Violence is increasingly how the Left argues its case. My latest at PJ Media:
Last Tuesday, the Stanford University College Republicans posted this on Facebook:
[D]uring a “Change My Mind” tabling event regarding the presumption of innocence and the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, SCR’s President was assaulted by Melinda Hernandez. A sophomore at Stanford, Hernandez approached our President, hit him in chest and forcefully pushed him back.
It was just another incident showing that the Left, bereft of intellectual defenses, is starting to hit. The Stanford College Republicans added:
Throughout the day, our signs were vandalized and destroyed.
Not surprising.
The president of the Stanford College Republicans is a young man named John Rice-Cameron, whom I had the honor of meeting when I tried to speak there last year. John Rice-Cameron is a courageous man and unusually independent thinker: He is a stalwart conservative who also happens to be the son of Susan Rice. That he would be assaulted while standing up for due process and the presumption of innocence is one of many recent indications that the authoritarian Left — having comprehensively lost the public debate — is instead resorting to violence. Those guilty of the tactic, and its supporters, intend to intimidate those whom they hate into silence.
Taking a page from their jihadist allies, Leftist thugs are also claiming victimhood afterwards. Just read the predictable piece about the incident in the student paper, the Stanford Daily: “Change My Mind: SCR’s Only Concern With Violence Is How To Use It,” by Justin Wilck. Wilck claims that the Stanford College Republicans — despite the fact that the violence was directed against them, and the additional fact that they have never called for violence or approved of violence — are the real violent ones. Just recently, Stanford Daily pushed this same theme when Stanford student Hamzeh Daoud vowed to physically assault supporters of Israel on campus.
This argument is a total inversion of reality, and ideologically based. These Stanford Leftists are so thoroughly indoctrinated: They believe that a victim of a crime is the perpetrator when the victim is an ideological enemy and the perpetrator is a comrade. No matter what happens to John Rice-Cameron on the Stanford campus, the Stanford Daily will portray the offenders as the real victims, and Rice-Cameron as the guilty one.
Instead of being taught how to think for themselves, evaluate evidence, and determine the truth and falsehood of an assertion, Stanford students are being taught that adherence to the Leftist ideology is the determinant of truth. Those who dare to dissent can justifiably be physically assaulted as well as libeled.
Justin Wilck, in the time-honored fashion of the Stanford Daily, couldn’t talk about the Stanford College Republicans without including a lie about me:
Did SCR care last November when Robert Spencer published students’ personal information and his followers sent them threatening emails?
I did not, of course, publish any students’ personal information. In reality, I responded point-by-point to attack pieces, most of them loaded with libels about my work and my character, which were written and signed by Stanford students. If these students had not wanted their names known, they should have written the pieces anonymously. In a civilized world of genuine rational discourse, which is, of course, quite far from what takes place at Stanford today, those who disagree have discussions based on evidence. One side doesn’t simply whine that “personal information” was published if the other side responds to attacks. This is, however, the level of discourse that one would expect from Stanford students today….
Read the rest here.
mortimer says
American Leftards are actually become STALINISTS … they have no support for human rights or civil liberties. They are ready to suspend the American constitution’s Bill of Rights.
gravenimage says
Grimly, this is increasingly true.
Mac-101 says
So True. The Left is just showin their true beliefs. They always believe in smashing a Million + eggs to make their omelet. These Neo Bolsheviks will murder millions of us if THEY gain total control with their Satanic NWO.
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It is heartening to see that a young man brought up in a den of Globalist PC lies can come to his own conclusions. May G-d bless him and may he waken numerous other Sheeple. I wonder what his mother thinks of him and his beliefs?
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.However, bein a Conspiracy Nut, I can’t just help but to think he is bein groomed to be a long term sleeper and eventually Controlled Opposition. This is how these Commies think! I pray for his sake I jumped the shark with this speculation.
Tom Steele says
You have got it the wrong way around. The lead Republican, your President, has put money ahead of Human Rights in dealing with the recent Saudi murder of a US resident journalist. He is afraid to stand up to dictators. I suspect it involves his own financial interests, which apparently, are more important than world order.
As of today, I renounce any and all affiliation with the GOP.
I can no longer associate with this disgrace!
gravenimage says
Tom, there is no doubt that Trump and the Republicans are less than perfect. But where are violent Leftists better, as you imply?
Tom Steele says
Most Americans are moderate sensible people, Republican or Dems. The alleged violent left is a fantasy construct. If you are gullible enough to buy it, just take it home and eat it up. When the truth comes out, you too may be ashamed of your naivety.
Trump shares so much with ruthless dictators who murder and suppress human rights of their citizens. If the Russians, North Koreans, Chinese, Phipippinos, Saudis and others can get away with murdering inconvenient people, you can expect Trump to do the same if he gets more power. Be prepared to lose the freedom you have fought so hard for in the past. He is an autocrat, talks like an autocrat, acts like an autocrat and intends to really play it out if given the mandate in the next 2 elections. Be warned! If you think that is OK, you are going to have to deal with me.
Tom Steele says
Read again what I said. I implied nothing about the left. This is not an exercise in polemics. It’s not a one or the other situation. I don’t have to join the other team to fight tyranny.
I can no longer stomach all the toxic lies. Trump is a dangerous sociopath and you will have to tell your grandchildren that you did nothing to oppose him. I have a moral compass and Christian principles to guide my life. I can’t accept the leadership of this thoroughly evil person. Let your conscience be your guide.
Mac-101 says
Tom, Trump is NO Saint. But he is a Boy Scout compared to the Clintons and Obama. THEY weaponized the IRS/CIA/NSA and practically ALL gubermint agencies against we, the people.
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The Deep State lives and so does the massive corruption that is destroyin our nation due to the greed of the members of the Uni-Party. If Trump is Real and NOT a Judas Goat leading us up the slaughter chute for the Globalist, then he MUST succeed in draining the swamp soon or things will be back to normal and the USA will soon become just another 3rd world hole in the NWO. Enjoy!
gravenimage says
Tom Steele wrote:
Most Americans are moderate sensible people, Republican or Dems.
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This is true. But the hard Left is another matter.
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The alleged violent left is a fantasy construct.
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So this woman attacking Susan Rice’s son is not violence? Or are you saying the attack was faked? What about the violence from Antifa and similar groups? What about the violence threatened against Robert Spencer?
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If you are gullible enough to buy it, just take it home and eat it up. When the truth comes out, you too may be ashamed of your naivety.
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So you are saying that either all of this is faked, or that you don’t consider assault to be violence? This is unclear.
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Trump shares so much with ruthless dictators who murder and suppress human rights of their citizens. If the Russians, North Koreans, Chinese, Phipippinos, Saudis and others can get away with murdering inconvenient people, you can expect Trump to do the same if he gets more power.
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Where has Trump threatened to murder inconvenient people? Citations, please.
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Be prepared to lose the freedom you have fought so hard for in the past. He is an autocrat, talks like an autocrat, acts like an autocrat and intends to really play it out if given the mandate in the next 2 elections.
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What is this based on? What freedoms has Trump threatened to destroy? Again, citations would be useful here.
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Be warned! If you think that is OK, you are going to have to deal with me.
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Wait–is Tom Steele now threatening anyone who continues to support the president?
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Read again what I said. I implied nothing about the left. This is not an exercise in polemics. It’s not a one or the other situation. I don’t have to join the other team to fight tyranny.
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Well, this is true. But, for good or ill, the US is basically a two-party system. While there are a few exceptions–Independents who win seats in the Senate or the House, and a few places that are so “blue” or “red” that contests are between two Democrats or Republicans–most contests are between Democrats and Republicans.
One generally has to choose between them, even in instances where it seems picking the lesser of two evils.
Of course, one can just throw up one’s hands and refuse to participate. Personally, I consider this a foolish tack to take in a democracy. Others can, of course, disagree.
And–again–you do not say in what way democratically electing a president is “tyranny”.
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I can no longer stomach all the toxic lies. Trump is a dangerous sociopath and you will have to tell your grandchildren that you did nothing to oppose him. I have a moral compass and Christian principles to guide my life. I can’t accept the leadership of this thoroughly evil person. Let your conscience be your guide.
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Trump has indeed been caught in some untruths, and I am *no* fan of this.
You do not say in what way the president is sociopath, though, nor why he claims that Trump is out to take away American’s freedoms. I probably should not hold my breath awaiting an answer.
Tom Steele says
I am not threatening anyone who continues to support the president. However, anyone who gets between me and my human rights will experience extreme resistance.
Trump’s sociopathic tendencies are evident in his fraudulent business dealings, well establish patterns of stiffing his contractors and suppliers, habitual adultery, inability to tell the truth, lack of ethics, greed, narcissism, willingness to attack people who are vulnerable, false religiosity, unbridled greed, treating people as disposable items, lack of empathy and demand for loyalty without reciprocation.
If this is what you want for a leader and an example for your children, I would feel sorry for you, but, the greater picture is too disturbing for me to even comprehend why anyone would sell their soul to a demon.
As far as the “left” attacking the likes of Robert Spencer and other professional hateful propagandists, it helps their cause and they should be thankful for it. I’d prefer that people who disagree with them should completely ignore them. Don’t give them the publicity. Some of these people are banned from other more civilized countries who have laws against hate speech like Canada, Germany, Sweden, Norway and the UK. You appear to be very inline with hate speech. Have you checked if you can travel to those countries?
gravenimage says
Tom Steele wrote, among reams of other verbiage:
As far as the “left” attacking the likes of Robert Spencer and other professional hateful propagandists, it helps their cause and they should be thankful for it. I’d prefer that people who disagree with them should completely ignore them. Don’t give them the publicity.
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How is opposing the horrors of violent Jihad “hateful propaganda”? Is the appalling Tom Steele *for* Jihad and Shari’ah?
And the idea that Robert Spencer should be thankful for being threatened and slandered is just appalling.
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Some of these people are banned from other more civilized countries who have laws against hate speech like Canada, Germany, Sweden, Norway and the UK.
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Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller were banned from the UK for speaking out against violent Jihad. How is this civilized?
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You appear to be very inline with hate speech. Have you checked if you can travel to those countries?
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What did I say that was “hate speech”?
I said that I thought that Susan Rice’s son being attacked was a bad thing, and asked where Trump had threatened to murder anyone and what freedoms he threatened to destroy.
How is any of this “hate speech”?
Or does Tom Steele just believe that no one is allowed to question any of his assertions? None of which he has bothered to answer, by the way.
gravenimage says
Note that Tom Steele is claiming that Trump supposedly may become violent–yet is condoning *actual* violence against Susan Rice’s son. And he is claiming that he may supposedly lose his freedom under Trump, yet is condoning *actual* loss of freedom in places like the UK.
How does this make any sense?
Edward Dillon says
You are prejudging, the Saudi case is still under investigation. I also do not trust the Saudis but lets see what actually happened if we can.e
Tom Steele says
“If we can”? It’s been 2 weeks. We have the best intelligence on the planet. “We know nothing yet”? I expect a lot better than a President apologist for a brutal Saudi murder of a journalist. He is thinking about his own interest in Saudi Arabia, not world order. They are laughing at us and have less and less respect for us as a nation every day under this greedy lying fool.
This is where the rubber hits the road. Trump is not up to this genuine crisis. He is incompetent and can only think about his own interests, not what is right for America and the world. So far he has only solved fantasy problems he conjured up himself.
Trump hates Muslims until he sniffs the money. He is up to his neck in filthy money from the center of Islam, Saudi Arabia. Hypocrisy?
gravenimage says
I do think that Trump’s reaction to this Saudi murder has been inadequate–these thugs are no allies of ours, and we should have as little to do with them both diplomatically and commercially as possible. We certainly should not be selling them weaponry.
But how is trying to protect Americans from Jihadists “hating Muslims”? Unless you are claiming that all Muslims are Jihadists? Or are you saying that trying to protect American citizens from being murdered is hatred of Muslims?
Tom Steele says
That is irrational and a bit ridiculous. I suggested nothing of the kind.
gravenimage says
So how is trying to protect Americans from being murdered in Jihad “hating Muslims”? Tom Steele still does not say.
Huh!?! says
Gee…What happened to this woman doing the assault? When assaults took place when I was going to college the attacker would be arrested. The reader can tell I went to college some time ago. In reading on in the article about the islamist that would attack anyone supporting Israel a Jew and a Christian would be under threat. Islam and the left sure are getting cozy.
Stanford has collapsed. This mentality that seems to be spreading on college campuses is going show up more and more in the workplace when these faux intellectuals and neo-fascists graduate.
We must be prepared to stand for the truth now even at apparent risk to our lives. I am concluding that most readers of this site are conservatives please remember to vote this November 2018.
Sun says
True, Islam and the left sure are getting cozy. Stanford is a safe haven for the left and for students and academics from the almighty religion of peace.
J D S says
Parents who allow their children to go to these leftist colleges share the guilt with the leftist students and college professors and other administrators. (By allowing them to associate it could rub off) But there aren’t many colleges that have not been infiltrated by leftist-socialist-communist students and administrators.
Mac-101 says
Worse thing about it is what % of the faculty administration are what?
Paul Klee says
He should have punched the bitch in the face but he’s too much of a gentlemen. His restraint will not be rewarded. They will attack him again.
TrueFreeThinker says
Today’s leftists are completely gone in the head. They hate everything not far left. The left are simply hateful intolerant miserable people that can’t think for themselves, hence the NPC label they deserve. It’s kinda like debating an idiot an idiot will always respond wirh violence and that’s excatly what the unhinged left does.
Steve says
These are indeed grim times. The mentally retarded left are targeting kids at school and college, where their impressionable minds are being subjected to the vile and hate filled ideology of the left. A group of traitorous delinquents who are clearly advocates of that other evil ideology, Islam! A ‘marriage’ made in hell!
Its insidious nature is percolating through our societies unchecked, creating an ever increasing threat to our future. It needs to be stopped NOW!
Maybe another job for Trump to persue?
J.W.K. says
For her, wench that she is, the rule against hitting a woman should be suspended: someone polish her clock STAT!
J.W.K. says
What a nasty little WENCH!
TWG says
Learn the laws pertaining to self defense and citizen’s arrest in your area, and fight back. Those crybully THUGS deserve to have their own BS shoved right back up their manholes. Besides……. it’s fun! They’re not at all used to Conservatives who fight back, so they don’t know how to react when we do.
These are not our fellow countrymen any more. They are islammunist traitors who will eagerly slit our throats and the throats of our children and descendants, just to get their bag of candy and make themselves *feeeeeeeeeeeeeeel* good. Tell them what they are, in no uncertain terms. The traitor shall be treated as such.
Many of us have been fighting them aggressively for years now, and we’re just waiting for them to do what it takes to get -this party- started. When it begins for them, it will begin for us. And when it begins for us, it will end for them. It will be they who will *bring it*. It will be We, The People, who will bring it to an end.
Obbop says
This article tells us about and how the enemies of freedom and the USA behave:
“…many recent indications that the authoritarian Left — having comprehensively lost the public debate — is instead resorting to violence. Those guilty of the tactic, and its supporters, intend to intimidate those whom they hate into silence.
Taking a page from their jihadist allies, Leftist thugs are also claiming victimhood afterwards.”
Antifa is notorious for physically assaulting those who do not actively agree with their Marxist beliefs and desires. The Proud Boys association has been standing up to those physical attacks and sends the cretins scurrying away in fear. I am concerned that those Antifa cowards will start resorting to weaponry they can use to harm or kill from afar.
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Westman says
The Left and Islam share a common religion of, “existence justifies support”. The only exception is that, for Islam, one must be a Muslim to qualify.
The Left wants to create a peaceful world free of want and discord by force, using Other People’s Money.
Islam wants to create a peaceful world free of want and discord by force, using Other People’s Jizya.
Of course, both fail when they run out of, “Other People”.
It would be amusing to see Stanford professors and current leftist students driving grain combines because food became more important than Universities but not so amusing to experience that society. It’s amazing that educators with high IQ cannot see they are walking their students down the same previous failure path of Marxism and they will not be able to, “do it better”.
Walter Sieruk says
Those leftists with their old and long refuted ideology of Marxism and pro- sharia law ideas and then when they engage in all the mindless Leftist violence and mayhem . By their own violent actions of are strong reminder of the words of the hero in the 1979 movie which as the title of TIME AFTER TIME For the hero in the movie said “The first man to raise his fist is the man who has run out of idea’s”
In conclusion , those violent leftist must be people who have “run out of Idea’s.”
Walter Sieruk says
Those violent leftists who have joined in some kind of union the violent jihadists which is termed “the Red/ Green alliance are showing that the don’t know their twentieth century history , or they known bout couldn’t care less. For example, in Iran many Marxists helped Ayatollah Khomeini and his Iranian jihadists overthrow the Shah of Iran then Khomeini turn on the Communists who helped him gain power in Iran and had those Marxists put to death. So those leftists who were also Marxists had been used as tools by Khomeini as his tool and useful idiots to help him gain supreme power in Iran. After in power Khomeini in his ungrateful violence had them murdered. The current leftist in this century need to learn from twentieth century history.
gravenimage says
True.
Tom Steele says
Dream-on! There is no such conspiracy between “leftists and Jihadis”.
The leftists, (Mujihadeen) who assisted the downfall of the Shah in Iran, were all executed if they did not flee to Iraq, Turkey or the West.
gravenimage says
The Mullahs used the Left in Iran–including the Communist Tudeh Party–until they consolidated their power. Only then did they turn on their former revolutionary allies.