Oh, so maybe he’ll cry when he’s sentenced.
Worth remembering: in summer 17 the standard conservative line on peaceful protests that blocked streets was “run them over with your car” w/multiple bills proposed by Republicans to make it legal to do so
The newspapers were mostly worried about the civility of punching a Nazi.
The newspapers were mostly worried about the civility of punching a Nazi.
Again: murdering peaceful protesters with a car was a standard mainstream conservative position in summer 2017, and then in summer 2017 a Nazi ran over a peaceful protester with a car, and then the President reminded us there were some very fine people among the Nazis.
By summer 2018 the narrative was about how dangerous and violent the left had become, maybe, potentially, at some future point.
Also in 2018 a white supremacist, inspired by the president, murdered 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Anyway the car-murdering Nazi cried.
Also in 2018 a white supremacist, inspired by the president, murdered 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Anyway the car-murdering Nazi cried.
It really cannot be stressed enough that what Heather Heyer’s murderer did was exactly what thousands and thousands of mainstream conservatives were saying people should do to peaceful protesters in streets, back in the summer of 2017.
Ideas can capture groups of people, you know.
Once the idea of running over protesters with cars took hold in the mainstream conservative mind, someone was going to die that way. It happened to be Heather Heyer.
The person who did it happened to be a Nazi.
Huh. Weird.
Once the idea of running over protesters with cars took hold in the mainstream conservative mind, someone was going to die that way. It happened to be Heather Heyer.
The person who did it happened to be a Nazi.
Huh. Weird.
A president was elected by mainstream Republicans promising to recapture a country that had been allegedly taken away.
Six months later Nazis occupied a U.S. city in defense of a confederate monument.
Huh. Weird.
Six months later Nazis occupied a U.S. city in defense of a confederate monument.
Huh. Weird.
You want receipts? I got receipts. cnn.it/2v8VJOw
Now, since we know that ideas can capture people, and tragic ideas will inevitably lead to tragic consequences ... ponder today’s narratives, that insist that those who fight fascism are at least as dangerous as fascists, and that “we” all miss “our” patrician white ruling class.
And kids and adults, captured by the idea that violence solves problems, murder each other, too.
Once thousands were captured by the idea that protesters should be run over with cars, it became inevitable that a protester would be run over by a car.
Once thousands were captured by the idea that protesters should be run over with cars, it became inevitable that a protester would be run over by a car.
