As someone
who is on record condemning
lawlessness
and
sedition,
I am appalled and horrified by
what
happened today in Washington, D.C.
It is indefensible and inexcusable, and the rioters and vandals ought to
be prosecuted. But then, the rioting and
vandalism that occurred in Washington last summer – and in Minneapolis,
Portland, Seattle, and other major cities – was also appalling, horrifying,
indefensible, and inexcusable, and
its
instigators should have been prosecuted.
Yet some of the people who are now talking tough about law and order
were then blathering on about “mostly peaceful protests,” “defunding the police,”
and other such lunacy. We are reaping
what they sowed. If you are going to
tolerate and excuse left-wing political violence, you are opening the door to
right-wing political violence. But if
you rightly condemn the latter, then to be consistent, you must condemn the
former. You must insist that
all citizens respect law and order –
your political allies no less than your political enemies.