Last week I published a tongue-in-cheek review of the Appleton No Kings protest (Mission Accomplished: We still don’t have a king). I wanted to use humor to highlight the silliness of the concept and the fake earnestness of the protestors themselves.
In today’s brief essay I want to look at the underlying motivation of the event and the unhinged nature of the contemporary Democrat party and its radical base.
Let’s review this through the twin prisms of the Charlie Kirk assassination/leftist reaction and the Virginia Attorney General race. Charlie’s assassination was played out live, in real time and in front of his wife and children. It was graphic and horrific. I argue that as gruesome as this was, the Democrat/Leftist Radical reaction was worse. There were absolute glee and happiness that a man who dedicated his life to engaging in discussion and open debate was cold-heartedly gunned down. I watched many of these disgusting reaction videos, and the emotions expressed were genuine. No ambiguity, no hiding their point, only plain happiness that he was dead. This was not just a singular day event but a multi-day orgy of hate, invective, and satisfaction.
What also shocked me was that this was not confined to a small segment of the Democrat base but crossed the spectrum. Attorneys, teachers, doctors, nurses, students, life’s losers, etc. recorded and posted not only their absolute joy of the event but also mocking his wife, children, and supporters. Truly sickening.
In Virginia, the Democrat candidate for Attorney General posted online that he wanted to not only see his opponent shot and killed but also her children. The Democrat Party response… nothing. The Democrat candidate running for Virgina governor refused to condemn this and is still supporting his candidacy.
How do we view these events alongside the No Kings Protest? How did the Democrat Party become the home of overt intolerance and pure hate? Is it TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)? Is it changing societal standards? Or is it something much deeper that goes to the core of who we are and how we conduct ourselves publicly? When I’m asked this, I answer that something has changed but I can’t quite put my thumb on it. But really, the how “we got here question” is good to know but the real question must be, “how do we stop this?”
The quick answer is to use your vote next year to begin the process of cleaning this contagion out of the political bloodstream in Wisconsin and in 2028 on a national level. FVI will be at the forefront of holding politicians and public personalities accountable to their actions and words. I invite you to be a part of this challenge. We can’t leave our children a society where violence is the answer to disagreements and killing opponents is an acceptable solution.