{"id":1627511,"date":"2022-08-31T03:17:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627511"},"modified":"2022-08-31T03:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T07:18:04","slug":"its-too-late-for-corrupt-media-to-decide-political-violence-is-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-too-late-for-corrupt-media-to-decide-political-violence-is-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Too Late For Corrupt Media To Decide Political Violence Is Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fits-too-late-for-corrupt-media-to-decide-political-violence-is-bad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1627511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It looks like the Washington Post has discovered that political violence is bad. Unfortunately, the paper is probably two years too late.<\/p>\n<p>The Post editorial board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/08\/29\/lindsey-graham-trump-riots-threat-reckless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> this week that comments made recently by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., are \u201cespecially dangerous,\u201d \u201creckless,\u201d and \u201cheighten the risk of unrest.\u201d What Graham did was state the obvious: if President Biden\u2019s Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/23\/nothing-is-more-pro-law-and-order-than-attacking-the-rotten-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criminally prosecutes Trump<\/a>, a likely political opponent in 2024, over his handling of government documents, it may very well result in rioting.<\/p>\n<p>Where is the lie? The Post accused Graham of potentially instigating lawlessness, a point echoed by <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Strega Nona lookalike<\/span> columnist Ruth Marcus, who on Tuesday called his remarks a \u201cthreat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no threat. But you would hope by now that Democrats and their friends in the national media have learned something: This isn\u2019t going to be a country where political violence and harassment from their side is met by everyone with acquiescence.<\/p>\n<p>January 6, 2021, didn\u2019t happen in a vacuum. That\u2019s not the day that history began. It was the consequence of nearly a year\u2019s worth of vandalism, destruction, looting, and deadly rioting that was instigated, exacerbated, and excused by liberals, both in the Democratic Party and the media.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 election was nothing less than a hostage situation, and everyone who lives in a major city (all of them run by Democrats) knew it when they saw their shops, offices, and storefronts boarded up. That wasn\u2019t in anticipation of a Biden victory. It was in fear of a Trump victory. The Left had shown all summer that year what it\u2019s capable of when things don\u2019t go their way.<\/p>\n<p>They will fabricate a conspiracy to derail a president who was never given a chance. They will hype up an airborne virus, laying every single death it causes at the feet of their political opponents. They will perpetuate a lie about race and police to shut down highways, businesses, and government services.<\/p>\n<p>The cost: At least <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/31\/what-did-black-lives-matter-really-accomplish-in-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">25 deaths and up to $2 billion in property damage<\/a>. And that\u2019s just from the George Floyd riots of summer 2020. There\u2019s also the retarded development of an entire generation kept out of school, countless livelihoods ended via shutdown orders, and the ever-lasting trauma that will be endured by those who were told they could not tell loved ones goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats should be grateful that Jan. 6 was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/06\/the-jan-6-lesson-that-the-media-dont-want-to-learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as tame as it was<\/a>. It could have been, and it certainly <em>can get<\/em>, far worse.<\/p>\n<p>They fake a knot in their throats, claiming that they\u2019re the ones so worried about the fragility of democracy. And then they softly smile as cities burn, then throw the full weight of the federal government behind prosecuting their political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Graham wasn\u2019t making a \u201cthreat\u201d when he predicted rioting that this time comes from the right. He was noting the logical end to what Democrats have started.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-comments mt-30 mt-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-comments-container d-flex flex-column align-items-center py-30\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"110\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fdrlst-mark.svg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-20\" alt=\"The Federalist logo eagle mark\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p>Unlock commenting by joining the Federalist Community.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/plans\/pricing\/\" class=\"btn btn-on-white\">Subscribe<\/a>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like the Washington Post has discovered that political violence is bad. 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