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The Rule of Lynch Mobs

 

If the Chauvin jury does not convict, it will be a great act of courage in the face of an atmosphere of physical violence and intimidation, ever the hallmark of lynch mobs.  The cancel culture and the violence of Antifa and Black Lives Matter in our streets, indicate that lynch mobs are currently calling the shots in our society  Lincoln saw this coming long ago:

-When men take it in their heads to day, to hang gamblers, or burn murderers, they should recollect, that, in the confusion usually attending such transactions, they will be as likely to hang or burn some one who is neither a gambler nor a murderer as one who is; and that, acting upon the example they set, the mob of to-morrow, may, and probably will, hang or burn some of them by the very same mistake. And not only so; the innocent, those who have ever set their faces against violations of law in every shape, alike with the guilty, fall victims to the ravages of mob law; and thus it goes on, step by step, till all the walls erected for the defense of the persons and property of individuals, are trodden down, and disregarded. But all this even, is not the full extent of the evil.–By such examples, by instances of the perpetrators of such acts going unpunished, 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.–Having ever regarded Government as their deadliest bane, they make a jubilee of the suspension of its operations; and pray for nothing so much, as its total annihilation. While, on the other hand, good men, men who love tranquility, who desire to abide by the laws, and enjoy their benefits, who would gladly spill their blood in the defense of their country; 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; become tired of, and disgusted with, a Government that offers them no protection; and are not much averse to a change in which they imagine they have nothing to lose. Thus, then, by the operation of this mobocractic spirit, which all must admit, is now abroad in the land, the strongest bulwark of any Government, and particularly of those constituted like ours, may effectually be broken down and destroyed–I mean the attachment of the People. Whenever this effect shall be produced among us; whenever the vicious portion of 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. By such things, the feelings of the best citizens will become more or less alienated from it; and thus it will be left without friends, or with too few, and those few too weak, to make their friendship effectual. At such a time and under such circumstances, men of sufficient talent and ambition will not be wanting to seize the opportunity, strike the blow, and overturn that fair fabric, which for the last half century, has been the fondest hope, of the lovers of freedom, throughout the world.

 

 

 

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Don L
Don L
Tuesday, April 20, AD 2021 9:10am

I can’t help but think that the puppet masters controlling the left really want a violent response from conservative America. A race war can only serve their real purpose, to destroy America.
On the other hand, allowing the racial agitation, hence violence and destruction, to continue without a forceful response can only bring about the same result–a broken America.

Rudolph Harrier
Rudolph Harrier
Tuesday, April 20, AD 2021 12:04pm

The thing is that even if by some miracle this jury ignores the threats and gives a verdict based on the evidence the damage done to the justice system as a whole has already been done. We’ve already allowed the MSM and politicians to at least attempt to steer a trial by force, and it is very unlikely that any of them will receive any negative consequences for it so of course they’ll double down and do it again in the future. The judge also passed on at least two times he could have ruled a mistrial, even though he framed both cases as things which could justify one. It’s hard to believe that he did this out of a sound legal judgment rather than the knowledge that should he rule a mistrial for any reason there would be massive riots, and the rioters would be coming after him personally. So again in cases like this in the future the prosecution will be even more disrespectful of the legal process, since they know that they cannot be punished for it if doing so would cause a riot.

Beyond all of that it’s clear that, due to the conditioning from MSM and politicians, much of the general public has rejected the notion of court cases in principle. They are all for literal lynch mobs (though they will call them something else). The only problem they had with old lynch mobs were their targets.

Rudolph Harrier
Rudolph Harrier
Tuesday, April 20, AD 2021 3:09pm

Guilty on all counts. Murder 2 is insane and going guilty on all three counts is even more blatantly a blood sacrifice.

Chauvin has plenty of room for an appeal, but if we lived in a nation of laws we wouldn’t get such a ruling in the first place.

And the cities are going to burn regardless.

Rudolph Harrier
Rudolph Harrier
Tuesday, April 20, AD 2021 3:12pm

And the fact that it took this long to reach the verdict makes me convinced that many members of the jury only made their verdict out of fear of retribution. If they were true believers eager to see Chauvin pay they would have come to a decision yesterday, since the evidence wouldn’t have mattered.

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