CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 2, 2022
WE HEAR IT EVERYTIME THERE IS A VIOLENT INCIDENT, THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT THE ANSWER. UNFORTUNATELY WE HEAR IT ONLY WHEN SOMETHING LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HIGHLY REGARD IS ATTACKED.
CONSIDER THE MEDIA AND POLITICAL REACTION TO THE ATTACK ON PAUL PELOSI, THE HOUSE SPEAKER’S HUSBAND. THERE WAS UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION AND PROPERLY SO. THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED PAUL PELOSI IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WAS CLEARLY DERANGED GIVEN HIS BACKGROUND. AND HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN BEHAVIOR.
CONSIDER THE RIOTS OF A FEW SUMMERS AGO AND ACCOMPANYING LOOTING OF STORES. RECALL, TOO, THE ATTACK BY A BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AT A BASEBALL FIELD IN VIRGINIA THAT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED CONGRESSMAN STEVE SCALISE. SOME OF THE SAME VOICES AND NETWORKS DENOUNCING THE PELOSI INCIDENT TRIED TO EXPLAIN AWAY THE RIOTS BECAUSE THE RIOTERS FIT IN WITH THEIR POLITICAL WORLDVIEW.
ONE CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS. IF VIOLENCE IS WRONG FOR ONE WING, IT IS EQUALLY WRONG FOR ANOTHER. THE GREATEST POWER WE HAVE IS THE POWER TO VOTE FOR DECENT LEADERS. WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT POWER NEXT TUESDAY. I’M CAL THOMAS.
