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| Victor Davis Hanson: Maybe We Need a Civic Hippocratic Oath |
| 2018-11-18 |
| [National Review] A mob of protesters associated with the radical left-wing group Antifa swarmed the private residence of Fox News host Tucker Carlson on the night of November 7. They yelled, "Tucker Carlson, we will fight! We know where you sleep at night!" The mob’s apparent aim was to catch Carlson’s family inside and so terrify them that he might temper his conservative views. Carlson’s wife was home alone at the time. She locked herself in a pantry and called police. During the Supreme Court nomination hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, demonstrators disrupted the proceedings and stalked senators. Later, a mob broke through police barricades to pound on the doors of the Supreme Court while Kavanaugh was preparing to be sworn in. Their agenda apparently was to create such confusion and disorder that the nomination might be postponed. Hollywood celebrities habitually boast of wanting to shoot, blow up, or decapitate President Donald Trump. Apparently their furor is meant to lower the bar of violence so that Trump fears for his personal safety and therefore might silence or change his views. Few of these protesters fear any legal consequences when they violate the law. Nor do those who disrupt public officials at restaurants, stalk them on their way to work, or post their private information on the Internet. Yet most Americans are tired of hearing the lame excuses that the protesters’ supposedly noble ends justify their unethical or illegal means. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Rj, exactly. For example, the oath includes the words "Similarly I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion." However, today, doctors routinely prescribe the morning after pill, as well as regular abortions. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-11-18 11:03 |
| #2 Nice concept, but the Hippocratic oath is something doctors believe in, not something they have to pledge. Even if it was a pledge they'd lie and get a slap on the write by other elites. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-11-18 10:36 |
| #1 Too late. Civility will return after the bloody civil war. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-11-18 08:52 |