T.L. Davis has a refreshing habit one finds occasionally in the alternative media but not often enough. When confronted with facts that admit of alternative interpretations, or when facts are ambiguous, he says so and argues accordingly. I’ve known him personally for a long time. He has strong views, many of which I agree with, some of which I don’t, but the basic intellectual integrity always comes through. I repost most of his articles, and he’s cited a couple of mine. From Davis at tldavis.com:
Sometimes it isn’t what is being said that’s important, but the volume of the message that tells the truth. From out of almost nowhere, the X message from liberals is that somehow the actions of ICE are totalitarian and dystopian, but when the FBI came after grandmothers praying in front of the capitol on January 6th, that wasn’t. They still call January 6th an insurrection, knowing that it wasn’t. This is all media hype that the left and bots have been able to manufacture for a long time and it works, if the point is to destabilize the nation, pit one group against another.
One cannot take these “people” (some of them are not) seriously, not because they have a different opinion, but because their opinions are guided by politics, not principle. I don’t like what ICE is doing in Minneapolis at every step, but they’re doing their jobs and when you have animated, brainwashed useful idiots all over the streets every day, there’s liable to be conflict and errors made. None of the left is calling for a pause in demonstrations to keep people safe, they are increasing the pressure to create mistakes. When people will not show proof of citizenship, knowing that ICE is there to determine and arrest illegals, that’s interference. There’s a thin line and it’s determined by the circumstances, this volatile situation is one of those circumstances when it changes.
Saying that, I am not likely to provide proof of citizenship on demand, or provide ID on a whim, but then, I’m not in Minneapolis during a surge of ICE agents with the intent of ridding the United States of illegals who have been defrauding the US Government and particularly taking my tax dollars and sending them to Somalia. I am more willing to cooperate there, where I will be aiding them by establishing my identity. That does not extend to being randomly pulled over on the street, however.
Pappy always hated the sir yes sir papers please interactions with police.
Making commies Good as happened in Minnesotastan is what the comrades wanted so they can say see what an Adolf Trump is.
As he is always MIGA uber alles first and foremost.
Watched Charlie Chaplin the Great Dictator last night and Mel Brooks must have been influenced by this in the hilarious and historical Hitler rap.
One day I was driving while jamming the instrumental version and some youths started dancing around by the roadside.
Thank you for the kind words. My respect for you, even when we disagree or hold opinions that differ, is deep on several levels. Your work in this blog and in your fiction have become a valuable resource for me to better understand the world.