Who is the Evil Empire/Who are the Rebel Alliance?
“At every period of history, people have believed things that were just ridiculous, and believed them so strongly that you risked ostracism or even violence by saying otherwise. If our own time were any different, that would be remarkable. As far as I can tell it isn’t.” ― Paul Graham
He who writes the ‘History’ gets to dictate what ‘History’ is remembered. Whoever was the ‘evil villain’ or ‘courageous freedom fighter’ depends on whose side you agreed with and your perspective. Moral Relativism enables a person to perform the mental gymnastics to justify what would normally be abhorrent. It is how the great tragedies of the 20th century were allowed to take place.
The rioting which happened at the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 during the review of the Electoral College votes to confirm who would be the next President, was wrong. Full stop! Joe Biden came out during the fracas and said some strong words to the nation which in my opinion were entirely appropriate given the situation. I recommend that you read the transcript, his speech writer must have writer’s cramp from putting it together so quickly. At the end, reporters were shouting questions and Mr. Biden testily retorted, ‘Enough is enough is enough!’ There was a real expression of feelings from the man who will be the next President.
But contrast this to the deafening silence or outright support from Mr. Biden, Democrats, The Left et al, while America was burned and pillaged this past year by BLM and Antifa thugs. Scores of people have died in those protests whose paroxysms have been in revenge for the ‘unjust’ killing of this or that ‘pillar of the community’ black man. Let me ask you a simple question. If Ashli Babbitt was black and those were BLM rioters, do you honestly believe that building would not have been burnt to the ground right now? But no, the MSM is in overdrive spin mode painting her as a Far Right, QAnon ‘believer’. The narrative is that it was right for this unarmed, non-threatening woman to have been shot down in cold blood (video clip).
Mark my words, this will spill over into a witch hunt of the USAF in a quest to root out the ‘endemic racism’ of the organization.
That is enough about America and their troubles. This article is about how this type of unrest is inevitably coming to Canada. Canadians tut-tut about our silly cousins to the South but it is the height of ignorance to morally justify that we are any better.
People get angry when they believe they are victims of inequality or injustice. Listen to the anger of some of the rioters being interviewed in the Capitol building. The Left shouted for four straight years that Trump and his supporters were the devil incarnate and should be fought against as if they were all Nazi scum. Imagine a nagging, abusive spouse belittling, disparaging, and denigrating you for years on end. Then when you finally snap and give them a black eye, they shout, ‘See, I was right about you all along!’. The newspaper reports on the spousal battery, the neighbors shake their heads, and the feminists have another misogynistic story to tout.
Morally, is it not at least understandable that all people have a breaking point if they are pushed too far?
But it comes back to the narrative and who controls it whether that is the government, the media, tech giants or whoever shouts the loudest with the most followers on social media.
Here’s a small example of spinning and censoring the narrative: As people were starting to polarize into their ‘For’ & ‘Against’ camps regarding the mess at the Capitol building, I came across a FaceBook post of a minor musical celebrity I know, Alana Levandoski. An old acquaintance of mine had bucked the trend of the general comments imploring Alana to not bring race into the debate. Then I tossed in my two cents.
Screenshot of my now censored comment (Thanks to Jeff for saving it for me)
If you go to Alana’s FaceBook page now, all negative comments have been expunged and I am no longer allowed to air my views. In fact, Alana has doubled down on her intolerance of counter-opinion by posting a piece which basically says if you’re white then you must ‘SHUT UP! Go to your room and reflect on your sins!‘
I absolutely understand Alana’s position, she has a certain type of fan base she needs to pander to and it is how she makes her living. But the danger is people get into their little prejudicial, echo bubbles and all the nuances of grey become opposing camps of black and white.
So as America has become a miasma of hate with insults and fists being hurled back and forth, so too, I fear Canada is in for the same fate. The polarization of which Covid, climate, environment, etc. tribe you belong to is starting to hammer away at Confederation. At the best of times, neighbors would be able to weather some hateful discord. But our country is headed towards economic collapse with our out of control government spending and endless Covid lockdowns.
When push comes to shove and everyone’s backs are against the economic wall, will Canadians be that polite anymore? Do not be so vain to not recognize the dangers of what a mob of desperate people will do let alone a mob of desperate politicians.
And when the mob comes, who will they be, Freedom fighters, Terrorists, Saviours, or Despots? It will all be in the perspective of who ultimately writes the tale and who is allowed to tell it.
Blair is a personification of a ‘Jack of All Trades and Master of None’. He has held several careers and has all the T-shirts. Time to add the title Blogger to the list.