Professor Brownstein: I am a Christian and my best friend is a Jew named Les Aaron. I am 75 years old and I hold a BA in sociology from the University of California (1975). As an undergraduate, I studied Goebbels’ propaganda methods and the subsequent “social trance denial" of the German/Christian people - that Hitler’s glaring state sanctioned persecutions of the Jews was justified and necessary for Germany’s economic prosperity.
That said, it is my humble opinion that our Constitutional Republic has fallen and “the secret power of lawlessness is already at work”. Therefore, my suggestion to all Jewish people is to prepare for the worst and realize the US government is captured and your best security is found in the local county sheriff.
[FYI: My wife Karen and I do not own any guns. However, we do have aerosol cans of hornet spray (Home Depot) in the entry hall closet - that shoots a ten foot stream of blinding hornet poison. Just in case.]
Carl, I can appreciate your sentiments. I just finished a meeting with my editor about a book I'm writing about tribalism and where it is leading. I understand the need for preparing for the worst but I think we are still at the stage where preventing the worst is still possible.
Carl McWilliams is like me. I’m a Christian and my best friend is a Jew. He would give his life for mine as I would do the same...The Woke mob is destroying the Constitutional Republic. I hope people wake up!
Dear Barry, what can one poor fool say in response?
Scratch the surface of the individuals on both sides of this horror, and what do we discover? It isn't kindness, understanding, wisdom and common sense.
We discover the reality they/we have grown up to see – bigotry, racism, welded-in beliefs, opinions, judgements and the knowledge of millennia.
And as kindness, understanding, wisdom, and common sense are the only human qualities that can resolve the inhumane thoughts, feelings and behaviour on display worldwide, what are the chances of humanity being at peace?
What are the chances of that happening without a Copernican revolution in the minds of sufficient numbers of the people involved - people globally to support a resolution based on kindness, understanding, wisdom and common sense?
Only those among us who surrender being right and making others wrong and are unconditionally kind can make a difference.
Only our state of Possibility – humanity's innate state of unconditional love, understanding, wisdom, and common sense can prevail.
Does it not strike anyone as odd that the so-called “City of Brotherly Love” is the staging ground for so many totally natural and completely spontaneous riots these days? Such SYMBOLISM, eh? Such an INVERSION of the values the city professes to embrace, don’t you think?
Is Philadelphia REALLY the epicenter in the United States of disaffection in our times, where the bigoted general public is seething with pent up racial and religious resentments? More than any other conurbation?
Or is it just the biggest nearby city that looms large in the warped childhood fantasies of a certain illegitimate usurper presently squatting in the American People’s White House?
It’s very likely that specific nefarious individuals were PAID to stage events that the Predator Class hoped would spread like wildfire from city to city...but which actually fizzled out with little genuine popular support. Remember, the State of Delaware is just a short car ride away for the organizers of these flaccid attempts at fomenting uprisings.
My guess is that there is ample evidence of these crimes to be collected: emails, phone calls, text messages, withdrawals of cash and transfers of funds to cash apps...all across State lines. Federal crimes. The evidence is there...just waiting for prosecutions to commence. None of these distressing events have been natural or spontaneous.
Above all, do not allow these psychopathic demons from hell to manipulate your emotions. That’s what these depraved criminals seek most of all. That is the true purpose of these transparently obvious psychological operations.
Psychopaths are neither original nor creative. They always require a script - in this case, the Nazis’ Kristallnacht. Don’t give the psychotic bastards the satisfaction of getting you riled up and taking the bait. That is the entire point of their organized histrionics.
In due course, every party involved in these atrocities will receive his/her punishment. Most likely, ALL of these imbeciles brought their smartphones/tracking devices with them to their faux riot. Their indulgence in playing at being Nazis will cost them dearly.
In the meantime, exercise strategic patience and careful discernment. We true Americans are nothing like this.
There is no America. There is just real estate on which real folks really reside.
Sheriffs are elected politicians. As politicians, they work for their election campaign contributors more than for anybody else.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies still assault and arrest non-violent violators of the Penal Code related to consensual commercial carnal collaboration, possession of non-government approved property or substances, and other non-approved behavior. They also assault and arrest folks who do not violate Penal Code provisions. I don't get that the Sheriff or deputies provide security from other folks' behavior.
Hello Doc Ellis 124: I was born in L.A. on Cinco-de-Mayo in 1948 and I can only imagine what Los Angeles has become with the implosion of the "rule-of-law". Now I live in western Colorado and I have become a supporting member of a Colorado Sheriff's NGO and I email the local county sheriff without hesitation.
However, I do not live in the dystopia that is now Southern California and I can fully understand the limitations for protection from a local, Southern California law enforcement agency. That is why I made the suggestion about the hornet spray (above). If at all possible Doc Ellis 124, if you can afford to leave California I strongly suggest you do so promptly.
America is unrecognizable.
There are still bastions of hope left. We will keep working to avoid the worst.
Professor Brownstein: I am a Christian and my best friend is a Jew named Les Aaron. I am 75 years old and I hold a BA in sociology from the University of California (1975). As an undergraduate, I studied Goebbels’ propaganda methods and the subsequent “social trance denial" of the German/Christian people - that Hitler’s glaring state sanctioned persecutions of the Jews was justified and necessary for Germany’s economic prosperity.
That said, it is my humble opinion that our Constitutional Republic has fallen and “the secret power of lawlessness is already at work”. Therefore, my suggestion to all Jewish people is to prepare for the worst and realize the US government is captured and your best security is found in the local county sheriff.
[FYI: My wife Karen and I do not own any guns. However, we do have aerosol cans of hornet spray (Home Depot) in the entry hall closet - that shoots a ten foot stream of blinding hornet poison. Just in case.]
Carl, I can appreciate your sentiments. I just finished a meeting with my editor about a book I'm writing about tribalism and where it is leading. I understand the need for preparing for the worst but I think we are still at the stage where preventing the worst is still possible.
"A sensible man watches for problems ahead and prepares to meet them."
Proverbs 27: 12 - [Living Translation Bible]
Carl McWilliams is like me. I’m a Christian and my best friend is a Jew. He would give his life for mine as I would do the same...The Woke mob is destroying the Constitutional Republic. I hope people wake up!
Here’s the thing. If this group of Nazis had been attacked by decent people they’d scream bloody murder.
These coddled fools are the result of children who were never told “no.”
Never disciplined and never given responsibilities. They’re the work of absentee parents who want to be their friends, instead of parents.
Absentee parents who taught no morality would seem to be a factor.
Dear Barry, what can one poor fool say in response?
Scratch the surface of the individuals on both sides of this horror, and what do we discover? It isn't kindness, understanding, wisdom and common sense.
We discover the reality they/we have grown up to see – bigotry, racism, welded-in beliefs, opinions, judgements and the knowledge of millennia.
And as kindness, understanding, wisdom, and common sense are the only human qualities that can resolve the inhumane thoughts, feelings and behaviour on display worldwide, what are the chances of humanity being at peace?
What are the chances of that happening without a Copernican revolution in the minds of sufficient numbers of the people involved - people globally to support a resolution based on kindness, understanding, wisdom and common sense?
Only those among us who surrender being right and making others wrong and are unconditionally kind can make a difference.
Only our state of Possibility – humanity's innate state of unconditional love, understanding, wisdom, and common sense can prevail.
What if that state of mind was at work?
It is our only hope for survival.
Love … John
This is NOT organic.
This is NOT American.
My counsel is to FOLLOW THE MONEY.
Does it not strike anyone as odd that the so-called “City of Brotherly Love” is the staging ground for so many totally natural and completely spontaneous riots these days? Such SYMBOLISM, eh? Such an INVERSION of the values the city professes to embrace, don’t you think?
Is Philadelphia REALLY the epicenter in the United States of disaffection in our times, where the bigoted general public is seething with pent up racial and religious resentments? More than any other conurbation?
Or is it just the biggest nearby city that looms large in the warped childhood fantasies of a certain illegitimate usurper presently squatting in the American People’s White House?
It’s very likely that specific nefarious individuals were PAID to stage events that the Predator Class hoped would spread like wildfire from city to city...but which actually fizzled out with little genuine popular support. Remember, the State of Delaware is just a short car ride away for the organizers of these flaccid attempts at fomenting uprisings.
My guess is that there is ample evidence of these crimes to be collected: emails, phone calls, text messages, withdrawals of cash and transfers of funds to cash apps...all across State lines. Federal crimes. The evidence is there...just waiting for prosecutions to commence. None of these distressing events have been natural or spontaneous.
Above all, do not allow these psychopathic demons from hell to manipulate your emotions. That’s what these depraved criminals seek most of all. That is the true purpose of these transparently obvious psychological operations.
Psychopaths are neither original nor creative. They always require a script - in this case, the Nazis’ Kristallnacht. Don’t give the psychotic bastards the satisfaction of getting you riled up and taking the bait. That is the entire point of their organized histrionics.
In due course, every party involved in these atrocities will receive his/her punishment. Most likely, ALL of these imbeciles brought their smartphones/tracking devices with them to their faux riot. Their indulgence in playing at being Nazis will cost them dearly.
In the meantime, exercise strategic patience and careful discernment. We true Americans are nothing like this.
From the chants it sounds as if they are accusing the Israelites of genocide, and we are being gaslight again.
There is no America. There is just real estate on which real folks really reside.
Sheriffs are elected politicians. As politicians, they work for their election campaign contributors more than for anybody else.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies still assault and arrest non-violent violators of the Penal Code related to consensual commercial carnal collaboration, possession of non-government approved property or substances, and other non-approved behavior. They also assault and arrest folks who do not violate Penal Code provisions. I don't get that the Sheriff or deputies provide security from other folks' behavior.
Hello Doc Ellis 124: I was born in L.A. on Cinco-de-Mayo in 1948 and I can only imagine what Los Angeles has become with the implosion of the "rule-of-law". Now I live in western Colorado and I have become a supporting member of a Colorado Sheriff's NGO and I email the local county sheriff without hesitation.
However, I do not live in the dystopia that is now Southern California and I can fully understand the limitations for protection from a local, Southern California law enforcement agency. That is why I made the suggestion about the hornet spray (above). If at all possible Doc Ellis 124, if you can afford to leave California I strongly suggest you do so promptly.
Warm regards,