Many of my readers will remember an incident back in 2017, where a Right-wing protest and a Left-wing protest confronted one another in Berkeley and the “Based Stick Man” (Kyle Chapman) broke his stick over the head of a Lefty antagonist. At the time, this was so notable it became a meme. Gifs of the moment the stick broke on the Lefty’s head became associated with Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy VII Limit Breaks, and other such things. Eventually a graphic novel of the event was even proposed.
In other words, this was a notable event. It was different enough from the norm of political discourse in the country to receive national attention.
Today, there are probably several stickmen hitting people over the head at political protests and rallies every week. The Frog has been slow-boiling these past three years. Achieving notability today means pulling an AR-15 and a handgun out on a mob breaking into your neighborhood, or killing two antagonists and wounding another as happened in Kenosha, or getting shot by a ‘security guard’ after some kind of argument at a protest.
Neighborhoods burn, naked women display their genitals at the cops, people fight in the streets, and we have the occasional open gun battle making its appearance. Hitting someone with a stick is nothing, now. From 2016 to 2020 we’ve gone from relatively normal protests and rallies, to dead bodies rapidly becoming expected in protests increasingly degenerating into street fighting. At this rate, a Beer Hall Putsch from the Left should Trump win wouldn’t even faze me. I more or less expect that it is more likely than not in the event of a Trump victory in the election.
In the last few years, the entire tone of political interaction in America has been poisoned. I remember the days where I could have have political discussion with Leftist friends, and they might disagree with most of what I said, but it was not a particularly big deal. The very same people are now posting things like “if you don’t believe systemic racism is the greatest problem facing America, don’t even talk to me! This is not up for debate!” Or another one: “it’s okay to disagree about favorite pizza toppings, but not over support for Black Lives Matter!”
Political opinions have been elevated to “fact” status by the political tribes. So if my opinion on universal healthcare differs from a Leftist’s opinion, I must be wrong, because it’s a fact that universal healthcare is superior. It’s not up for debate. Socialism is superior to Capitalism. Not up for debate. Trump is a racist. Not up for debate. The illegal immigrants being held until they can be returned to their countries of origin is the exact same thing as concentration camps, this is a fact not up for debate, and this means that Trump is Hitler.
Again, not up for debate.
The moral surety of the political tribes is what disturbs me the most. It is one thing to say “I think X is more likely to be true than Y” and act accordingly. It is quite another matter to say “X is definitely better than Y, and any disagreement means you are evil, and I have moral license to do whatever I want to force your obedience.”
Some people blame the political poison on Trump, and this might have carried water if the behavior originated with the MAGA tribe. It largely, however, originated with the political Left in recent years. It’s to the point that the Washington Post ran a piece about how only a Biden landslide victory could stave off the political violence. It was an implicit admission that if the Left doesn’t get their way, they will burn it all down (or at least threaten to). What is also implicit in this is that the political Right is starting to respond in kind (and the Kenosha shootings are tacit evidence that this worm is turning).
Now, I am cautious of using any one single graph as gospel. But this is nonetheless an interesting datapoint:
The trend here is worrisome. The Kenosha videos were fascinating in that if you listen closely, it sounds like there are other shooters other than Kyle Rittenhouse. No one else was shot aside from those involved with Rittenhouse, of course, but it was interesting that we had a city burning and some kind of roving gun battle in the streets. I mentioned earlier that this was the crossing of a political Rubicon. Protests haven become street brawls (Based Stickman gives us a rough timeline of when this began). And street brawls are starting to mutate into open war (Kenosha). Kyle Rittenhouse may be similar to Based Stickman in that he marks a point of departure, where history can say “this is when things really went off the rails”.
From 2016 to 2020, we went from large-scale (but mostly peaceful) protesting to street brawls and gun violence. Where will we be in 2024? When will the frog jump out of the pot? The whole tone and emotional tenor of political discourse has radically shifted.
America is heading rapidly toward something like Civil War (albeit nothing like the previous one). I see no signs that it will diminish, no matter who is elected in November. Trends continue until they don’t. We don’t know where the inflection point will be, or what it will look like. Tomorrow this could all calm down, though I don’t think it is very likely. But if the trend holds, America is in for some seriously dark times.
Keep your ammo dry, my friends. There’s a non-trivial chance you’re going to need it soon. The Culture War is starting to turn into something much worse.
In 1967 President Johnson didn’t send in troops until the Democrat mayor of Detroit requested them. Within three days the riots were over. After six days the last troops had left.
Fast forward to today. In Seattle, CHAZ wasn’t shut down until the protests went to the mayor’s house. In Portland the mayor moved after the protests came to his house.
It’s obvious the left coast is in a state of insurrection.
Meanwhile in New York the blatant antisemitism is starting to sound very Nazi like.
In the other total lockdown states the Governors sound like absolute Monarchs in their decrees.
Kenosha may be a bad example of the worm turning. It appears what that was a 17yr old fighting for his life against a mob intent on murder. What is amazing is the remarkable trigger discipline of what was a basically untrained individual. In fact just the opposite is indicated. That type of discipline and coolness indicates Kyle was well trained though not necessarily by a militia group.
Civil War? Yes but expect Beirut 1980’s and Sarajevo 1990’s on a larger scale plus covert outside interference.
SECOND!
Is trump going to win or lose?
Despite the polls that keep stating biden is up by anywhere from 8 to 18 points, I believe Trump will win by the biggest landslide in US history.
Biden has been on a campaign tour. He stopped in Las Vegas a couple of days ago for a Latino rally. Total attendance? ZERO.
Then he went to Phoenix where a news crew was waiting to capture his rally. Total attendance? ZERO.
Then he went to Miami for a rally. Total attendance? Apparently 5.
And today, a rally in Toledo, Ohio. Total attendance? Apparently 30 (though you can’t see them on camera.)
At the same time, GEOTUS has rallies in Florida, New Hampshire and Ohio. THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES.
A perfect example:
Biden has a miami rally on 10/5. 5 attendees.
5 days later, there is a Latino’s for Trump rally – drive in only. It’s especially notable because Trump is not there, and it’s South Florida. Dade and Broward Counties (Miami and Ft Lauderdale) are the bluest part of FL, if I remember correctly.
THIRTY THOUSANDS CARS – not people, CARS – show up, according to the Miami PD.
Nonetheless, the MSM keeps touting their polls. But it’s interesting watching them as they do. When they show these polls that have Biden ahead by double digits, the presenter is always hunched, stiff, head pointed down, looking at the camera with a stone face and unblinking gaze. Any deskbound reporters are hunched over, arms in their laps, face down, looking up at the camera, again a stone face.
The body language SCREAMS OUT “I know I’m lying, and I’m scared what the results will be from it.”
But there are certain things that make me worry a great deal.
1. A few days ago, Biden said the only way he could lose this election was thru “chicanery”; IOW, if Trump cheats.
2. Fauxahontas Liz Warren publicly proclaims “If Biden wins, Trump will be held ACCOUNTABLE!” This is a clear threat of a show trial to punish a political opponent – the same politicking that led to the death of the Roman Republic at the hands of the Patricians who constituted the Senate.
3. Pelosi sets up a permanent commission to review presidential behavior and, if the committee decides, to remove the President from office based on the 25th amendment. That the Speaker has no such power in the Constitution is irrelevant to her.
4. Keith Olbermann produces a video segment wherein he loudly and angrily calls on not only Trump, but everyone who works for him and everyone who voted for him to be prosecuted and expunged from American civil society. Find the video and watch it if you don’t believe me.
All of the above makes me ask myself:
What do the dhimmicrats and their corporate chrony donors (Buffett, Soros and his Davos pals, TBTF banks and Wall Street) have in mind for 11/3?
Are they going to stuff ballot boxes with fake mail-in ballots wherever they can? I’d say Yes, and in such numbers that it cannot fail to draw attention to the blatant fraud underway.
But what else are they planning on doing?
Based on the rhetoric on the Left and the actions of Antifa, BLM, the Dhimmicrats and the MSM, I’d say mass civil strife is a given. The Left has made it clear they absolutely will not stop until they get their way or either they or we are DEAD.
No, I don’t want this. Yes, I’m perturbed and somewhat anxious. Yes, I dearly hope that I’m just an overwrought drama queen.
But that’s what I see coming.
My hope is that Trump is, once again, several steps ahead of his enemies, as he has been for most of his first term.
TSW, Don’t forget the call for UN to help remove Trump if he refuses to leave.
I watched an Alex Jones inspired movie a couple months ago called Amerigeddon where the globalists with a willing President plotted to bring about the New World government by crippling the US. They used an EMP in that movie with Russian and Chinese troops to try and disarm the populace. Now for conspiracy theories sake let’s suppose instead they used a serious virus and counted on power hungry politicians to create panic and crush the economy. Add to that agitators in leftist/ anarchist groups like Antifa and BLM. Further add years of divisive teaching and tribalizing.
Not saying it’s real and I hope someone can point out the flaws in my scenario.
A question:
Why – not IF, but WHY – is trump going to win on 11/3?
Here’s your answer.
“But Wombat, you mental deficient,” you say, “look at the polls!”
OK then.
Are the polls believable?
A few things to ponder:
A recent poll showed that 56% of people believe they are better off today than they were 4 years ago under Obama/Biden.
On 10/10, Biden had a rally in his HOME STATE of Pennsylvania. Total attendance? EIGHT.
Combine this with his rally attendance in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Miami and Toledo.
But that’s anecdotal.
What about the polls?
Let’s ask this guy:
Overall, I think he makes a good case.
The proper way to treat Antifa – Kitchenware Edition:
https://twitter.com/Squill_whispers/status/1317197507303190533
Long live the iron skillet. Bash Antifa all day , take it home and cook dinner that night.
Just read an article over at pjmedia titled How Close are we to Civil War. It’s about war correspondent Michael Yon’s stay in Portland where he has been since September. He plans on being there at least through the election.
Most definitely worth the read.
Just read it as well.
OMFG.
I know people who live in the portland area. Friendships have cooled quite considerably as they have all become deep imbibers of the progressive koolaid.
It is clear that they have absolutely no grip on reality anymore. They talk about current mayor Ted Wheeler being very ‘right wing.’ They also believe that with colder weather coming, the protests/riots will come to a screeching halt.
For those of you living in or very near urban areas – May God watch over you and yours.
I believe it will be a Trump landslide. The Left is losing this contest in every single category except cheating which they will do in a heart beat. You have to remember the Left’s fantasy is of some golden state of the past and they believe we will return there. The Left does not understand “you can’t go home again”. Even if they “win” they have lost.
Ps. This does not mean I don’t believe there will not be difficulties, there will be the past alone gaurantees this.
Oh Fiery Roaster of Chaldean Chestnuts and other tender Naughty Bits,
There is a possibility to consider.
Picking a Biden-Harris ticket seems, on its surface, an asinine move on the part of the dhimmicrats. If memory serves, Biden barely scraped out a victory in Iowa against buttigieg, then got badly beaten in Nevada and New Hampshire, and won in SC only because almost the entire field had already withdrawn. Remember that twice before he had run for President and gotten beaten early in primaries – in fact, his performance had been awful. Even with a strong wind filling his sails as the VP for Obama, his performance in the 2020 primaries was rather pathetic. Kamala Harris fared even worse, as her campaign failed before the primary season began.
Both Biden and Harris are also very unlikable. Neither of them has charisma of any sort, and over their careers have elicited only lukewarm support even from their voters.
But maybe choosing them is intentional. It’s a poor team; it lacks real appeal with the base; and the campaign has been the worst in presidential campaign history, with the lowest enthusiasm and energy ever seen.
Notice, however, that the polls keep stating that Biden is headed towards the biggest landslide ever, and that he is more popular than Roosevelt, Eisenhower, JFK or Obama himself.
This is starting to smell like a setup.
It’s tailor made for Biden to get massacred in the election and then for the MSM to cry in unison “THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! TRUMP CHEATED! THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN! RISE UP, AMERICA, AND TAKE BACK YOUR DEMOCRACY!!!!”
And then ‘magically’ we’d see Antifa and BLM cadres creating chaos in 50 cities across the nation – Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, Richmond, Raleigh, Atlanta, Chicago, St Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Austin, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Denver, Seattle, Portland, LA, SF and more. Combine that with possibly tricked vote counts due to mail in ballot cheating and sabotage, along with Pelosi’s 25th Amendment permanent commission, and we may see a genuine attempt at a Coup D’Etat.
I do not trust the leadership of the FBI, CIA and NSC to be loyal. I also, to be frank, do not 100% trust the Pentagon – Obama had 8 years to fire senior commanders he didn’t like and replace them with careerists who had the ‘correct attitude.’
The Roman Republic first fell to Sulla. It resisted Catiline, but then fell to Julius Caesar and, after he was whacked, was finally subdued once and for all by Octavius Augustus. So when political and economic power become highly concentrated and those who control both decide that the consent of the Governed can and must be forced instead of solicited, democracies and representative republics can indeed be vanquished.
Trump has always found a way to get ahead of his enemies and force them into impossible and losing positions. Let’s hope his powers of strategic maneuvering do not fail him now.
Well TSW look at Nancy and the stimuli negotiations. Pelosi wanted to look in charge so Trump kinda let her. Now if the stimulus is passed then The Market goes up (not good for Dems who’ve been trying to wreck it) if the stimulus fails the Market crashes and who wanted to be in charge…..Nancy. Of course she and them will lie that that’s not true, but that’s how it’ll look.
Trump made a comment a couple of weeks ago that caught my ear, he said “I’ll beat the Democrats, it’ll be easy”. I believe him. I know I’ve said this a million times but it’s worth it The Dems have had their way so long they’ve become fat, lazy, and stupid. They almost beat themselves and Trump understands this plus he’s a fighter, not what they’re used to at all.
One more thing. Haven’t you noticed who the witty gadflys are buzzing around and nipping at, it’s not Trump. I’m not talking about those ponderous nincompoop oafish self styled intellectuals the Lefties always drag out, no the witty ones. When you see that you know who “The Man” is and who going to lose in the end.
Thales,
I agree with you almost to the punctuation. Your diagram of arguments is really close to what I believe. Those who base their arguments on the moral plane (your behavior or your inability to understand makes you evil and incapable of anything good) are dangerous people indeed. This is something of the Left (perfectibility of Man and all that) that should give people pause. If you base your argument on morals, virtue, etc, you’re elevating yourself to deity status and as a deity you cannot believe or do wrong, by definition. The flip side is that if you do base your arguments that way and lose there is no safe harbor. Oddly enough Chaldeans always were like that, making them rather fun to flay alive!
Everyone please note the following:
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/408214/#respond
What this tells me is that the Thursday nite debate is not going to turn out like how the dhimmicrats want it, with their handpicked acolyte spouting out insultingly loaded questions such as “Mr President, will you finally for the first time commit to the American people that you regret your long history of racism, homophobia and corruption and want to beg them to be allowed to apologize?” and doing everything possible to prop up Sleepy Creepy Joe.
Instead, Trump will take command of the debate and go after Biden and the MSM with the intensity of 1000 Tsar Bombas. Trying to cut off his mike won’t work – it’ll backfire badly.
It’s going to be a bloodbath, and the dhimmicrats, biden and the MSM will be the guests of honor.
On the Papal front, The Pope has publicly come out in favor of LGBTQ+ civil unions.
Can anyone explain how the “leader” of the largest Christian church that proclaims homosexuality a sin can say civil unions are ok for the LGBTQ crowd?
Michel,
It’s easy. The Pope has sold out.
My wife is in the market for quart canning jars which normally run $12 a case. as of today at Amazon and Walmart a case of 12 is running $40 dollars and up. Regular mouth is $25 and up. This is reminiscent of the panic buying of TP and disinfectant at the beginning of Covid . It’s also the type of thing that happens if people think they might have to be on their own for a while and can’t afford the price of the freeze dried stuff. Coupled with the run on guns and ammo I would say a lot of people are scared things are going to get a lot worse.
Ya I know, sky is blue, water wet.
NOTE:
It is NOT ‘Covid.’
This is the MSM correct-thought word.
The appropriate term for this new flu bug is:
Kung Flu
Flu Manchu
or
Shanghai Shivers
Anyone who reacts negatively to such terms is a libmaoist/’progressive’ and an enemy of Truth.
Laydeez und Gontz,
I believe Trump’s support is far vaster than even the most optimistic of us realized. People are staging rallies WITHOUT Trump, locally, across the country, with THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES!
And: look at what was waiting for Trump as Air Force Once was on approach to land at Prescott AZ airport!
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/10/my-lying-eyes.php
Well the die is cast, and cast high it is.