American Family Radio Host Austin Ruse Says Left-Wing University Professors 'Should All Be Taken Out And Shot'
Saying that tyranny can only come from the left makes about as much sense as saying that a boxer can only punch from the left.
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The War on Terrorism: IF I can not move freely and efficiently, that can impact my business-robbing it of profits. Who gets to decide that those lost profits are worth less than someone else's personal safety? If we look at two of the top economically free nations: here are some questions. How much more wealth would have been created for more people, therefore jobs and new technologies, if they were socially freer as well? There is always opportunity costs- the government's job is basic protection of my property rights and our borders.
Let's not forget the War on Drugs ramped up under Reagan as well as other ridiculous freedom grabs-like raising the drinking age and compulsory registering for selective service.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade
unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I
didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to
speak up.” --Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945
Though one particular point in it seems a bit out of place to me, and that's the part about the Nazis supposedly coming for the Catholics. I was under the impression that Hitler WAS a Catholic, so I don't understand why his regime would target the church that der Führer himself was a member of.
In fact, most of the sources I've read indicate that the Nazi regime never targeted Catholics at all, except in cases where they were also part of some other group, or if they engaged in political rebellion against the regime. I do know there was one incident where roughly 200 Catholic priests who opposed Hitler were rounded up and shipped off to concentration camps, but that was because they opposed Hitler, and not because they were Catholic.
Can anyone else with a deeper knowledge of history provide me with some additional insight into this? I need some clarification...
Here's taking the analogy a few steps further:
If you're in that boxing ring, and you believe your opponent will always come at you from the left, and you only ever guard against attacks coming from the left, then you leave yourself totally open and exposed to attacks coming from the right. You make yourself vulnerable. To achieve victory in the boxing ring, it is necessary to expect attacks from both directions. It is also important to know that sometimes your opponent may try to fake you out, and make you think he's going to attack from one direction, only to attack from the other.
The famous Chinese general Sun Tzu said something similar about warfare:
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"You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended. You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked. Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."
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"The spot where we intend to fight must not be made known; for then the enemy will have to prepare against a possible attack at several different points; and his forces being thus distributed in many directions, the numbers we shall have to face at any given point will be proportionately few. For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak. Numerical weakness comes from having to prepare against possible attacks; numerical strength, from compelling our adversary to make these preparations against us. Knowing the place and the time of the coming battle, we may concentrate from the greatest distances in order to fight. But if neither time nor place be known, then the left wing will be impotent to succor the right, the right equally impotent to succor the left, the van unable to relieve the rear, or the rear to support the van."
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~ From "The Art of War," by Sun Tzu, Chapter 6: Weak Points and Strong
http://suntzusaid.com/book/6#sthash.gOTS...
I can tell from the quote, though, that the radio personality was speaking metaphorically, not inciting people to murder.
But if you're talking about something else, you'll have to be more specific.
There are many "something else" examples, but good contemporary examples are the "gay lobby" hammering the baker and photographer using "civil rights" to force those people to provide services against their will. Of course, the baker and photographer MUST lose their battle, either in court or capitulation, because a victory for them would call into question established legal precedence. [Begin sarcasm] After all, we can't allow certain people the free will to choose for themselves who they will serve, work for, or associate with can we? Government has the right to decide that for us or there will be punishments! [End sarcasm]
The problem is that most university professors are leftists, so there may not be enough bullets.
Couldn't we hang a few instead?