Comments on: “the patriots will rise up and say, ‘Enough is enough,’ and they will take matters into their own hands and they will drag their (Democrat’s) dead bodies through the streets.” https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/21/the-patriots-will-rise-up-and-say-enough-is-enough-and-they-will-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-and-they-will-drag-their-democrats-dead-bodies-through-the-streets/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:34:55 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/08/21/the-patriots-will-rise-up-and-say-enough-is-enough-and-they-will-take-matters-into-their-own-hands-and-they-will-drag-their-democrats-dead-bodies-through-the-streets/#comment-43512 ER Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:41:14 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77958#comment-43512 I think the dog whistles are being put away, and the megaphones are coming out. You know, if you shout this sort of thing out long and loud enough, people get used to it. The targets get complacent and the perps get all fired up. "Spontaneous violence" isn't always successfully precipitated on command, but when it does happen, it never comes out of nowhere, unexpectedly. Do I really think this will actually happen in America? Probably not, but in the places it has happened, like in 1930s Germany, this is always how it starts. It always begins with a few trial balloons. "Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it." I think the dog whistles are being put away, and the megaphones are coming out. You know, if you shout this sort of thing out long and loud enough, people get used to it. The targets get complacent and the perps get all fired up. “Spontaneous violence” isn’t always successfully precipitated on command, but when it does happen, it never comes out of nowhere, unexpectedly.

Do I really think this will actually happen in America? Probably not, but in the places it has happened, like in 1930s Germany, this is always how it starts. It always begins with a few trial balloons.

“Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.”

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