Jonathan V. Last
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And they do not want people like that.
So this I mean, I think often people like us look at this and they just think, oh, it's hypocrisy. But that's not quite it. Right. Hypocrisy is actually, in a way, good. Hypocrisy is the what's the saying? The tribute that vice pays to virtue. Right. And that's not this. Right.
So this I mean, I think often people like us look at this and they just think, oh, it's hypocrisy. But that's not quite it. Right. Hypocrisy is actually, in a way, good. Hypocrisy is the what's the saying? The tribute that vice pays to virtue. Right. And that's not this. Right.
So this I mean, I think often people like us look at this and they just think, oh, it's hypocrisy. But that's not quite it. Right. Hypocrisy is actually, in a way, good. Hypocrisy is the what's the saying? The tribute that vice pays to virtue. Right. And that's not this. Right.
The same people who want to see Derek Chauvin pardoned because they believe that, A, he didn't kill George Floyd and B, even if he did kill George Floyd, he didn't do anything wrong. And there are a lot of them. You should go over to the free press where Barry Weiss publishes them all the time.
The same people who want to see Derek Chauvin pardoned because they believe that, A, he didn't kill George Floyd and B, even if he did kill George Floyd, he didn't do anything wrong. And there are a lot of them. You should go over to the free press where Barry Weiss publishes them all the time.
The same people who want to see Derek Chauvin pardoned because they believe that, A, he didn't kill George Floyd and B, even if he did kill George Floyd, he didn't do anything wrong. And there are a lot of them. You should go over to the free press where Barry Weiss publishes them all the time.
And then at the same time, that's those same groups of people see Ashley Babbitt as a martyr who was killed by a terrible, bloodthirsty, bad cop, right? And you think, oh, that's hypocrisy, but it's not it, right? This is fascism. And what fascism does is it sees the use of force as properly only belonging to them.
And then at the same time, that's those same groups of people see Ashley Babbitt as a martyr who was killed by a terrible, bloodthirsty, bad cop, right? And you think, oh, that's hypocrisy, but it's not it, right? This is fascism. And what fascism does is it sees the use of force as properly only belonging to them.
And then at the same time, that's those same groups of people see Ashley Babbitt as a martyr who was killed by a terrible, bloodthirsty, bad cop, right? And you think, oh, that's hypocrisy, but it's not it, right? This is fascism. And what fascism does is it sees the use of force as properly only belonging to them.
And once they get to control government, then they want to use the government to apply force to others. But until that point, until they get the takeover, what they want to do is try to prevent the government from using force to stop them. And this is just a worldview. Like, you
And once they get to control government, then they want to use the government to apply force to others. But until that point, until they get the takeover, what they want to do is try to prevent the government from using force to stop them. And this is just a worldview. Like, you
And once they get to control government, then they want to use the government to apply force to others. But until that point, until they get the takeover, what they want to do is try to prevent the government from using force to stop them. And this is just a worldview. Like, you
and I don't mean like democratic liberal, I mean like big L liberal worldview, is that the government has to have in a society basically a near monopoly on the use of force. And because that power is so awesome, it must be scaffolded in by a bunch of transparent and clearly applied laws that don't change around and the rules of which are are pretty rigid, right? You have to have due process.
and I don't mean like democratic liberal, I mean like big L liberal worldview, is that the government has to have in a society basically a near monopoly on the use of force. And because that power is so awesome, it must be scaffolded in by a bunch of transparent and clearly applied laws that don't change around and the rules of which are are pretty rigid, right? You have to have due process.
and I don't mean like democratic liberal, I mean like big L liberal worldview, is that the government has to have in a society basically a near monopoly on the use of force. And because that power is so awesome, it must be scaffolded in by a bunch of transparent and clearly applied laws that don't change around and the rules of which are are pretty rigid, right? You have to have due process.
Everybody has to understand what the structure of the rule of law is. Rule of law has to apply basically the same to everybody. And the fascists just don't agree with that. That's not their worldview.
Everybody has to understand what the structure of the rule of law is. Rule of law has to apply basically the same to everybody. And the fascists just don't agree with that. That's not their worldview.
Everybody has to understand what the structure of the rule of law is. Rule of law has to apply basically the same to everybody. And the fascists just don't agree with that. That's not their worldview.
Yeah, everywhere. And this is, again, I just don't know that there's any reason to tiptoe around the F word anymore. We're not there yet, but that is the purpose and direction of all of the things. Woo!