More Than Ever, It’s Time to
Unleash the Power of 'No'
Townhall,
by
Kurt Schlichter
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
6/8/2020 4:37:55 AM
For way too long, too many conservatives and other normal people have failed to deploy our most potent weapon in the defense of free thought and expression – the utter refusal to go along with the demands of the carnivorous left. As has been said before by me and others, we need to introduce these spoiled brats to the concept of “no.”
This is a critical moment, and how we react now will determine if our future is citizenship or serfdom. The Democrats’ kinetic operation that was the rioting has failed, the violent thuggery egged-on and enabled by half-wit MSNBCNN talk-holes, feckless lefty pols, and the blue check jerk-stapo
Reply 1 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 6/8/2020 5:52:22 AM (No. 436823)
It's time to say NO.
No I will not kneel to BLM
No more funding for States for Coronavirus and Riots
No more grants to Blue states that want to throw police out
It's time that President Trump tells these states that they are on their own.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 6/8/2020 7:18:05 AM (No. 436862)
"In an argument, there is the possibility that a person will change his mind in the face of facts and evidence. There is no such chance here because facts and evidence are irrelevant."
This is the critical take away from dealing with the Left. Mattis says that Trump "does not try to unite the American people" but the problem is, the Left has absolutely NO intention of joining the unity of the rest of the Country. They want Socialism power and control, period, and they will not be denied. You cannot unite people who refuse to integrate. In fact, it is extremely unhealthy to give in to such thugs.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
anniebc 6/8/2020 7:26:41 AM (No. 436870)
Start telling leftists they need to stop watching CNN, MSNBC, etc. When I talk to leftists, they always tell me to stop watching FOX. I watch very little of Fox News these days, but they assert that I'm only smart enough to get my thoughts and beliefs from a prompter reader. I actually heard a BLM member call the young African lady in DC, who became an American, and was calling them out on BLM, a snowflake. There must be a four-level course on projecting in liberal universities. The leftists have it down.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rinktum 6/8/2020 7:33:09 AM (No. 436877)
FTAm “ There’s no way to appease them because what they say they want – adherence to some amorphous idiot dogma – is not the point. The point is the bullying. The point is the tyranny. The point is their ability to exercise delicious arbitrary power over you.”
Mr. Schlichter’s column is one of his best when dealing in good faith with an opposing world view. It nails the left and gives us a response to the absolute insanity that is being demanded by the anti-American left. However, this is not your daddy’s democrat party that is making these insane demands. Reasonable people find it hard to believe what they are demanding. Defund the police? Are you kidding me! We need more protection from them not less. If they had their way every city would be destroyed overnight and marauding bands of violent ideologues and violent criminals would roam the streets threatening everyone. The democrats and anyone who supports their madness have descended into a Mad Max mindset that is driven by political ambition at the top and blood lust at the bottom. God help us to find our way out of this nightmare without resorting to violence. We, however, cannot allow this hate, destruction and rage to gain even more speed.
Clearly, there is not one iota of reasonable thought in the leadership on the left who is willing to come together and have a meaningful conversation. When this chaos is being driven for political purposes we can’t expect anything from the democrats. The media, entertainment industry, academia, and political class are willing to destroy the country to defeat the President and bring his supporters to heel. They will not relent because they see this as their opportunity to reshape the country in their imagine. Our only nonviolent means to stop them is the ballot box. Now I wonder if we can even hold on long enough to get that chance because of the pace of the unbelievable increase in violence they are willing to commit. We are barreling to a confrontation that is so frightening because it is being fueled by the democrat leadership and their loathsome leftist cabal who are hellbent on seizing this moment of crisis that they, themselves, have manufactured. Will they even take no for an answer?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Daisymay 6/8/2020 8:02:39 AM (No. 436901)
Another great article by Kurt! Only thing is, most of us Seniors taught our children what No meant. It was the Generation after ours who had a problem teaching their little darlings the word no. And so it goes....
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Highlander 6/8/2020 8:16:55 AM (No. 436920)
I said “No” to my three kids constantly as they were growing up. Now, all are gainfully employed and became good parents to their kids. “No” is a powerful two-letter word. Beats the hell out of “maybe!”
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
udanja99 6/8/2020 8:41:08 AM (No. 436937)
It was their hero, Alinsky who said that ridicule is the most potent weapon. The good Colonel is right - laugh at them - and then tell them to grow up.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
chance_232 6/8/2020 8:52:58 AM (No. 436954)
Unity is being called for by the left, but on their terms. They arent interested in our opinions, ideas or facts. They shout us down, get us censored and attempt to deny us our livelihoods or services. They employ the very fascist tactics employed by the briwn shirts that they daily accuse us of.
Not only NO. But ENOUGH and NO MORE.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
planetgeo 6/8/2020 9:07:10 AM (No. 436984)
Schlichter is quickly moving into my pantheon of Must Read writers. Insightful thinker. Military precision and action in his arguments. And side-splitting funny to top it off. A kernel of truth every morning (forgive...I just couldn't resist).
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Clinger 6/8/2020 9:07:42 AM (No. 436986)
The leaders of the leftist movement have been selling communism by telling the useful idiots that they need not take no for an answer. As if you can go through life as an unconstrained two year old without being told no. You want to have all the sex you want yes go ahead just kill any inconvenient clump of biological consequence. Better yet we'll make sure other people pay for it for the sin of being appalled at your choice.
You wan't to play all day yes sure go ahead some other sap will just have to work longer and harder, they probably don't like you and should have to pay because of that.
You wan't that big screen TV, yes just take it, that will just have to be part of the cost of doing business passed on to the saps who don't like you any way.
It's high time we start telling them no and stop accepting no for daring to desire to live free.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
seamusm 6/8/2020 9:10:58 AM (No. 436993)
After raising 7 children for a total of 30+ years I learned early that 'NO' is a better first response. Changing one's mind afterwards from a 'No' response looks like generosity while saying 'yes' then 'no' looks mean-spirited. My family says I have not un-learned the behavior even years after the last one left.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
J-Dog 6/8/2020 9:15:14 AM (No. 437001)
Too late...
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Laotzu 6/8/2020 9:46:16 AM (No. 437052)
You'll notice the gun thing is number 5 on the list. You have a lot more to do, people, than just buy guns. You need to do the same thing the evil left has done -- give some protection to your fellow travelers by giving them a herd in which to find safety. You don't fight wars with army of one (contrary to the Army's Milenial marketing campaign -- which always struck me as complete batshite because what Millenial sees themself an an individual?) You need to let your fellow Constitutionalists know they are not alone in their fight to maintain a Country free of totalitarian mobs.
You can start with one that Kurt missed: How does a guy who can't breath run on for 200 words???
What does one's nuts, one's knees, and one's claustrophobia (all subjects invoked by Floyd) have to do with breathing? Did George die because he was too meth'd up to explain he was having a heart attack? Because every criminal arrested since Rodney King now goes into Hamlet, hoping for the big payoff?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 6/8/2020 11:47:27 AM (No. 437230)
Another good article by Kurt.
On Sunday I watched many videos with some live at that moment. The shocker are all the white men and women marchers. My first thought was if the whites were taken out of the marches there would be just a handful of black protesters and not all the numbers you see in the news. George Floyd's death was tragic and every American who saw it felt the same. The problem is poor old George was forgotten the moment the first store was looted and burned. Ask a rioter what they are rioting for and they'll say, George Floyd who? Most of those mindless protesters are now separating just protesting their 'gripe du'jour' like Chick-fil-A that was the dumbest thing I had ever witnessed. What does a fried chicken sandwich with waffle fries have to do with being offensive. I saw CFA employees handing out free food and drinks to protesters in Texas. This is all getting stupid and NO NO NO more should be the response.
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