Liberals abandon logic to weaponize 'white supremacy'

[Free Vulcan]

“White supremacy” seems to be everywhere these days.

Fashionable left wing writers for websites like the Atlantic and Salon publish semi-coherent screeds on the centrality of white supremacy across American society. When conservative commentator Ben Shapiro arrived to give a speech at Berkeley last week, he was greeted with signs that accused him (an orthodox Jew) of “white supremacy.” An ESPN reporter recently tweeted out that President Trump is himself a white supremacist. Under topic “white supremacy” on the Huffington Post, many of the photos that pop up are of Donald Trump.

None of this is a coincidence. The recent shift to use “white supremacy” as a catchall term for anything out of favor on the left is a blatant partisan ploy. The progressive commentariat is abandoning the widely understood meaning of white supremacy and repurposing it to placate their angry, anti-Trump base. They are also creating associations between anything Republican or conservative and white supremacy.

Read more at: http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/351159-liberals-abandon-logic-to-weaponize-white-supremacy

[Smokin Joe]

Just another attempt by the left to move the goalposts. If they just don't have enough people to vilify, then all they have to do is redefine 'eeevil' and take more folks in. Then the mob can face off with little old ladies who are obvious white supremacists, and a twofer if they are wearing anything resembling fur.

Sadly, for all the allegations of hatred, prejudice, and racism, those who riot in the streets and claim they are 'fighting to end violence' are often the most guilty.

[skeeter]

The left's determination to racialize the political landscape should worry everyone. It has been done before, and usually the results are horrific. Damn them to hell.

[Smokin Joe]

The left's determination to racialize the political landscape should worry everyone. It has been done before, and usually the results are horrific. Damn them to hell.

I agree, skeeter. 1917 Russia, 1930s Germany, and elsewhere, the results have been disastrous, if not for entire nations, then for huge swathes of the population. The question arises of which side the government will come down on, those who have been assaulted by the leftists, or those who take an aggressive defensive stance.
The Left won't tone down their rhetoric until a real blood letting has happened. The Media are complicit, like the '60s and '70s, only we've seen this crap before and know where it leads. But the end result, if people can't stop the nonsense (something the Left has no intention of cooperating in), is that government intervention will result in a net loss of Liberty across the board.

[skeeter]

I agree, skeeter. 1917 Russia, 1930s Germany, and elsewhere, the results have been disastrous, if not for entire nations, then for huge swathes of the population. The question arises of which side the government will come down on, those who have been assaulted by the leftists, or those who take an aggressive defensive stance.
The Left won't tone down their rhetoric until a real blood letting has happened. The Media are complicit, like the '60s and '70s, only we've seen this crap before and know where it leads. But the end result, if people can't stop the nonsense (something the Left has no intention of cooperating in), is that government intervention will result in a net loss of Liberty across the board.

The government will not be neutral, thats fairly certain. Being concerned primarily with its own survival & prosperity, it will come down on the side of those whom it considers its clients.

I'm afraid a net loss of liberty across the board, as you put it, from them would be the best outcome we could hope
for. The worst would be somewhat more targeted.

[Fishrrman]

"Fashionable left wing writers for websites like the Atlantic and Salon publish semi-coherent screeds on the centrality of white supremacy across American society"

These folks had better be careful about what they're wishin' for.

They just might receive it!