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As many of y’all have heard or read by now, several elected Democrats are reporting that their constituents are increasingly clamoring that they (the elected Democrats) should be willing to get shot (hurt, suffer) as part of an effort to resist anything President Trump does.
Most of the existing commentary is concerned with how this clamor indicates a growing willingness of Democrats to engage in violence to achieve their preferences.
I note, however, that the call for elected representatives to “get shot” illustrates the propensity for leftists to expect others to bear the costs of the leftists’ wants.
The calls for elected representatives to be willing to “get shot” suggest that the people calling for this result are not willing to put themselves at such a risk. They are calling for others (their elected representatives) to put themselves at risk.
“I call on others to arrange to get themselves hurt so that I can claim my social virtue.”
This approach seems to me to so illustrate the typical leftist (Democrat) concept of, “I expect to show my virtue, but don’t expect me to pay the price of that virtue. Somebody else should pay for my virtue.”
We see this in various places, such as the expectations that a virtue (such as battery-powered cars) would be supported by tax credits paid for by other taxpayers.
I understand the attraction of getting others to pay for your virtue signals. But calling for violence by expecting others to get shot and to bleed so that I can claim to oppose the policies of the United States president seems rather cowardly.
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Contrast that with the civil rights movement of the 1960's when the leaders marched into billy clubs and fire hoses. We've come a long way, baby.
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Oh man, I'm having a hard time arguing against this . . .
That's because it is cowardly . . .
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You don't need inflation. They force us to use government money and then they lie about the inflation they cause. This makes people want socialism and populism.
You don't need the government to produce anything except actual public goods. Look up the definition.