The Pesky Liberals
Wait⌠hold on. Youâre telling me tens of thousands of left-wing âRemove the Regimeâ protesters descended on Washington, DC todayâright up to the Lincoln Memorialâand somehow, magically, they managed to do it without: ⢠Storming the Capitol, ⢠Hunting down the Vice President, ⢠Beating police officers with flagpoles, ⢠Building a gallows on the front lawn, ⢠Smearing feces on the walls, ⢠Screaming about executing lawmakers, ⢠Breaking windows, ⢠Or trying to overturn an election? Iâm confused. Deeply confused. Because I was taughtâby a very loud, very angry segment of Americaâthat any large left-wing gathering is automatically Antifa, Soros, Marxism, and a guaranteed Category 5 riot with bonus looting. Yet today? Nada. Nothing. Not even a tipped trash can. The worst thing that happened was a man handing out free granola bars with too much enthusiasm. Is it possibleânow hear me outâthat the âdangerous, unhinged radical leftâ might actually know how to organize a mass demonstration without attempting a coup? Is it possible that people advocating for democracy, rights, and the rule of law donât feel the need to bludgeon cops, threaten elected officials, reenact Lord of the Flies, or cosplay as revolutionaries in tactical cosplay gear purchased from a Facebook ad? And meanwhile, the folks who once lectured the nation about âlaw and order,â ârespecting police,â and âpatriotismâ still cannot gather without reenacting a discount version of the Fall of Romeâwith fewer ethics and more merch sales. Todayâs protest was the thing the right insists is impossible: mass dissent without violence. Jan 6 was the thing they insist never happened: a violent attempt to overthrow the government. Maybe the difference isnât the location. Maybe it isnât the number of people. Maybe it isnât the temperature, the moon phase, or the price of gas. Maybe the difference is this: One side shows up with signs. The other shows up with zip ties and a noose. One side wants a future. The other wants revenge. One side chants for democracy. The other screams for blood. Funny how peaceful things stay when the people marching arenât trying to install an authoritarian cult leader back into power by force. Almost like the âproblemâ has never been protests themselves⌠but who is doing the protesting, and what theyâre willing to destroyâcountry, Constitution, and common senseâto get what they want.
