The Left’s Impulse to Bully Is Universal

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Power Line:

John Hinderaker

November 6, 2016

 

 

It is widely understood that the Left wants to impose censorship on the rest of us, and where it can, it will. The experience of conservative speakers on university campuses is the most obvious proof. But the truth, I think, is worse: it isn’t just censorship. The Left wants to bully disagreement out of existence.

 

Hence the astonishingly long list of acts of political violence and low-level terrorism that have been carried out by members of the Democratic Party against Donald Trump supporters and Republicans in the current election cycle.

 

In Europe, the Left’s eliminationist impulse is most often vented against those who disagree with the policy of mass immigration from non-European countries. A striking example has just occurred in Sweden, where the Sweden Democrats hosted, on Friday, an event at which they awarded a prize–the European Freedom Award–to former Czech President Vaclav Klaus. The event took place at Stockholm’s renowned Grand Hotel. It prompted a chorus of outrage against the “far right.”

 

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Here in the U.S., we are witnessing a populist revolt against bullying liberalism, but what we are seeing here is mild, I suspect, compared with what is in store in Europe. And, of course, when all dissent on what millions see as the most vital issues of the day is barred as “far right,” it is inevitable that unsavory elements will be part of the populist uprising. Having sown the wind, Europe’s Left will, in all likelihood, reap the whirlwind. If the consequences are not to its liking, it has no one to blame but itself.

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Any Way You Put It

Justin Raimondo - NOVEMBER 03, 2016

 

You are likely reading this after the election, and already one of the following three scenarios is unfolding.

 

One: In a Brexit-like upset, Donald J. Trump mobilizes a coalition of Flyover Country “deplorables,” traditional nonvoters, and those who either lied to or refused to answer pollsters, and is elected President of these United States

Two: In a verbatim reiteration of the media’s fondest and transparent wish, Trump is subjected to a Goldwater-like trouncing, with only the South (perhaps with the exception of Georgia), Texas (by a hair), and one district in Maine

Three: It’s a real horse race, with the drip-drip of WikiLeaks revelations taking a toll on Clinton’s October lead and polls tightening as Election Day approaches. Third-party voters desert both the hapless Gary Johnson and the wacky Jill Stein,

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