The left cannot handle the rejection of their weird ideas

Scott Jennings:

America’s left-wing has taken a dark and dangerous turn, now openly expressing a desire for its political opposition to be delegitimized, criminalized, intimidated and ultimately banished.

This attitude has been boiling since Donald Trump became president. He’s too dangerous to be allowed to speak, they said, as the likes of Sen. Kamala Harris called on Twitter to suspend his account.

But that seems quaint compared to the left’s rhetoric of the last few days. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi labeled Republicans “domestic enemies” and “enemies of the state” in an unhinged rant rivaling any of Trump’s crazier tweets. And that was after Rep. Ayanna Pressley called for GOP officials to be harassed with “unrest in the streets.”

Words have consequences. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and his wife, Kelley, were put in danger as they walked out of Trump’s GOP acceptance speech in Washington on Thursday night.

As the video shows, Mrs. Paul described being “swarmed by a threatening, screaming mob” and “unable to move” until police rescued them from the Black Lives Matter radicals.

“They called me a ‘bitch’ and ‘racist wh---' alongside an endless torrent of ‘f--- yous,’” she wrote after.

Earlier this year, Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff of Georgia said he wanted Republicans “beaten so bad” they can never “show their face again in public.” I might allow for a poor choice of words with dual meanings on the former, but the latter is clearly a personal preference.

The goal is to intimidate conservatives into silence. A future controlled by liberals is one where political opposition won’t be tolerated. The only speech allowed will be that which is approved by the left-wing authorities and their media enforcers.

Look at the approved speech patterns for describing the violent protests sweeping American cities. This was literally reported by ABC News:

"Protesters in California set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified," read the tweet from ABC to nearly 16 million followers.

Take cover when your peace begins intensifying, I guess?

The latest left-wing conspiracy theory pushed by liberal opinion leaders like MSNBC’s Joy Reid is that the riots are actually caused by super sneaky white supremacists who then deftly blame it on left-wing protesters.

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This is another example of the cancel culture at work.  By silencing critics they will not persuade.  They are more likely to face a true rebellion against their tyranny.