Not Surprising, But Still Maddening

Perhaps conservatives should be grateful to the anti-war lunatic left for its behavior this past weekend. It’s doubtful that anything I, or any other conservative, could say could illustrate moral bankruptcy of those for whom law and order are, more often than not, impediments to the achievement of their goals better than what they said themselves by their actions this past Saturday.

During the War of 1812, the British captured and burned the United States Capitol Building. Since that time, I am unaware of any direct assault intended to deface the capitol until this past weekend, when anarchists – Americans – were allowed to march up to the west front of the building and spray paint anti-war graffiti on the Capitol steps.

Please understand, I am not making a direct comparison between the two events. Obviously, the foreign troops, and the government they represented, were a far more formidable enemy, physically and intellectually, than the hippy-holdovers and hippy-wannabes that were allowed to do something that most Americans are simply too decent to even consider. But that both represented enemy assaults on our system of government is, in my mind, beyond question.

The Chief of the Capitol Police offered up the far-too-often-misused “freedom of speech” excuse in defense of his decision to allow the disgraceful activity to take place. But really, if this qualifies as freedom of speech under the First Amendment, what’s to stop people from other forms of “expression” on the Capitol steps – like maybe overt sexual activity, or worse yet, perhaps spray painting the Ten Commandments on the building?

Why is it that the adults among us are having to accommodate these overgrown children by allowing them to exercise their alleged “rights” to the detriment of the rights of those of us who disagree with them? Why are they allowed to deface a piece of public property – moreover, to many, a cherished symbol of the United States – when the vast majority of Americans – with the law on their side, mind you – don’t want such to be done?

The foolish displays usually seen in such leftist demonstrations are generally nothing more than an attempt to force the rest of us to listen to what they have to say – which is not a right that any of us holds. But their significance should not be downplayed. These attempts by the godless fringe left – which holds greater influence over one of our major parties now than probably any time in history – to force-feed their viewpoints while actively seeking to silence any dissent gives us all the chance to see what an America under the thumb of the left would be like. And, as I said, perhaps for that we should be grateful, if only we can take the hint before it is too late.