From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 28, 2026 at 12:40:53 PM PST, "shawn"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:05:19 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> A leftist mob swarms a random car in Minneapolis just because they suspect   
   >> the   
   >> driver is conservative, and they become so violent that the driver has to   
   >> speed away in fear.   
   >>   
   >> Literally no reason... just instant violence. This isn't a protest, it's a   
   >> hunting party.   
   >>   
   >> And the legacy corporate media shamelessly does an absolute cover‑up of it   
   >> all.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2013609805424832512/vid   
   avc1/1228x720/_aoRokY1NhWCuATW.mp4   
   >   
   > I don't know what led them to go after the guy but he clearly had done   
   > something earlier that upset the group. They were saying "That's him!   
   > That's him" which is what I expect when someone did something that   
   > upset the group.   
      
   Yes, it turns out he used his 1st Amendment right to say conservative things.   
   That's all it takes to have a mob surround your car and try and drag you out   
   by the feet in 2026 Minneapolis. And even though it's documented on video, you   
   won't see a word about it on CNN or BSNBC or any of the broadcast networks.   
   They'll hold requiems for a nutbag who died trying to run over a cop, but   
   shrieking lunatics surrounding cars in street, trying to drag out the   
   occupants and do who knows what to them? Not a peep.   
      
   It's too bad none of them were run over when the car sped away.   
      
   > Much more so than him just being conservative.   
      
   Why would you say that?   
      
   Two people are dead and a third has been injured over the last three weeks in   
   Minneapolis alone because leftists cannot accept the idea that the other side   
   gets a say in how this country is governed, even when they lose an election.   
      
   They genuinely believe they can just do whatever they want, and if they engage   
   in enough moral outrage and petulant acts of violence, they can force their   
   desired outcome as a fait accompli.   
      
   The "Trump is very dangerous for our democracy" crowd equates literal mob   
   violence to democracy and have constructed a metaphysical fantasy in their   
   heads where they get to always be in charge regardless of election outcomes   
   because they're on the "right side of history" and their hearts are with the   
   angels or something.   
      
   The Left always denies legitimacy to any actual exercise of power on the   
   right. Always. Sometimes this is on the path to civil war (Spain 1936; Finland   
   1918). Sometimes they succeed for a long time (modern Europe). Sometimes it's   
   right here on RAT where I actually once was able to get FPP to admit that he   
   believes certain powers of the presidency are only legitimate when wielded by   
   Democrats.   
      
   We are only seeing this bald-faced display of leftist arrogance now because   
   the supposed representative of the American Right, the Republican Party, for   
   decades has meekly agreed to never exercise real power whenever they win the   
   ability to wield it. For the first time, there's a right-leaning president in   
   office who isn't afraid to exercise the powers the Constitution gives him. We   
   see the Left increasingly turning to violence because a change in this status   
   quo is intolerable to them.   
      
   How can you share a country with these people? How can we possibly maintain   
   societal order with one side that refuses to accept the legitimacy of the   
   other even when it wins elections via the democracy they're constantly saying   
   needs to be saved?   
      
   We can't.   
      
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