Opinion
As JRB’s embarrassing departure from the presidential race seems increasingly imminent (despite his repeated insistence that he’ll continue his campaign, at least until yesterday). The DNC Convention in Chicago (scheduled for next month) is promising to be war-ridden, both inside and out, and with each passing day, getting a Democrat’s name on the presidential ballot (other than JRB’s) in many states is becoming close to impossible, panic is setting in!
Democrats at the highest level morbidly fear catastrophic losses in both houses of Congress come November, not to mention the Presidency (which they’ve pretty much already written off).
In their panic, we’ll be hearing from the mouths of Democrat politicians, as well as leftists in the media and in Hollywood, overt calls for political violence directed at all who can be identified as “political adversaries!”
To Marxists, seizing and consolidating political power (by any means) for themselves represents their only real priority, and that has ever been the case since Karl Marx first spouted his anti-freedom rhetoric in the late 1800s.
To Marxists, violence is thus an ethical, political tool they can and should (and have) legitimately use in order to hang onto power when they cannot retain it any other way.
This is frightening!
Between now and November, I believe we’ll hear Democrat politicians subtly (maybe not so subtly) hinting that violent, indeed lethal, attacks upon political antagonists are “approved.” Many among the volatile and unstable will take that literally!
We can do little to influence events at the national level, but we can take precautions at the personal level to keep ourselves from harm.
1) All political activity is dangerous and exposes one to precipitous political violence!
Understand that overtly working on behalf of a particular candidate, on any level, carries with it significant personal risk. I know many will step-up to the plate anyway, regardless of risk, and bless them for it. But, there are still many among the naive who believe political activity in this country is risk-free.
It has never been risk-free, but it is far more dangerous this season than ever before, at least in my lifetime.
2) Political gatherings/meetings/rallies are particularly dangerous!
Attending political rallies, in person, is something I especially do not recommend. My advice is to find other ways to manifest your support.
3) A low personal and political profile will prevent unwanted confrontations.
Political bumper-stickers, baseball caps, T-shirts, lawn-signs, banners, etc I concede are all a traditional part of our “election seasons,” but this election year I recommend against all of it!
Being visually identifiable as an advocate for a particular political candidate/party/issue is not in your best interests, in my opinion. Such “flags” will attract unsavory, maybe violent, personal contacts. Again, my advice is to find other (less denotative) ways to show your support.
4) Our metro areas can look forward to violent, destructive rioting (even more so than “normal”).
Don’t get inadvertently caught in the middle of one. Pay attention to what is going on in the places where you find yourself. Always have an emergency-exit plan!
Our nation and the world in general are anything but “stable” right now. Smart Operators never hesitate to make appropriate and timely adjustments to their personal plans, profiles, and lifestyles as necessitated by circumstances.
Loudly the bell in the old tower rings
Biding us listen to the warning it brings.
Sailor, take care!
Sailor, take care!
Danger is near thee, beware! Beware!
Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep so beware!
Beware!
From “Asleep in the Deep,” written in 1897 by Arthur Lamb, and put to music by Henry Petrie.
/John
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I miss the good old days when “operator” was a term reserved for the Tier 1 folks, or at its most liberal usage, white SOF types. Now, it’s just bandied about by anyone trying to sound cool in describing every Tom, Dick, & Harry, regardless of their background, skill sets, or bodyfat count.
“Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep” as are many trusting American citizens, don’t remain asleep as you do your daily routine.
Just some observations, A – The snapshot of the bullet in flight appears to have a trajectory to low to have hit the top of the ear. And to low to have come from the roof. B – the excuse of the roof being to steep for team safety??? It’s not as steep as the roofs near the stage where they were already set up. C – and there was no reason to have officers on the roof because there were officers in the building… flatter trajectory? Have any of the openings in the building facing the stage been checked… Read more »
When I saw the picture of the bullet at first had a hard time seeing how the trajectory made sense. But if you see it as the bullet had already passed through Trump’s ear and whizzing off behind him at a slightly downward angle I can see that. Remember the shooter may have been on a rooftop, but the stage where Trump was speaking was quite elevated above the ground as well.
more than there was with jfk,or bobby
After the cops had been aware of this guy for over an hour, it still took them 26 seconds from his first shot until he was ‘neutralized’. How many rounds could you crank out in 26 seconds with an AR? That seems like a very long time to react after the shooting was over in the first few seconds.
firing without aiming 30 round mags close to 90 rounds