Monday, May 8, 2017

A break in the list

I've become aware of some conservative millennials who have started to make a name for themselves via social media and other alternative means.   There are two in particular, Matt Walsh and a young woman who identifies as the Conservative Millennial.  I haven't followed everything either of these two have said, so I don't really know to what degree we agree or not.  What I do find interesting is how the left responds to both of these young conservative voices.   What I've done a couple of times is to read the comments threads on various posts that they've done.  In one case watched part of a video in which one of them responds to comments and emails.   What I find really hard to believe is the amount of exceedingly vile, demeaning, violent, threats leveled against these folks for simply exercising their 1st amendment right of free speech.  I'm not going to post links, because they're pretty visible and can be found.  What I am going to say is that this sort of attacking of those who disagree can't be helpful to the cause.  Ultimately who is going to feel the fallout from the following?

Late night "comics" suggesting all sorts of vile inappropriate things about Trump.
Comment thread personal attacks including threats (or hopes) of death, rape etc.
Riots and violence.
Death threats and attempts to injure or kill police officers.
Democrat office holders spewing ridiculous "millions of people will die in the streets"rhetoric.

The list could go on.

But seriously, in 2018 when the midterm elections come around all of this base and vile crap will be appropriately and completely connected to candidates running in the democrat party.  Not only connected, but the folks who engage on this kind of thing are the democrat party base.

Just a bit of advice, perhaps a bit more proactive in toning things down might be helpful.  It won't happen, and the results will lead to more excuses and more excesses down the road.

It's just possible, that this kind of thing just might backfire badly enough to further diminish the democrat minority at virtually all levels of government and provide enough sympathy to carry Trump to a second term.

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