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by DYLAN NOLAN
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Bloodlust on the ballot in Virginia.
The recent rise in left-wing political violence should send shudders down the spines of those familiar with the left’s historical willingness to use force to effectuate its political goals, whether that be through the extensive domestic bombing campaigns waged by the Weather Underground in the 1970’s, the destruction America’s cities in the summer of 2020 as (parts of) the nation paid its respects to George Floyd, or the Communist Party’s slaughter of more than 100,000,000 individuals who stood between it and power in the 20th century.
Recent attacks show these horrors are closer to a policy position than an abberation.
The heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old political activist, has not been proven to have been committed by a leftist – but it has led countless left-wingers to expose the darkest parts of their souls in a fevered frenzy to celebrate Kirk’s death online.
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While this news outlet has reported on multiple South Carolina educators losing their jobs over insensitive social media posts condoning the murder, nobody in the Palmetto State revealed themselves to be even half as much of a monster as Virginia Democratic attorney general candidate Jay Jones.
In a recently published series of shocking text messages sent to a fellow representative during Jones’ tenure in the Virginia sate legislature, he referenced his desire to shoot the then-speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates Todd Gilbert in the head.
“Three people, two bullets. Gilbert, hitler [sic], and pol pot [sic]. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head,” Jones wrote.
Carrie Coyner, the delegate with whom Jones was conversing, expressed her revulsion at the message.
“Jay,” Coyner responded. “Please stop.”
“It really bothers me when you talk about hurting people or wishing death on them,” she added.
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But Jones was just getting started – calling Coyner to tell her how much he hoped Gilbert’s wife would watch her children die, believing this would change Coyner’s political views.
“You weren’t trying to understand,” Coyner texted Jones after ending the call. “You were talking about hopping [sic] jennifer Gilbert’s children would die.”
Jones didn’t deny wishing death on the Gilbert children.
“Yes, I’ve told you this before,” he said. “Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy.”
In a sane world, this would be a campaign-ending scandal. But we don’t live in a sane world.
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Instead, Virginia Democrats doubled down – both the Virginia Democratic Party and it’s gubernatorial nominee, former CIA officer Abagail Spanberger, have to this point supported Jones’ continued candidacy.
While Jones’ murderous fantasies are concerning, it’s fair to point out that both political parties have been embarrassed in the past by members who have indulged in the excesses of extremist ideology. But what is truly troubling is that by failing to demand Jones’s resignation, Democrats have put their most wicked idealogical impulses on the ballot instead of rejecting them.
At the time of this writing, an internecine pressure campaign to force Jones off of the ticket is underway – but regardless of whether Jones is eventually ousted, the fact that he is still the Democratic nominee nearly a week after the publication of his murder fantasy messages means the damage is done.
This should serve as a warning: not only that individuals as demented as Jones are serving in elected office and attempting to take control of the nation’s juridicial systems, but that a political party committed to supporting such demented individuals – even after they reveal themselves as profoundly spiritually rotten – has the allegiance of roughly half of the country’s population.
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If you’re a conservative, now is the time to understand that there are more people who think you deserve “two bullets to the head” than you could possibly imagine. And these same people think your wife and children, regardless of their political disposition or lack thereof, deserve to meet the same fate.
We aren’t dealing with a difference of opinion on deficit spending or healthcare policy, but a bloodlust that threatens to tear this nation apart.
History tells us we ought to take this threat deadly seriously.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
(Via: Travis Bell)
Dylan Nolan is the director of special projects at FITSNews. He graduated from the Darla Moore school of business in 2021 with an accounting degree. Got a tip or story idea for Dylan? Email him here. You can also engage him socially @DNolan2000.
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2 comments
Extremism is evil from all sides, but there will always be some extremists, and to attach the action of a few to a large swath of people is absurd and dishonest. But if that is the way people want to play this, the vast majority of political violence has come from the right, not the left. Even the conservative Cato Institute admits this. And if you really want to talk about “Communist” violence, let’s also talk about Nazi and Fascist violence, because these are just two sides of the same coin, and the violence against minorities in the US by the right during the first half of the 20th century, which now seems to be resurging, or the black balling and discrimination against Americans because of their actual or perceived political views during the McCarthy era, or the killing of hundreds including innocent children by Timothy McVeigh. The list of right-wing atrocities is endless.
Yes, we should all take anger and illogical hate seriously. Look what it led to in the past. Especially when coupled with a bastardization of the Christian religion. But the biggest threat is this country is the rise of authoritarianism and uncontrolled government, where all the checks and balances have failed.
But the growing threat of political violence in the US is not coming from everyday citizens. It is coming from our government. We have a President who is willing to openly lie about cities to justify using the military against our own people. A man who has armed thugs and given them masks and told them to go out and grab people off the streets without due process or even common decency. A man who glorifies retribution and the exercise of force against innocent people. A man who is backed up by spineless, soulless cowards and sycophants willing to do his bidding. A man who is trying to ignite violent protests in our large cities to justify his use of the military, just as the Nazis did in pre-war Germany. Because he is weak and scared of the truth.
Let’s be clear, Portland is not burning, it is not a war zone, and it is not in insurrection. Chicago is not burning, it is not a war zone, and it is not in insurrection. These cities do not need troops in their streets, and it is disgusting that idiots like you tolerate it. In fact, the only insurrection I have seen in my lifetime was on January 6, and that was from the right. We are sending the Texas National Guard to Chicago, when there are numerous cities in Texas with higher crime rates and a higher percentage of undocumented immigrants than in Chicago. This is all a fabrication, a distraction for a man who is a failing President. Our economy is suffering, our people are suffering, inflation is still a problem, and we are running up massive deficits and taking healthcare from average citizens to fund tax cuts for billionaires. And yes, a distraction from the Epstein files. I think we all know from Pam Bondie’s testimony that Trump is in those files in a really bad way. If you were asked if the FBI has pictures of your boss with minor children and you won’t answer no, or I don’t know, to the question, then we all have no choice but to reach a logical conclusion.
Now we await the article concerning the Young Republicans group chat….unless hypocrisy is the diet of this blog