The left-wing/democratic Party is locked into an increasingly radical ideology, it barrels toward the abyss like Captain Ahab in Moby Dick — mad, obsessive, and unwilling to turn back. In this voyage, changing course would mean betrayal. And the loudest voices aboard are still cheering the captain on. That leaves neo-liberals with q strategy: Provoke confrontation and bait Republicans into overreaction. They want the fight — and they plan to weaponize it.
You can see it in the streets of LA, Capitol Hill hearings, detention centers in New Jersey and in the left-wing press rooms of California. left-wing/democrat California Sen. padilla’s meltdown and detainment at a Kristi Noem press event was just the latest in intentional provocations where consequences are the goal. This wasn’t some heckler, why would the senior senator from the Golden State need to heckle when he’s one of the most powerful people in the country? He didn’t. He needed to get arrested on camera, preferably roughed up a bit. The same is true of laMonica mcIver (D-N.J.), the grown woman and member of Congress who allegedly rushed a Dept of Homeland Security detainment center for dangerous deportees and got into a shoving match with cops. The goal wasn’t to yell at the working men and women in badges. She needed to get arrested on camera, preferably roughed up a bit. Even stacey plaskett, (D-VI) Congresswoman posted: “This t**t, c**t, pum pum [sic] whatever you want to call it represents an organ that gives LIFE and is resilienr [sic] so thanks for the compliment. I can take one interruption but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was out of control. And.... I know I look good for my age but baby I'm post menopausal [sic] and it still works,” followed by cherry emojis, sent in response to an anonymous X user with a few hundred followers who had rudely suggested that the women of Congress were experiencing the emotional symptoms associated with menstrual cycles. What could she possibly have been doing but attempting to provoke an offensive reaction from online Republicans? Or the city of LA, where wealthy neo-liberal/democratic businessmen and nonprofits worked to equip and back fiery and violent rioting by party activists and Mexican-flag-waving illegal migrants. Their goal wasn’t to protect the communities they ravaged — it was to trigger an overuse of force from the police or National Guard that could be caught on camera and played on repeat. Or doxxing the names and addresses of ICE agents and officials, in the hopes of sparking violent reprisals against law enforcement. Do they think they’ll win against the federal government? Of course not — they need an overreaction to scream about fascism and dictatorships and whatnot.
It’s a common strategy in the age of mass media, employed by losing and outnumbered sides in political battles and in wars the world over. Martyrdom, both real and symbolic, is attractive; it gains sympathy. The trick for the side in power is not to fall for the trap.
Remember the conservative Tea Party days? Those rallies drew hundreds of thousands of people who moved about more peacefully and respectfully than any major protest movement in modern D.C. history. They even picked up their own trash. It was so safe that the Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) led a group of his colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus through the midst of one large protest. They were hoping to be attacked or insulted, and left-wing/democratic Party staffers had their cameras at the ready. No one attacked them, so Lewis claimed they’d been called the “N-word.” The conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart offered $10,000 to anyone who could produce video evidence of this occurring (note how the left-wing is constantly using their cell phone cameras at their riots). None did! That didn’t stop the claim from being repeated by left-wing news outlets all over the world, of course.
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