In principle, I'm with Pedro Gonzalez on this: "hate speech" is a bullshit concept, and what Bondi said is appalling. (I think she walked it back, but that she said it in the first place is still appalling.) If Trump backed her on it, he's wrong, too. Consistently, I oppose his lawsuits against networks for distorted or misleading campaign coverage -- how can such be grounds for litigation?
But that's all IN PRINCIPLE. It ignores what the Left has been doing for 15 years or more: lawfare (brutalization of January 6 capitol tourists, Trump, John Eastman, Michael Flynn, ...); cancelling, including de-banking, of disfavored individuals and organizations; ginning up riots over the deaths of black thugs like George Floyd (not a homicide!), Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin; and on and on.
As Kurt Schlichter wrote recently, "Trump’s playing for keeps – it’s highly amusing that they’re surprised the guy they tried to bankrupt, imprison for life, and murder won’t let bygones be bygones – so this is just the beginning of the dealing of the pain."
And REAL PAIN is necessary to teach the Left the lesson about participating in a republican [small "r"] polity that it so desperately needs. Clearly it won't suffice to calmly lecture them and demonstrate model behavior. We're waaaaay past that.
Melissa Hortman was killed by someone she knew. One relatively benign article does not restore all the goodwill the NY Times has lost, not even a drop. Charlie’s killer’s ideology was not liberal it was demonic. This issue goes way deeper than politics.
Thoughtful article, Pedro. Thank you.
In principle, I'm with Pedro Gonzalez on this: "hate speech" is a bullshit concept, and what Bondi said is appalling. (I think she walked it back, but that she said it in the first place is still appalling.) If Trump backed her on it, he's wrong, too. Consistently, I oppose his lawsuits against networks for distorted or misleading campaign coverage -- how can such be grounds for litigation?
But that's all IN PRINCIPLE. It ignores what the Left has been doing for 15 years or more: lawfare (brutalization of January 6 capitol tourists, Trump, John Eastman, Michael Flynn, ...); cancelling, including de-banking, of disfavored individuals and organizations; ginning up riots over the deaths of black thugs like George Floyd (not a homicide!), Michael Brown, and Trayvon Martin; and on and on.
As Kurt Schlichter wrote recently, "Trump’s playing for keeps – it’s highly amusing that they’re surprised the guy they tried to bankrupt, imprison for life, and murder won’t let bygones be bygones – so this is just the beginning of the dealing of the pain."
And REAL PAIN is necessary to teach the Left the lesson about participating in a republican [small "r"] polity that it so desperately needs. Clearly it won't suffice to calmly lecture them and demonstrate model behavior. We're waaaaay past that.
Fortunately for me, Schlichter has done the work to thoroughly explain all this. First in 2015: https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2015/04/05/liberals-may-regret-their-new-rules-n1980933
And earlier this month: https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/09/01/dems-please-cry-more-about-the-new-rules-n2662522
Schlichter is right. If we follow his program, we **might** be able to return our polity to what Pedro Gonzalez wants ... and I do, too.
Melissa Hortman was killed by someone she knew. One relatively benign article does not restore all the goodwill the NY Times has lost, not even a drop. Charlie’s killer’s ideology was not liberal it was demonic. This issue goes way deeper than politics.
The "sane" liberals will keep consuming the same media that expressed next to no empathy for Kirk and really just justified why it happened.
Nicely done.
After reading some of your posts, I think you are still a bomb thrower, just in a different direction.
Noooooooooooo