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| The War on America |
| 2020-09-03 |
| [AMERICANMIND.ORG - Kevin Portteus] BLM and Antifa are determined to bring the country to its knees. We should act accordingly. In what has since become known as his first "major" speech, Abraham Lincoln famously warned the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois in 1838 about the dangers of "mob rule." As reprehensible as are the immediate consequences of mob rule, however, Lincoln's larger strategy in the speech is to use our revulsion at the actions of the mob to draw our attention to the long-term dangers of what he calls "the mobocratic spirit." These dangers move in two directions. In the first place, "the lawless in spirit, are encouraged to become lawless in practice; and having been used to no restraint, but dread of punishment, they thus become absolutely unrestrained." Mob rule, in other words, encourages evil men to run wild. Conversely, ordinary law-abiding people, recognizing that the government can or will do nothing to protect them, "become tired of, and disgusted with" that government. According to Lincoln, this is the ideal situation for the destruction of free self-government. When the mobocratic spirit rules, "the strongest bulwark of any Government, and particularly those constituted like ours, may effectually be broken down and destroyed - I mean the attachment of the people." Neither the law-abiding nor the lawless have any respect for the government, and therefore neither has any particular stake in preserving it. It is here that revolution is possible; it is here that tyranny can take root. There's much much more, RTWT |
| Posted by:Mullah Richard |
| #4 A. Lincoln's famous speech against mob rule, 1838 Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield Illinois: "Whenever the vicious portion of the population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thousands, and burn churches, ravage and rob provision stores, throw printing presses into rivers, shoot editors, and hang and burn obnoxious persons at pleasure, and with impunity; depend on it, this Government cannot last... . "At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide. "I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen:... the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disposition to substitute the wild and furious passions, in lieu of the sober judgment of Courts; and the worse than savage mobs, for the executive ministers of justice. "Accounts of outrages committed by mobs, form the everyday news of the times. They have pervaded the country, from New England to Louisiana... . "[Those who have always] regarded Government as their deadliest bane make a jubilee of the suspension of its operations; and pray for nothing so much as its total annihilation... . "Good men, who love tranquility, who desire to abide by the laws…seeing their property destroyed; their families insulted; and their lives endangered; their persons injured; and seeing nothing in prospect that forebodes a change for the better, [have] become tired of, and disgusted with, a Government that offers them no protection...." |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Crinetle2886 2020-09-03 21:40 |
| #3 May 31, 2020: Trump announces US to designate Antifa as terrorist organization following violent protests |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-09-03 21:35 |
| #2 If it walks, talks and acts like a duck, then it's a duck. BLM and Antifa walks, talks and acts like terrorists. Time to label them as terrorists. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-09-03 13:43 |
| #1 This is what America is up against. This essay explains EVERYTHING that is going on in America today. It should be required reading for all, especially for the misguided uninformed/misinformed youth. |
| Posted by: warthogswife 2020-09-03 12:47 |