Friends, most "progressives" are against the death penalty, and fewer and fewer states utilize capital punishment as a result. A federal moratorium on executions has also been in effect since 2021. Recently, though, the Department of Justice had a change of heart. They've decided to pursue the death penalty against the vicious killer who gunned down 10 black people in a Buffalo grocery store. The reason? Not murder, per se, which clearly doesn't bother lefties all that much. The real reason is racism. It's the killer's motivation that really sticks in progressives' collective craw. Now, no one has a kind word to say about this particular murderer, but we should stop for a moment to consider the incredibly dangerous precedent that this decision sets. One, leftists are exposing themselves as hypocrites on an issue as important as capital punishment. Two, and more damningly, progressives are essentially saying that thought crimes are more important to them than violent (or "behavioral") crimes. In a sense, this shouldn't surprise us. Questioning elections, for instance, has never been a crime before -- but when a conservative does it, and when Donald Trump does it, oh you better believe it's the worst crime ever. The difference, of course, is not in the action, or in any behavior that can be legally and factually discerned -- it's the motivation and the underlying ideology. Likewise, the violent crimes committed by white racists are clearly and indisputably far more galling to leftists than ordinary crimes committed for ordinary reasons, like domestic strife and personal greed. No, the purpose of the criminal justice system, and of government, and of the state's power over life and death itself, from the leftist perspective, is to create a society where even to think outside leftist/progressive parameters is abhorrent and, eventually, impossible. This realization ought to scare the crap out of us!
One more caveat: the Biden DOJ's about-face on the death penalty comes just before Trump's trial for "election interference", and, lest we forget, one of the charges that Trump faces carries the potential penalty of death. Convenient timing, from a leftist perspective, no?
So, are lefties truly against the death penalty? Do they consider it archaic and barbaric? Oh, you bet. Would they happily apply it to all "Nazis" and "MAGA" extremists, including Trump, nonetheless? Sure, why not. Being a leftist means never having to say you're sorry -- and never having to explain yourself when your so-called principles are a jumble of contradictions.
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In other news, Senator Rand Paul, rock solid conservative and libertarian, has decided to take a strong stand against the candidacy of Nikki Haley, mainly because he views her as a warmonger. I sense great skepticism among conservatives about Haley, which is one of several reasons why I predict she won't get anywhere near the GOP presidential nomination. Well, she might finish second, which I suppose is nearer than I'll ever get, but "close" only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, as they say...
Finally, the Biden Administration has bestirred itself to attack Houthi targets in Yemen in an effort to prevent further attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, which has been affected very adversely by recent piratical/terroristic activity. Many progressives are aghast, because the White House did not seek Congressional approval, and nor does it have a clear plan to prevent further Middle East escalation. So far Iran has been quiescent, but its proxies are getting restless! Beware.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: Do cows do that which we all know they do? Neomarxists are faithful doctrinal successors to the most murderous regimes ever ; were they to attain totalitarian power would they retain their touching and selective revulsion to the atavistic death penalty? Not! Heck, some of them even invited a cop killer to be their graduation speaker at a "university!In fact, the death penalty is carried out frequently every day in America, by criminals and at a rate far exceeding that of mistaken lawful executions. No due process is offered and any method preferred by the monster is his or hers to practice. Since we know(and criminals know, do they know) that progressives are the violent offenders' friend and demonstrated savior, might we venture to hold these ""counterintuitive" idealists to be at least accessories and enablers? Again, American children and senior citizens are victimized, including the ultimate, by thugs at a rate which shames us beyond measure before the world. I kill rats I find violating my chicken house even though they are innocently seeking only to be fed.Its a necessity. I completely agree with your comments above on the Tops maniac and believe, as I think you do, that the world will nonetheless benefit from his lawful dispatch.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: Ambitious marxists have always thought to mobilize "revolutionary " classes. Its probable that american neo marxists see our ever proliferating criminal population as an "ideal" ally.And many criminals are pleased to be used thus and work the chaos marxists seek for their advantage.Of course should the "revolution" triumph it would make haste to exterminate most of your garden variety violent lowlifes, probably including drug dealers. I think totalitarian monsters, obviously free of bothersome Constitutional restraints ,have demonstrated this intent, in the lands they have cursed.
ReplyDeleteDr. Wady from Jack: The antiamerican left's willingness to demand the death penalty for those who, in committing daily mayhem, are as insolent as to violate far left political commandments. "Bigotry" is one the left's treasured automatic condemnations. The left's stance on this death penalty issue makes it easy to creditably label them bigots. They are unwilling to subordinate their consummate political correctness, even unto countenancing a penalty they excoriate. Unreasonable unwillingness to consider relenting on an issue is a hallmark of bigotry.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the incomplete sentence above. I am bigoted against such imperfection.
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DeleteIncomplete sentences mark you as a Fascist. Don't let this happen again, or you will be arrested by The People's State Security and executed by firing squad.
On the other hand, you might make a good Leftist (Neo-Marxist), since incomplete sentences seem to be a trademark of their ideology.
Clearly I'm just being silly and joking around, but I was thinking about how Leftist of all sorts are fond of lumping anyone who disagrees with them about anything as a Fascist.
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ReplyDeleteI meant "are fond of lumping TOGETHER anyone........"
Ray from Jack: LOL. Since leftists are convinced that their unimpeachable justice and wisdom guarantees that anything they maintain is full gospel, it is entirely possible that they may deem incomplete grammar, or all gramatical heresy, deserving of execution, provided that auto da fe is fully performed first.
ReplyDeleteInsolent and inconsistent spelling , included in this dread denunciation, is thereby proclaimed !
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ReplyDeleteLooks like my career as a Fascist pig, counter revolutionary, and reactionary is over.
Ray from Jack: You may be able to avoid reeducation camp by writing your memoirs of life as a common sense loyal American. Vindictive commie cadre are sometimes moved by such self abnegation.
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ReplyDeleteNo on those memoirs, BECAUSE "a common sense loyal American" is NOT EVER on The Left.
Oh, agreed, Jack. I'm all for killing...pretty much everyone who looks at me cross eyed. Also, the people with regular eyes. In all seriousness, I'm for the death penalty, and I applaud sensible lefties who have seen the light on this issue, but it's a severe penalty that should be reserved for the most serious crimes -- defined legally, not ideologically. I couldn't care less WHY someone goes on a rampage. I'm offended by rampages categorically!!!
ReplyDeleteJack, I've never seen a poll on whether leftists favor the death penalty for Donald Trump -- or would like to wring his neck with their own two hands -- but it would be VERY revealing.
Ray, I'd say people who use proper grammar and spelling are the real fascists. I mean, faceists. Same duffrince.
Jack makes a good point: in the coming socialist utopia, many of us right-wing fanatics will be able to earn mercy by denouncing ourselves and explaining how we came to see the error of our ways. Of course, big-time neo-Marxist brownie points will be awarded only to conservatives who rat out their friends... Jack and Ray, I've already asked my favorite A.I. bot to conjure up a convincing image of the two of you jointly assassinating JFK. You're on notice! Better stay on my good side.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: I did not so but I did personally alter the Cook Co, results in '60 in order to ensure JFK's triumph. That ought to commend me to today's antiamerican left as a redeeming excuse. Ray is on his own though.
ReplyDeleteOuch! Ha ha.
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