Dan Greenfield says the current conflict differs from the 19th Century Civil War in that the Left does not wish to secede, it wishes to rule.
A civil war has begun.
This civil war is very different than the last one. There are no cannons or cavalry charges. The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule. Political conflicts become civil wars when one side refuses to accept the existing authority. The left has rejected all forms of authority that it doesn’t control.
The left has rejected the outcome of the last two presidential elections won by Republicans. It has rejected the judicial authority of the Supreme Court when it decisions don’t accord with its agenda. It rejects the legislative authority of Congress when it is not dominated by the left.
It rejected the Constitution so long ago that it hardly bears mentioning.
It was for total unilateral executive authority under Obama. And now it’s for states unilaterally deciding what laws they will follow. (As long as that involves defying immigration laws under Trump, not following them under Obama.) It was for the sacrosanct authority of the Senate when it held the majority. Then it decried the Senate as an outmoded institution when the Republicans took it over.
It was for Obama defying the orders of Federal judges, no matter how well grounded in existing law, and it is for Federal judges overriding any order by Trump on any grounds whatsoever. It was for Obama penalizing whistleblowers, but now undermining the government from within has become “patrioticâ€.
There is no form of legal authority that the left accepts as a permanent institution. It only utilizes forms of authority selectively when it controls them.
A must-read.
Seattle Sam
The only consistency on the left is always choosing whatever supports their causes.
Francis W. Porretto
The American Civil War / War Between The States / Northern Aggression / Late Unpleasantness was unusual among civil wars recorded in history. Most civil wars are fought over who shall rule; few involve a desire by a part of an existing nation to secede.
JK Brown
The Left did not secede in the 19th century, the radical pietists, who after the war became the Progressives, were the Damn Yankees. It was really only by accident that the Left of the 19th century had a noble cause under which to wage their war.
And remember, the Abolitionists were not fighting for equality for the slaves, but rather to free them for pietistic revelation and acceptance of God. Remember it was another century before civil rights for Blacks in both the North and South even became society changing issue.
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