TSquared
an hour ago edited

Agree totally with this article. And yes let's all condemn the violence as we crawl over each other to be the one t0 reach the highest pinnacle of the moral high ground. But let us also remember...

"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. "

When/if the day comes that the governed attempt to revoke it's consent - in what form do you expect that to happen? What did it look like when the governed in this country revoked it from King George?

"And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure. " - Thomas Jefferson

Everybody rightfully wants to avoid violence. I think most sane people would prefer to return to some normalcy in this country and get on with just living their lives. But, you can't escape the notion that the day may come when it becomes necessary to spread some manure.