Welcome to Mob Rule
In just a few short weeks, the United States, a republic with a Constitution and Bill of Rights guaranteeing individual freedoms unparalleled in the world has digressed to a country where public policy, law, criminal justice and societal norms are being set by the loudest mob. For anyone who still believes these so-called “peaceful protests” where public and private property is looted and/or destroyed and anyone who disagrees with them is beaten and even killed, I invite you to get your head out of your asses and look at what is going on. What began as a legitimate protest for justice has devolved into a full scale assault on American history and culture. No longer is there a grass roots effort to seek positive change, but instead an extremist political wish list to reshape society to meet their utopian dreams. Welcome to Mob Rule in the USA!
As I’ve said before, when it comes to protesting our government, I fully and enthusiastically support it, even if I don’t agree with the cause. Just as I would expect someone who doesn’t agree with my cause to support my right to protest. There is nothing more patriotic than exercising your First Amendment protected right to petition the government for redress of grievances along with the right to peaceably assemble.
But that’s not what is happening now. We now have mobs of rioters, thieves and thugs doing whatever they please, often with the passive or even active support of the politicians whose only desire is to please them. After all, the mob is doing their work for them, attempting to reshape society into their new ideal image.
We’ve gone from demanding justice for one individual, to use police use of force reform nationwide, restricting, disarming, defunding and eliminating police departments, eliminating qualified immunity for law enforcement, and eliminating legal due process for law enforcement officers, all to address the alleged systemic racism running rampant in every agency in the country. And that’s JUST as it pertains to law enforcement!
But then, when you look at the actual facts, you find it isn’t true. Police departments around the country keep incredibly detailed accounting of enforcement activities and race to combat the very allegations being leveled at them today. Very much like the previous push to put body cameras on all officers to expose bad and illegal police behavior, when the recordings are made public, we find the that vast, VAST majority of contacts were exactly as the officers said and it was the public that was lying. But all that doesn’t fit the emotional narrative. It’s much better to take one bad example and use that undeniable proof that it exists everywhere with every officer.
And for extremist politicians who have been unable to get symbols that offend them removed through the normal process; they simply have the mobs do it for them. The new woke politicians at the local, state and national level can now get all those Confederate statues and paintings torn down without having to waste public funds. And for those that aren’t torn down by the mob, the extremist politicians can have them removed for “safety”. The end result is still the same, things they don’t like are removed.
By why stop there? Let the mob rid us of any other symbol that might offend someone, somewhere, or sometime. Statues of Christopher Columbus, the Texas Rangers, Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as well as General Ulysses S. Grant. Also vandalized, destroyed and removed have been law enforcement memorials as well as memorials for military heroes including Shaw’s 54th Regiment Memorial of Black soldiers marching into battle during the Civil War. If you ever wondered the downside of not teaching American history, well… there you have it.
Not to be outdone, one Minnesota mayor is moving to remove the word “chief” from all city job titles because the term is offensive to Native Americans. For example, the chief financial officer will now be called the finance director. The mayor is still working on the titles for the heads of the police and fire departments since the usage there is so widespread in the nation. While there have been exactly ZERO public complaints about the titles, the mayor is trying to be proactive about this since “chief” is used as “a racial epithet, and it turns into a microaggression.”
Corporations have been quick to jump on the kowtowing bandwagon to appease the mob. NASCAR has banned Confederate flags at all their events, including those carried or worn by fans. Also banned, any firearm related advertising on race cars.
Hollywood has done their part by pulling pro-police shows like COPS, Live PD and the pro police animated children’s show PAW Patrol. Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam will both lose their guns in upcoming episodes. Elmer will still be hunting rabbits, but he’ll now use a scythe. Because chasing a rabbit with the big ass sharp implement the Grim Reaper carries is a LOT less violent.
The iconic product lines of Mrs. Butterworths, Uncle Bens and Aunt Jemima are rebranding their products and following Land of Lakes by removing the long-time symbols on the packaging. While these products and packages are part of Americana, the saddest part is the real-life people whose images and stories were the basis for them were inspirational and heroic figures for their time and beyond. Look up the story of who Aunt Jemima really was and it makes you sad to realize Nancy Green’s story is being spun and erased for political correctness.
In the ongoing coverage and glorification of mob riots, one woman’s statement struck me as telling about our current state of racism in our country. “F*ck white people, they owned slaves!” Again, we look to history that tells us slave ownership goes back as far as human history and across all race, color, ethnic and religious boundaries. It also tells us the European slave traders purchased their slaves from the black African tribal chiefs who already had a slave trade themselves. Horrifically, slavery continues to this day not only in Africa but in other parts of the world. Recent reports from Libya show a slave can be purchased for as little as $400.
Like every other nation, our history has had its share of dark and turbulent times. There are things we look at now and wonder how could this have happened in our land of the free? But our history is just that, history. We don’t have to be happy about the dark times, but we must be proud of how far we have come and where we are going. We cannot — and should never try to — sweep our history away. As painful as the past may be, the only way to not repeat the past is to learn from it.
Sadly, our nation’s political process is under mob rule. Pointing out logic and facts gets you labeled as a racist. Defending the history of our nation, the good, bad and the ugly parts, makes you insensitive, uncaring and an obstructionist to change.
There are a few who are willing to stand up and saying no to mob rule. I encourage you to use your own mind, your own heart and your own conscience to decide what is right, not what the mob tells you to do.
Bob
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