Now We'll See How the Snowflake Generation Handles the Barbarians
“The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans,” President John F. Kennedy said at his inaugural in 1961. Today, this generation is passing that torch to invite a new generation of barbarians to burn and loot and pillage, not serve and protect.The modern urban mayor is epitomized by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who has chosen not to crack down on the barbarians torching his city, but encourages them to keep the flames hot because “The symbolism of a building cannot outweigh the importance of life.” That laughable, sophomoric statement isn’t going to save anyone or any structure.
That building is not a “symbol.” It has value to the person who owns it. And that’s the problem with Frey and the generation of snowflakes who are moving into positions of power and responsibility. Quite simply, they don’t believe in private property. In fact, they see private property as a genuine evil. So, of course, it doesn’t matter if you burn it. It’s not worth protecting.
We saw this same attitude in Baltimore in 2015 when Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake expressed the notion that protesters should be given space to destroy.
Rawlings-Blake put the rioters in the driver seat with predictable results. The riots over the death of a black man who died in the back of a police van cost small businesses $9 million and the city was out $20 million.
The damage in Minneapolis-St. Paul far exceeds what happened in Baltimore in 2015.
Meanwhile, seven people were shot during a demonstration in Louisville, “protesting” Floyd’s death and the death of an unarmed black woman shot in her apartment.
The protesters say they want “justice.” The rioters? Well, they just want to watch the world burn. You can’t have “justice” or freedom without order. Even the dead racist, anti-feminist white men who wrote the Constitution knew that. But the lesson has apparently escaped this generation of political leaders whose timidity in the face of violence and anarchy would be astonishing if it wasn’t expected.
When the pagan tribes, known to the Romans as “barbarians,” were at the gates of the city, the public didn’t demand the praetorians give the Vandals “space” to destroy. They wanted to be protected. They weren’t interested in the virtue-signaling of politicians. They wanted to be protected.
But to Rawlings-Blake, Frey, and this new snowflake generation of politicians raised not to offend but to take offense, and to fear everything, the idea of “protecting” against the anti-social thugs who are destroying civic order and their city never materializes.
Comments (9)
It's time for some truth and reconciliation.
There are plenty of home truths to be laid at the door of your twisted blog, but I've run out of steam for it at the moment.
I also know that it is easier for positive outcomes to occur if you start in your own locale.
So it is no wonder that there is no safety in numbers if the tensions are high.That we do not trust our appointed officials globally is evident.
My quandary is how to respectfully say-
You don't represent me, either in your beliefs or your tactics.I share the same concerns as you but want the change to be based on truth with concrete plans.
As an example the temporary housing, the temporary public restrooms, the temporary security patrols in our shopping areas.
Now everything of necessity, for all is destroyed.
Senseless...
Because there is State Budget restrainsts.
( health, wealth and freedom).
Why is it so inconceivable for some that you can buyout banks, corporations, politicians and tech.