Elf Sternberg

As kinda obliquely I point out at the end of my own blog entry on the topic, public figures "on the left" aren't regularly calling for violence against their political opponents … yet.

Now, I have seen quotes of statements from a few Democratic political operatives that are beyond the pale (*cough*cough*RomEmanuel*cough*cough*), but the offenders were all taken behind the proverbial woodshed and held accountable. Who's holding these faux-"Conservative" public figures accountable for the rather blatant and almost daily calls to violence against their political opponents?


But back to my point: as long as inciting violence against "the other guys" is supported, rewarded, and treated as a valid tactic for winning elections, how long before "the other guys" start doing it, too? What happens then?


Real Conservatives wouldn't be saying, "ButButBut … the left does it too!" No, real Conservatives would look at the examples of harsh rhetoric from the Democrats and think, "They're starting to use it too?! Oh $h1t! What've we unleashed?!?!?!"


Because, see, once both sides start calling for attacks against their political opponents, once they do so for long enough, it will happen. And then the U.S. will end up like Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast.