What Would the Left See as Going Too Far?

[TBoneTX 45,571]

Food for thought, and for outrage.

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What Would the Left See as Going Too Far?

DANA PICO // Posted at 8:36 am on April 12, 2020

 

I often wonder: among those who support the various state governors' and city mayors' actions curtailing our constitutional rights to fight the spread of COVID-19, is there any step they could take that they would consider a step too far? [...]

 

Continues here: https://www.redstate.com/diary/kentucky_dana/2020/04/12/what-would-the-left-see-as-going-too-far/  

 

[Ban Hammer 13,419]

i suspect there are going to be lots of court cases to settle once this virus dies down. 

[TBoneTX 45,571]

There'd BETTER be.  "Give me liberty, or give me death."  Coronavirus included.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

We kind of accept that in the most extreme emergent circumstances that people's rights get suspended, but the real problem is how trivial the idea of "emergency" can be. Just because the government declares an emergency doesn't entitle them to, in one broad brush, eliminate all our rights, and the true authoritarians come out to justify it. Well, they justify the broad targeted elimination of rights they disagree with. Case in point with targeting guns, targeting churches, while making exceptions for preferred rights even in the most comically casual nature. Not so coincidentally, the enforcement parallels that targeted nature, removing all doubt about the intent of that power grab.

There's really no further they can go than eliminate the rights completely, and they went for the jugular. It shouldn't be a surprise, if they simply use any means to discard the constitution when they see fit, shouldn't they be seen as a threat to the Republic? I think people are a bit stuck looking merely at whats in front of their face (political tradewinds dictate a short term memory and desensitization to authoritarianism) and not seeing the bigger picture.

Edited April 12, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Dashinka 24,628]

I have been railing against my governor’s actions all day.  She went quite a bit further than most states on Friday eliminating any small group (less than 10) get togethers with family or neighbors (house to house), prohibited nurseries etc., which makes no sense, so HD and Lowe’s had to cordon off those areas in their store sort of like what grocery stores do to beer and alcohol after 2 am.  Construction (at least private) and landscaping contractors are restricted, and if you stray too far from your home, you may be stopped and cited.  Some cities have also imposed curfews with fines as well, so you could be cited locally and under state law, which is nice for those that have been laid off.  To top it off, unlike Cuomo, my governor (Whitmer) hasn’t even started talking about easing up saying she is using her own models and this will not peak in MI until sometime in May (MI new cases dropped by 50% today and deaths dropped as well for the 2nd straight day).  Even if you have a second home up north you are restricted from going there if you are a MI resident (ok for OH, IN, and IL residents).  And now, they are dismantling pop up hospitals because they don’t need them.

[TBoneTX 45,571]

She's toast, or needs to be.  Was that her with the 100,000-signature recall petition?

David Horowitz said, "Inside every progressive is an authoritarian screaming to get out."  Or something.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

It's a microcosm for the rapid changes we've seen from this political demographic, where they, in record time, resemble most of the things they opposed/despised.

 

Examples:

- Anti-globalism=>Globalism

- Anti-media=>media fanatics

- Anti-corporation=>corporate fanatics

- Free speech=>censorship

- Pro immigrant=>pro illegal immigrant

- Anti-intelligence state/bureaus=>enamored with bureau faces and huge fans of their abuses

 

Plenty more examples, but yeah, I spent my life around these people and despite all the things we had in common, they've changed so much they are hardly recognizable anymore. It used to be I could just get along with people I disagreed with (my whole life has been spent around people with different views, ethnic background, world outlook, etc.), as we had a common cause as Americans, but everything American is bad, and the only thing the left stand for at all now is getting their way. Not a modus operandi worth placating, as it's an infinite appetite that can't be satiated, only causes more grief after appeasing when one finally realizes they should stop placating it. Just has to be fought as soon as possible until they get back to sanity.

 

There are still sensible people on the left but as we see with the Greenwalds, Traceys, etc., they are quickly ostracized and (as people who don't appease this formerly extreme demographic, rationally holding everyone accountable) placed in a group with the "worst of mankind" who are conveniently those they disagree with. They're finding themselves increasingly isolated, whereas with a modicum of tolerating actual diversity would lead to a type of unity that easily leads to huge majorities. Instead its the conservatives that have that. So be it.

Edited April 12, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Dashinka 24,628]

Great analysis of the MI governor.

 

https://spectator.org/the-worst-governor-in-america/

 

The Worst Governor in America
 

[Boiler 45,717]

Would this be too far?

 

[Dashinka 24,628]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Would this be too far?

 

Hard to say, all I see is “Image”.

[Boiler 45,717]

Well it shows fine for me, Biden sniffing a Tiger (King).

[TBoneTX 45,571]

4 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Hard to say, all I see is “Image”.

Gov. Whitmer has banned your image.

[Dashinka 24,628]

39 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Gov. Whitmer has banned your image.

Quite possibly.  She is getting slammed nationwide for her actions.  I wonder if she dropped out of Sleep Joe’s top ten.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

6 hours ago, Boiler said:

Would this be too far?

 

With all the stuff he's injected into his face I'd be surprised if he had a sense of smell left.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

5 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Hard to say, all I see is “Image”.

Here you go, fixed it for you: