{"id":2379199,"date":"2024-12-12T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-tolerance-for-wokeness-dies-leftists-lust-for-violence-grows\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T08:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T13:22:57","slug":"as-tolerance-for-wokeness-dies-leftists-lust-for-violence-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-tolerance-for-wokeness-dies-leftists-lust-for-violence-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"As Tolerance For Wokeness Dies, Leftists&#8217; Lust For Violence Grows"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fas-tolerance-for-wokeness-dies-leftists-lust-for-violence-grows%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=2379199&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>The acquittal of Daniel Penny and the \u2064arrest of the suspected murderer\u200b of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian \u2063Thompson occurred on\u200b the same day, marking what some\u2062 view as a pivotal moment in \u200cthe ongoing\u200b societal debate over\u2062 crime and public safety. Penny&#8217;s not-guilty\u200d verdict is seen as a \u2062backlash against \u2064what is termed &#8220;anarcho-tyranny&#8221; stemming from incidents following the Black Lives \u200dMatter riots. this verdict reflects public discontent \u200cwith trends of defunding \u200cthe \u2062police and leniency towards criminals, even in \u2064a liberal \u2063city like New York.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200bthe positive outcome for penny, concerns remain that the left \u200cmight become increasingly radical \u200din response to their diminishing influence. The article acknowledges that\u2062 while the Penny case should not have gone to trial, it illustrates the struggle between self-defense and the legal repercussions that follow. The \u200bcommentary also \u200bpoints \u200dout the disturbing reaction from some on the left to the murder of the healthcare CEO, indicating a troubling degree \u200dof\u200c approval or justifications \u2062for violence against certain figures.<\/p>\n<p>the piece suggests\u200c a potential shift in public sentiment \u200dregarding crime \u2062and self-defense, \u2064while cautioning\u200b against overly simplistic interpretations \u200bof these\u200b separate cases and\u2063 their implications.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It feels like an inflection point: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/12\/justice-for-daniel-penny\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">acquittal<\/a> of Daniel Penny happened on the same day as the arrest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/09\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-suspect-arrest-altoona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> murderer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Penny being found not guilty is a repudiation of the anarcho-tyranny the left has been imposing since the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020. Despite last-minute shenanigans from the prosecution, the jury understood that Penny&rsquo;s restraint of a violent, threatening felon on the subway was justified. The verdict is an indication that people, even in liberal New York City, have had enough of rioting, defunding the police, and soft-on-crime prosecutors who let criminals walk while locking up those who dare to defend themselves and others.<\/p>\n<p>But as the public sours on woke leftism in general, and its approach to crime and public safety in particular, committed leftists may respond by becoming more radical and violent. Just look at the left&rsquo;s glee at the murder of Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Caveats apply, of course. The Penny acquittal was the right outcome, but the case should never have been brought. The process is still a punishment, and being found not guilty may not end all of Penny&rsquo;s legal troubles. Likewise, the man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/who-luigi-mangione-suspect-unitedhealthcare-ceo-murder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a> for the murder of Brian Thompson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/neontaster\/status\/1866193647772778543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seems<\/a> to have been, until recently, more of an ideological hodgepodge than a committed leftist &mdash; his radicalization seems to have been sudden. And so it is arguable that neither case is indicative of any larger shifts.<\/p>\n<p>And yet.<\/p>\n<p>The left really, really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/do-not-forget-daniel-pennys-tormentors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wanted<\/a> to ruin Penny for protecting himself and his fellow subway riders. Politicians, led by &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AOC\/status\/1653880169516466178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the squad<\/a>,&rdquo; weighed in to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14177535\/aoc-statement-daniel-penny-verdict-subway-riders-scared.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denounce<\/a> Penny &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/magendharma\/status\/1866307457464836545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">even after<\/a> he was found not guilty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And many on the left (along with a few on the right) were really, really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.furtherup.net\/p\/an-execution-in-manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">happy<\/a> to see a health insurance executive get murdered, or at least happy to spin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2024\/12\/an-outpouring-of-pro-terrorist-sentiment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">excuses<\/a> and justifications for the killing. Their adulation was anticipated by the accused, who according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/12\/10\/nyregion\/unitedhealthcare-luigi-mangione\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">account of a police report<\/a>, &ldquo;likely views himself as a hero of sorts.&rdquo; And those inclined to try to dismiss this as a one-off ought to consider how the left would react if the right responded with half of this glee to the shooting of an abortionist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">left-wing violence<\/a> has been rising for years. There were, of course, the BLM riots in the summer of 2020. Then we had the multitude of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/256390\/2023-witnessed-continued-attacks-on-pro-life-pregnancy-centers-churches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attacks<\/a> on pregnancy resource centers and churches after the Supreme Court&rsquo;s <em>Dobbs<\/em> decision overturning <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. And there is the vandalism, violence, and assorted other <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/death-to-jews-inside-the-home-of-2-sjp-leaders-at-george-mason-university-police-find-guns-ammo-and-terrorist-flags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crimes<\/a> committed by Hamas <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sfmcguire79\/status\/1865804556166205503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sympathizers<\/a> on campus and off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Left-liberal officials, from the Biden administration down to petty campus administrators, have had a lackadaisical response to all of this. Perhaps that will change if they perceive that appearing soft on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nadales-i-used-to-be-antifa\/\" title=\"Nadales: I Used To Be Antifa\">left-wing political violence<\/a> will threaten their power in the same way that being soft on crime has. But it may be too late.<\/p>\n<p>A substantial portion of the left has a taste for violence and is looking for excuses to indulge it. Thus, even if &mdash; perhaps especially if &mdash; wokeness continues to retreat, we may be in for an increase of political violence and terrorism from leftist cadres. There is, of course, no surety that wokeness has peaked; though it has taken <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1861183474667004141\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">losses<\/a> lately, it is still deeply entrenched in many institutions. But if it keeps losing ground politically and in public opinion, we should not be surprised if the left&rsquo;s true believers turn to violence against their perceived enemies.<\/p>\n<p>There is precedent for this, as seen in the left-wing terrorism that began in earnest in the late &rsquo;60s and extended through the &rsquo;70s. Though often ignored today, the violence was <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4501670\/bombings-of-america-burrough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">widespread<\/a> and prolonged, and it could easily reappear, especially if a rightward turn in the nation as a whole <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">alienates leftist true believers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The justifications for generalized left-wing violence are all in place, and their litany is familiar: Trump is a fascist, his followers are fascists, and America is irredeemably racist, sexist, settler-colonialist, etc. This endless chorus of condemnation is frequently unmitigated by any balance, prudence, or perspective, thereby creating a coherent, if fervid, case for terrorism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Running around the narrow track of their ideology and craving the catharsis they believe violence will bring, leftists may well embark upon campaigns of domestic terrorism against, well, anyone they feel like. The sort of revolutionary violence they long for is not known for being restrained or precise. And political violence tends to have unforeseen repercussions &mdash; those who start it are rarely those left ruling at the end.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how it might play out, we should hope our nation is spared a spasm of domestic terrorism, but we should not be surprised if it comes. Americans in general want a return to law and order, but the left wants the blood of its enemies.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Nathanael Blake is a senior contributor to The Federalist and a fellow in the Life and Family Initiative at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny&#8217;s acquittal marks a turning point against leftist tyranny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":538,"featured_media":2379200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shooter-with-police.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5965,15615,3699,6227],"class_list":["post-2379199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-leftists","tag-tolerance","tag-violence","tag-wokeness"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/shooter-with-police.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/538"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379199"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379207,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379199\/revisions\/2379207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}