Don's Tuesday Column

            THE WAY I SEE IT   by Don Polson Red Bluff Daily News   9/08/2020

       Democrat agenda: violence, lies

To paraphrase previous lines: Anyone repeating the lie that President Trump refused to go to a cemetery (France, 2018) of American soldiers and Marines because they were “losers, suckers,” is either an ignoramus, a partisan hack, a Trump-Deranged lunatic or all three. “Trump manipulating the USPS to stop mail-in voting” story: a hoax; “Trump ignored the intelligence that Russia was paying a bounty for dead Americans,” another hoax; just like the 4-year long hoax of Trump/Russia collusion.

At some point, the political center-left—those who have found themselves swallowing such fictitious, Trump-hate-inspired falsehoods—may realize the malevolent, duplicitous nature of such stories from the Democrat/news media complex. Think of it as propaganda used to acquire power.

If you are persuaded, check out the walkawaycampaign.com website. “The #WalkAway Campaign is a true grassroots movement, founded by former liberal, Brandon Straka. [It] encourages and supports those on the Left to walk away from the divisive tenets endorsed and mandated by the Democratic Party of today. We are walking away from the lies, the false narratives, the fake news, the race-baiting, the victim narrative, the violence, the vandalism, the vitriol. We are walking away from a party driven by hate. We are walking toward patriotism and a unified America!” I salute the courage of that gay man, Mr. Straka.

“Lies” and “violence” dominate the “news,” analysis and public discourse to an unbelievable degree, while serving the cause of destroying civic equanimity, respect and harmony among our citizens. It’s beyond the traditional give and take of opposing viewpoints, policies and goals, stated sincerely on behalf of differing ideologies. We are now immersed in something so dark, destructive and subversive as to threaten the basic tenets of this nation, with enmity not seen in 160 years.

A movement of seemingly varied causes has had, below the surface and out of sight, a singular objective: Resurrect the defunct Marxist, class-based struggle of workers vs. the capitalist owners of the “means of production”—but adapted to the most non-racist country in history, as America has evolved to become. All to create divisions rivalling the class struggle that Marx, Lenin, Mao and their followers harnessed to bring about revolutions from Russia to China, Cuba and Venezuela. The single greatest egalitarian, opportunity-rich nation the world had ever seen had to be subverted, substituting race for class.

To do that, the “long march” through the institutions required that the arts, entertainment, education, and political parties be indoctrinated into racial and economic polarization. Our history had to be retrofitted, so to speak, to turn all previous accomplishments into cynical abuses of power, for which guilt must supplant pride, shame must replace glory. “Critical race theory” appeared and spread among the academic class, to propagandize anti-white anti-Americanism.

“The Movement” now consists of: 1) Mass protests over often-misrepresented racial victims of law enforcement—with the canard of “cops shooting unarmed black men.” Set aside that it is nearly unheard of for a cop to kill anyone, let alone a black man, without that person having violently resisted a lawful arrest or detention, often with either a weapon of their own, or an attempt to grab the cop’s own gun. Since those instances are so rare (e.g. Breonna Taylor), nationwide demonstrations must be infused with misinformation, even lies, to induce emotions so intense and out-of-proportion as to defy quiet refutation with facts.

2) Organized, disciplined cadres of protest-averse, armed and trained hooligans, ruffians and criminal elements—now aligned as anarchists, antifa and violent BLM radicals—use peaceful protests to hide in, break out of, and retreat into. “Peaceful protests” a) never devolve into rock- and weapon-hurling mobs, b) respect the lawful rules of “time and place” assembly, and c) recognize that laws are not made or influenced through mob intimidation, but by legislatures.

3) Law enforcement, initially overwhelmed by numbers and seeming randomness of rioting and arson, surrenders the initiative and strength—often with the tacit urging of leftist authorities under the silly, stupid adage of “de-escalation”—while the evil, violent “mob-ocracy” rules the streets.

4) Now, enter the heretofore unheard-of role of a political party and news media acting in tandem to falsely characterize, coverup, or use “believe us, not your lying eyes” coverage of burning buildings with the labels: “largely peaceful protests,” that “became fiery” or “developed into unrest.”

5) Then the “gaslighting” (from the 1944 movie, “Gaslight” where an evil man manipulates his wife by creating mysterious occurrences, like the “gas-fueled” lights dimming, while denying anything is happening) starts when Democrats like Jerry Nadler call violent antifa riots “a myth,” and the Biden campaign is slow to condemn, even acknowledge, what we all see on screens large and small.

6) The “gaslighting” shifts into overdrive. The leftwing, anarchist, antifa, Democrat mayors/governors and media--causing and enabling the violence--coordinate their narrative, and in unison say it’s all President Trump’s fault. Unreal, yet they persist.

Look up: “31 Times the Media Pushed Narratives Downplaying Riots and Looting After George Floyd’s Death” (Dailycaller.com); “Amazing Ad: ‘Say No to the Mob’ Rips Dems Apart for BLM Riot Violence” and “Democrat Leaders Have Encouraged Political Violence, Beginning With Barack Obama” (words of Waters, Pelosi, Schumer, Holder, Obama, T. Kaine, C. Booker, cable talkers and “celebrities” urging violence against opponents); “CNN is busy rewriting history to blame Trump for the riots” (Bookwormroom.com); “Maoists Burn Kenosha” (theepochtimes.com); “Democrats Blame Trump for Violence After Months of BLM and Antifa Riots” (pjmedia.com).

Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris have called for the “unrest” to continue indefinitely. Who’s promoting violence, now? Mr. “100 percent ANTIFA all the way!” Michael Reinoehl, the killer of pro-Trumper Aaron Danielson, is dead after a gunfight with U.S. Marshals—good riddance to bad rubbish. He fought the law; the law won.