I can’t hold it in any longer. What the heck is going on with the Radical Left these days? The left has been more violent than the right in the US recently. Have you seen the violence at UC Berkeley over former Breitbart Editor and self-proclaimed provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ planned speech? They were punching people, pepper spraying Trump supporters in the face, hitting people with flag poles, smashing windows, lighting objects on fire. Where is the liberal pacifism, acceptance, compassion and tolerance? There seems to be 3 sub-groups of the radical left that are totally out of control: Social Justice Warriors, Antifa (Anti-fascists) and Anarchists. They are anti-free speech, violent and unreasonable.
There is a video on-line of a female Trump supporter speaking to an interviewer on camera. She was being good-natured and giving props to the protesters who were protesting non-violently. Two seconds later someone lunged at her and sprayed mace or pepper spray right in her face. That’s just not nice. Later you could see her sitting down with her face all red and swollen in obvious pain. The following night in New York, libertarian journalist Gavin McInnes was scheduled to give a speech and violence broke out and he was pepper sprayed in the face by protesters while entering the building.
Apparently hypocrisy is not a concern with these activists. The Antifa are opposed to the authoritarianism and violence of the far-right. Their methods for combating this are authoritarianism and violence. They pride themselves on punching alleged Nazi’s. The SJW’s (social justice warriors) are fiercely against bigotry. Naturally, they combat this by employing bigotry. They show up to events with conservative speakers. They wait for attendees to show up and then yell at them calling them every name in the book. They shout over the speakers so no one can hear them. Please stop embarrassing the left. I cringe when these groups are called progressives.
The ineffectiveness of these groups is astounding. Surely, the backlash against political correctness helped get Trump elected. Liberals are getting turned off. I am no fan of Donald Trump, I am left wing on the majority of issues but if I was at one of those rallies with both liberals and conservatives and the radical left showed up I’d put on a red “Make America Great Again” ball cap and start yelling: “Jesus hates hippies!”.
What do they think they are going to accomplish with this behaviour? Do they really want to combat conservatives with violence? Conservatives in the US don’t punch back, they pull out their guns. There are conservatives out there just itching to shoot an enemy – be it a criminal breaking into their house, a terrorist, a communist stray cat or a fist-swingin’ “anti-fascist”.
“Fox News is fair and balanced!”
At a rally in Vancouver, Lauren Southern, a libertarian Canadian reporter had urine dumped over her head by an activist for saying there are only two genders. In a stunning display of solidarity, the aforementioned Gavin McInnes decided he would pour urine over his own head to support his colleague. This brings up the obvious question, which is more toxic: “Angry Feminist Urine” or “Libertarian Reporter Solidarity Urine”? I did some research and found no studies on the matter.
“Poor people don’t deserve doctors!”
Part of the problem with these snowflakes is how they have been raised and influenced by family and schooling. They have been taught that everyone is a winner and to be hypersensitive to any views that conflict with their own. We are starting to see the consequences of these teachings. According to Pew Research polling, 40% of Millennials believe the government should prevent individuals from saying offensive things about minorities whereas only 12% of the silent generation feel the same. This generates a problem – what is offensive speech? Legitimate criticism is important. This is how we discuss ideas and improve society.
“Trump is tremendous!”
Back to the riot at UC Berkeley. Milo Yiannopoulos could not have scripted the behaviour of the activists any better himself. They are playing right into his hands. He is a provocateur, his fame and message thrives on controversy. Conservatives at the rally were being told not to be violent and to behave civilly. They came off as the victims in this scenario. Milo appeared all over the news after this event making him more famous and spreading his message to a wider audience. Conservatives are completely out-thinking these activists. They are making fools of them. (Since the riot at UC Berkeley, some regrettable comments have surfaced that Milo made on some podcasts a year or so ago…his stock has dropped as a result)
“God wants a free market!”
Milo had been touring US college campuses on his “Dangerous Faggot” tour. The attacks on Milo were way off the mark. They call him a Nazi. He is against foreign intervention. The guy is a gay Jew who dates black men. How Nazi-ish is that? What he does do is criticize feminists, Islam, political correctness, etc. He is condemned for hate speech. He criticizes Islam saying that 11 Islamic countries have the death penalty for homosexuality. Where is the hate in that equation? Now I disagree with Milo on many subjects but it is ridiculous to censor him. Universities should be a place for an exchange of ideas, for thinking and debating not safe spaces and censorship.
Ok, enough of that…it’s time for some meditation…I’ll sit on the floor cross legged, close my eyes, focus on my breathing, inhale deeply to take in prana, exhale deeply to expel apana…neurons will fire sending electrochemical messages to and fro, my parasympathetic nervous system will be activated, endorphins and dopamine will be released into my body, sending me into a state of irrational bliss…