What if Cairo comes home?
I’m not sure how to frame this, so I’m just going to come out with an idea. Really, it’s a prediction—or maybe it’s a question—or maybe it’s both. Whatever it is, it occurred to me while Glenn Beck was issuing his oft-repeated plea for conservatives and patriots to remain peaceful while so many are agitating for violence.
But I think it could happen that some leftist, socialist demonstration in the vein of this protest erupts into something widespread and violent. Maybe it will begin in one place and spread out virally. Maybe multiple, coordinated demonstrations across the country will all go at once. I don’t know. Clearly, Glenn thinks the same thing, as his other oft-repeated plea is to prepare in the way of saving food, getting out of debt, and so on. So, of course, the sensible thing to do is to hunker down.
But what if the left-wing media pins the violence on the Tea Party? Consider that the media is already champing at the bit to blame something on the Tea Party as it is. And they rarely report on leftist violence. If something as pervasive and chaotic as what’s going on in Cairo now took hold of the U.S., it would be inevitable that some Tea Party people will get dragged into the mess. And that would be easy to misrepresent.
Then there are those who only listen to information that already fits their preconceived notions. (I’m thinking of those Democrats and “above the fray” types who just take conservatives for liars.) The violence coupled with the propaganda would cement those people. The smear sticks!
What can be done?
But I think it could happen that some leftist, socialist demonstration in the vein of this protest erupts into something widespread and violent. Maybe it will begin in one place and spread out virally. Maybe multiple, coordinated demonstrations across the country will all go at once. I don’t know. Clearly, Glenn thinks the same thing, as his other oft-repeated plea is to prepare in the way of saving food, getting out of debt, and so on. So, of course, the sensible thing to do is to hunker down.
But what if the left-wing media pins the violence on the Tea Party? Consider that the media is already champing at the bit to blame something on the Tea Party as it is. And they rarely report on leftist violence. If something as pervasive and chaotic as what’s going on in Cairo now took hold of the U.S., it would be inevitable that some Tea Party people will get dragged into the mess. And that would be easy to misrepresent.
Then there are those who only listen to information that already fits their preconceived notions. (I’m thinking of those Democrats and “above the fray” types who just take conservatives for liars.) The violence coupled with the propaganda would cement those people. The smear sticks!
What can be done?
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