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| Do Republicans and Libertarians need Guardian Angels? |
| 2017-03-08 |
| A long post, a rarity, by Dr Helen Do you remember the Guardian Angels in NYC who started helping protect people around NYC on subways and other places when no one else would? ...If you lived in NYC before Giuliani was mayor like I did, you will understand why it was so important to have a group who at least gave the appearance of being in charge. In the years of Koch and Dinkins, the city was a mess; the city simultaneously cracked down on law abiding citizens and rarely helped against the criminal element present. This troubling dynamic is much like what is happening around the country today. Universities across the country are allowing violent mobs of leftists to attack libertarian and Republican speakers (or anyone else who is in their way) while protecting or ignoring their violence. ...It may be that those on the Right need a large group of Guardian Angels to be present when they speak, or are in settings where there is a likelihood of violence. It may be that this show of solidarity is all that is needed, hopefully the Guardian Angels won't be needed at all. But what do we do when no one else is willing to protect the people who stand for us or for those of us who want to speak out but are shut down or worse? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #10 Would be interesting if the Bikers for Trump showed up at a pro-Trump rally. Watch the blackshirt beta-male thugs who enjoy beating up on old people keep their distance for fear of a real beat-down. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2017-03-08 17:26 |
| #9 Cops don't want civil lawsuits and overactive SJW DA's indicting them for something, SteveS. I understand their hesitancy to act and don't really blame them, but they should be doing what they were sworn to do. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-03-08 13:35 |
| #8 #5 English translation, par favor? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-08 13:29 |
| #7 Depends on local police This is what I find most disturbing about the recent 'troubles'. College students have always been down for some crazy. Ask Pol Pol, Mao or The Weathermen. The traditional social agreement in the West is the cops provide order (as well as collect revenue) and we don't go about armed to the teeth. Lately the cops seem to be standing down and ignoring riots. Whether this is by direct order (lots of riots in Blue cities) or indifference is hard to tell. But the result is the same - people will be responsible for their own security. And they will ask themselves, if the cops don't care about me, do we care about them? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-03-08 13:26 |
| #6 DoJ can treat universities and colleges the same way they treated police forces and civil rights violations. It is a civil rights violation. Make presidents and administrators sign consent orders that make people accountable. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-03-08 12:37 |
| #5 If you belong to the perfesser's Musk cult, splainin is irrelevant... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-03-08 12:16 |
| #4 I meant will it absent itself, or will it arrest "violent" R&L? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-08 11:43 |
| #3 Depends on local police The last group to "depend upon." But perfesser lovers think about that hard, ya know... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-03-08 11:23 |
| #2 Depends on local police. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-03-08 08:24 |
| #1 Not really; if things turn bad enough they're likely to have the means to be their own guardians. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-03-08 08:21 |