July 2, 2020 analysis of the Riots in America

To All,   A friend wrote me an email and asked for my comment.  I knew Irvin back in my youth in New Orleans, and his sister was my youth group advisor at the Unitarian Church.  You might find the discussion interesting.    Hugh Murray

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 14:22:12 +0000 (UTC)

Hi Hugh

 

My current analysis is that the civil war never actually ended, but only a cease fire has existed over the years. Now one side has decided to end the ceasefire and resume the conflict until the other side is completely humiliated. The other side doesn’t really want to resume hostilities and has been caught unawares and unprepared to resume these hostilities. Any comments?

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 17:22:50 GMT

Irvin,  This is not the resumption of the American Civil War, tho the early targets - Confed. generals, Confed. monuments may have made it so appear.  This year they moved quickly from Robert E Lee and PTG Beauregard to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, founders of this nation, but slave owners.  The mobs attacked the Lincoln Memorial in DC, and Lincoln statues in the North, as well as Gen. Grant (hardly a Confed.)   In Boston they attacked the plaque to Col. Shaw (Unitarian abolitionist, and officer of the Mass. 54th Reg. in the Civil War, the first Black troops recruited).  The mob is attacking America and the West.   Andrew Jackson, the hero of New Orleans.  Had he lost NO, the treaty might have been revised to give Britain much of the huge Louisiana Terr.  The mob, the Dems. hate America.  And they hate the West.  Columbus made America possible.  Now the Ohio city that bears his name is embarrassed, and his statues are under attack there.  In this state's capital, Madison, Wisconsin, where a leftwing Dem governor and and even more rad mayor of Madison permitted riots in the area around the state capitol, one wonders how long it will be before the city's name is changed - Madison owned slaves.  To be in align with the new mood, I have suggested they replace Madison with: Stalindale, or MaoTown. or IdiAminVille.

   The mobs are inspired by a combo of Marxism and Black racism,nationalism, sprinkled with simple crooks and thugs.  The mobs were also fueled by the corona virus lockup of healthy young people, bursting out from school closings, sports closings, and the only permissible way to break the lock-downs at home was to partake in the Dem approved "peaceful protests" against police.  So the innocents joined the mobilizers and the Dems cheered them on (of course the media did too), and the Republicans tried to ignore the mobs, or the lib Republicans like Romney joined in the mob's procession.

   The issue is Western Civ versus multicultural madness, law and order vs. anti-white racism, elevating Black crime and criminals, vs. work and creativity, open borders and special benefits for all newcomers especially illegal ones who refuse to assimilate, vs basic rights and privileges of American citizens.

    They are also demanding a new national anthem, like W. Guthrie's This Land is Your Land or Lenon's Imagine.  The one we have is difficult to sing and was not officially adopted until the 1930s.  Still, why choose an anthem written by a British subject or an American Communist (Guthrie)?  I would prefer that we return to the earlier, unofficial anthem, Columbia, the gem of the Ocean.

     All the best,  Hugh

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THE VIOLENCE IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA - AND BEYOND

     For years the left has terrorized conservatives on many universities.  What has emerged on the left is the view that ideas they dislike should not be expressed, should be shut down, using force and violence to do so.  So speakers who challenge affirmative action, global warming, abortion, gay rights, the Palestinian right to Israel, gun control, etc. are simply not heard on most campuses.  At most universities the right of free speech has disappeared, replace by the view that hate speech should be shut down, and hate speech is anything that the left disagrees with.  This outrageous notion of "free speech" has infected most Democrats and many liberal Republicans.
     During the 2016 campaign these ideas were fought in the streets.  When Trump supporters in California were terrorized and beaten upon leaving Trump rallies.  The cops did nothing, and the lib Dem mayors blamed Trump.  Even the media showed how left wing antifa, BLM, Occupy, and other Soros funded mobs used violence against Trumpsters and other innocent citizens who might be walking in the wrong place.  The left wing Mayors, and their stand-down cops, encouraged violence of the Left.
    In Charlottesville, that happened again.  The vicious left attacked the far right.  I do not agree with many of their views, but that is no reason for violence against them.  The police often stood down and let the Left attack.  There was blood.
    One from the right apparently got tired of being the victim.  He drove his car into the left agitators.  One killed, many injured.  That violent act must be condemned.  But so too must the numerous violent acts of the Left against a lawful meeting by people with whom they disagree.
    President Trump was correct in blaming many sides in promoting the violence.  We need to keep free speech in American, even if we disagree with what is said.