect something of the 2020 insanity starting to return. To the abuser left, the right needs to know its place, and deserves to be punished for stepping out of line. So lies and censorship and violence until their spirit is broken again.
People need a person to rally around especially when they feel targeted but relatively helpless to improve matters. That was one of the ultimate failings of the Tea Party movement. They wanted to be amorphous and without a head that could be easily tarred and feathered. But there was not one pivotal leader so it slowly faded away.
Trump since 2015 and now his defiant raised fist to the lethal violence brought against him is the perfect symbol to champion the people abused by this leviathan. He represents the American indomitable spirit. It’s funny because when he did “The Apprentice,” I did not like him and thought he was unnecessarily cold and cutting to the participants. But now I realize, well that’s the exact steely resolve that we need. We need someone who gets shot and stands back up to yell to the crowd’s roar: “Fight, fight, FIGHT!”
I think most of the left is actually in shock. For the majority, I think it was their version of LARPing about assassinations and someone doing something “for the team.” Now the shock of bright red blood on the man whom they allegedly hated has stopped them cold in track. It’s like an abuser who goes a step farther than usual: a black eye rather than just a slap, a throw down the stairs rather than a black eye, etc. Like that abuser, they’re at first surprised by the power and impact. They didn’t technically mean for it to happen…it just sort of happened. Now the more rational ones will step back, not apologize but start to walk back the rhetoric as you said. The crazies though will have blood lust. The only thing stopping them perhaps is the absolute mockery that the soiboi shooter is facing and the clear disadvantage this caused their alleged side. Shooters want infamy not mockery.
The abuser analogy is right on the money. But just like lowlife man who promises "it will be different next time" after giving his wife a black eye, the shock won't last. He still believes his superior judgement entitles him to rule over his wife and punish her for her overspending. The Left still believes it's superior morality entitles them to rule over us plebs and punish us for our racism and sexism.
So true. The blood that once ran hot has been temporarily cooled. But it will often come back with even more intensity until a stronger force stops it (ie law enforcement in the case of an abuser). I guess it’s waiting until Trump gets in before that stronger force can come in and stop it. That said, I think this has been a red line for many people within the many institutions that have divided power and oversight. We must pray that the sight of a man who clearly loves America and wishes to protect us nearly dying from a sniper awaken something in just the right people.
The abuser analogy captures a lot about the left/right dynamic. The left holds more power, rationalizes what they do as provoked by the right, maintains the narcissistic frame that they are good regardless of conduct, and then gaslights about what happened.
I think the assassination attempt is like a cop who gives an abuser a good talking to. The left will try hiding their actions to avoid drawing attention to their abuse of red America, but in short order they’ll return to form. Probably even escalate because their hated victim scored a public moral victory that embarrassed them and shook their self-concept as the good guys, which the abuser left will not be able accept.
A lot of things about this event don’t pass the common sense smell test. I think there will be more attempts on Trump and others. I think things are more likely than not to get uglier. Quite a lot of people are good and well fed up with the bullshit. Especially how the media covered this is beyond outrageous. People are not gonna sit back put up with it for much longer. Gaslighting breeds resentment. Resentment leads to violence. We are only headed there because the Deep State wants it that way. I don’t see any sign of them stopping.
"If I had a time machine, I would go back and shoot Hitler in 1933." How many thought that?
Media: "Trump is Hitler!", "Trump is Hitler!!", "Trump is Hitler!!!!!!"
[Man shoots the reincarnation of "Hitler"]
Media: "We're shocked, just shocked! There's no excuse for political violence in America. We have no idea the motive but there's no evidence that President Biden's words had any bearing on this. And J.D. Vance is a feeding dangerously violent, right-wing conspiracies for suggesting otherwise."
I heard that last sequence from ABC, NBC, CBS, and PBS yesterday. They moved through the exact stages you described in this article in a matter of 2-3 minutes.
I heard a reporter today describe the shooter as "senseless" and "crazy". Unstable? Almost surely. Senseless and crazy... I very much doubt it. Coldly rational is probably more likely. If what the Democrats have spent the last 7 years screaming at ever increasing volumes is true, that kid's response was completely logical. If Trump is really a "racist Hitlerian dictator in waiting who will destroy American democracy" (this is a mashup of President Biden's own words over the last few weeks alone), "by any means necessary" is the appropriate response.
You're correct -- we're in for a very rough ride until Inauguration Day. (If Trump actually wins, the roughest will be between Nov 6 and Jan 20.) "Trump is a fascist" may have started as Democratic hyperbole, but some of the leadership appears to have convinced themselves it's true, and they have certainly convinced their ground troops that it is. And no one can voluntarily turn over power to Hitler.
“This is about the English fucking language. “ A not very subtle but accurate summing up of the heart of the matter. “In the beginning was The Word…” it’s words that incite violence but also declare independence and give freedom to the human race.
Spoken or written. “The pen is mightier than the sword. “ The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights prove, that if proof were needed, and the First Amendment encapsulates what is truly great about the UNITED States of America 🇺🇸.
Depending on how many comments this gets, I may have to do an update post on just this topic. I see good insight already.
Commenter Belte likened the left to an abuser, and I’m going to borrow the analogy a bit.
Ricky Vaughn in 2016 tweeted something to the effect that Trump represented a return of the American spirit—the idea that the U.S. didn’t have to be the globohomo skinsuit it had become under Obama (and W. and others too).
Well, the abuser left couldn’t stand for that return of the American spirit—people thinking like that are focusing on fixing things at home, which might mess up trade deals and foreign wars, etc. So this American spirit, had to be snuffed out.
As much as all the psyops and dirty tricks in and after the 2016 campaign were about undermining Trump/his agenda, I think they were also about breaking this new American spirit. But this spirited resistance to the neoliberal project persisted, and so the violence, censorship, and lies constantly escalated from 2016-2020 trying to kill it.
That changed after the 2020 election was stolen and anyone daring to protest it was hunted by the feds. With every institution shown as corrupt and democracy revealed as a rigged game, that earnest spirit that America could be fixed was largely broken. The right’s spirit broken, the abusee finally knowing their place, the left could back off a little and focus on their wars and domestic scams, and not have things be quite so crazy.
That may change because that raised fist after surviving the assassination attempt might have rekindled the old American spirit. Before that, even with Trump winning, people were voting for self-preservation against leftist policies or to punish the left for their crimes—these goals are bad for the left, but do not threaten the left long-term as much as the fundamental reordering Trump represented and people thought possible in 2016. Institutional resistance to such an agenda can only be overcome with an implacable spirit. The image of Trump’s raised fist reminds one that there is good and courage in this world, and that with those things, perhaps America can be saved.
But if the abused right gets uppity again, believing and demanding that the managerial state and its globohomo assumptions be overwritten, we can expect something of the 2020 insanity starting to return. To the abuser left, the right needs to know its place, and deserves to be punished for stepping out of line. So lies and censorship and violence until their spirit is broken again.
People need a person to rally around especially when they feel targeted but relatively helpless to improve matters. That was one of the ultimate failings of the Tea Party movement. They wanted to be amorphous and without a head that could be easily tarred and feathered. But there was not one pivotal leader so it slowly faded away.
Trump since 2015 and now his defiant raised fist to the lethal violence brought against him is the perfect symbol to champion the people abused by this leviathan. He represents the American indomitable spirit. It’s funny because when he did “The Apprentice,” I did not like him and thought he was unnecessarily cold and cutting to the participants. But now I realize, well that’s the exact steely resolve that we need. We need someone who gets shot and stands back up to yell to the crowd’s roar: “Fight, fight, FIGHT!”
I think most of the left is actually in shock. For the majority, I think it was their version of LARPing about assassinations and someone doing something “for the team.” Now the shock of bright red blood on the man whom they allegedly hated has stopped them cold in track. It’s like an abuser who goes a step farther than usual: a black eye rather than just a slap, a throw down the stairs rather than a black eye, etc. Like that abuser, they’re at first surprised by the power and impact. They didn’t technically mean for it to happen…it just sort of happened. Now the more rational ones will step back, not apologize but start to walk back the rhetoric as you said. The crazies though will have blood lust. The only thing stopping them perhaps is the absolute mockery that the soiboi shooter is facing and the clear disadvantage this caused their alleged side. Shooters want infamy not mockery.
The abuser analogy is right on the money. But just like lowlife man who promises "it will be different next time" after giving his wife a black eye, the shock won't last. He still believes his superior judgement entitles him to rule over his wife and punish her for her overspending. The Left still believes it's superior morality entitles them to rule over us plebs and punish us for our racism and sexism.
So true. The blood that once ran hot has been temporarily cooled. But it will often come back with even more intensity until a stronger force stops it (ie law enforcement in the case of an abuser). I guess it’s waiting until Trump gets in before that stronger force can come in and stop it. That said, I think this has been a red line for many people within the many institutions that have divided power and oversight. We must pray that the sight of a man who clearly loves America and wishes to protect us nearly dying from a sniper awaken something in just the right people.
The abuser analogy captures a lot about the left/right dynamic. The left holds more power, rationalizes what they do as provoked by the right, maintains the narcissistic frame that they are good regardless of conduct, and then gaslights about what happened.
I think the assassination attempt is like a cop who gives an abuser a good talking to. The left will try hiding their actions to avoid drawing attention to their abuse of red America, but in short order they’ll return to form. Probably even escalate because their hated victim scored a public moral victory that embarrassed them and shook their self-concept as the good guys, which the abuser left will not be able accept.