On the Attempted Assassination of Trump
They can't be surprised this happened.
Let’s run you through a hypothetical to see if you are a moral person or not. This isn’t a trick question. If the answer seems obvious, it’s because it is.
You are in Germany in the 30s (I know, immediately invoking Godwin’s law), you are immune to the brainwashing of the Nazis and you have the power to see into the future. You know exactly how many deaths Hitler is going to be responsible for and the abject misery that he would place on the world for the coming years.
If you had the chance, what would you do to stop him? Would you tell your friends and family not to vote for him? Would you try to rig the election if you were in the position? If the opportunity presented itself, would go so far as to assassinate him? You know what will happen when he turns into the ultimate dictator of the Nazi regime. The answer would hopefully be a resounding ‘yes’ to all of the above.
If we could successfully stop Hitler from coming to power by any means, we should do it.
Now we’re back in the present. One group is saying the leader of the other party is the next Hitler. What will be the obvious and inevitable outcome? An attempt on their life.
What happened on the 13th of July was a direct result of Democrats comparing Trump to Hitler for years. I hate doing this because I feel like a partisan hack, but they have said, in no ambiguous terms, that if Trump wins this election it will be the last election in American history.
This fear-mongering will speak to a small number of people. Are they going to risk a Hitler 2.0 and take their chances with voting? No. You don’t take any chances with Hitler. You stop him.
Killing Hitler is not merely permissible; it is a moral duty.
You get that right?
What about the Right?
There are clips of statements made by Trump and other allies which may lend credence to the claim that the political Right also use equivalent inciteful language. What you will also find, if one dares to look at the broader picture, is an ocean of difference between the overarching messages of each party
The central theme of Trump’s candidacy is ‘Make America Great Again’ - as in, let’s be awesome and thrive. It’s an optimistic message.
Biden and the Democratic puppeteers’ theme is ‘Trump and MAGA extremists will end democracy’. Cynicism and acrimony. Biden ran on the Fine People Hoax and continues to repeat it to this day. They think a president praised Neo-Nazis in front of the world. The lies, fear-mongering and rhetoric are not equal. Not even close.
The entire message on the Left is to scare people into believing their freedom is on the line. Fear is the best motivator to drive action and they’ve clocked it into overdrive in the last year.
The reality is that if Trump wins there won’t be massive changes, people’s day-to-day lives will largely be the same. Trump isn’t going to become a dictator and round up his opponents to get them shot. But if you believed he would, isn’t taking his life the right thing to do?
Remember, you’re stopping Hitler.
The Democrats, in their extreme desperation to win, have, for all practical purposes, incited violence against a political candidate. They have done their best to nurture feelings of fear and resentment. We’ll see more about the motivations of the shooter in the future and I am hesitant about writing things so soon after they happen because new facts always emerge. He may have been a registered Republican, but I’d like to know if he actually held Republican views and if he was subjected to the non-stop ‘Trump is Hitler’ propaganda.
I suspect he was.
Inconsistencies
After framing Trump as someone who is a dire threat, suddenly they come out and wish him a speedy recovery. Sorry, either Trump is Hitler or he is not.
You don’t wish Hitler a speedy recovery. You try again.
So what is it? Do they believe Trump is a legitimate threat to democracy? Because someone crazy enough to pull the trigger thinks so.
Maybe we should almost tone down the comparisons to Hitler?
Maybe Trump… isn’t Hitler?
Maybe this ridiculous rhetoric is what drives people to attempt to assassinate a leading candidate.
Maybe it’s time the media and Biden campaign took responsibility for their rhetoric.