In an earlier post I described how the Antifa movement is operating in the USA as it attempts to achieve its Marxist/Anarchist objectives. It’s co-opting of the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests, the deliberate attacks on police, and even the hilariously moronic attempt at creating an Anarchist “state” in the middle of Seattle (“That wasn’t Anarcho-Communism”).

Of course the official BLM is Marxist in any case, as proudly boasted about by the founders, so they’re quite happy to work with Antifa.

But none of this would work were it not for the uselessness of the leaders of the so-called Blue Cities and Blue States where this shit is happening. Although Antifia and their allies have bail money and lawyers they’re greatly assisted by having sympathetic DA’s in those cities. Arrested Antifia members, even quite violent ones, are getting released, ready to riot again. This has been true of Portland and Seattle and although Antifa seems to have little presence in Minneapolis, Chicago or New York the treatment of ordinary looters and rioters in those cities has been the same; they get arrested and almost immediately released.

Admittedly, even some of the most clueless Democrat Mayors and Governors seem to have begun to grasp that this is not working, although only after the damage has been done. Back in early June, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, not exactly a hardline RWNJ to say the least, noted that of those Chicago riots:

“There is no doubt. This was an organized effort last night. There were clearly efforts to subvert the peaceful process and make it into something violent.”

Minnesota Governor Walz at the same time:

“The terrifying thing is that this resembles more a military operation now as you observe ringleaders moving from place to place,”

Not that either one, or any of the other Democrat mayors, have done much since then, which is why they’ve been greeted with more violence. Even the moronically partisan Mayor of Portland finally got on board recently, but only after more than 70 nights of rioting, blaming Federal security forces (meaning Trump) for the problems (the riots started weeks before they engaged and continued after they disengaged), and what was basically attempted murder the other night.

“When you commit arson with an accelerant, in an attempt to burn down a building that is occupied by people that you have intentionally trapped inside, you are not demonstrating. You are attempting to commit murder”… “And by the way, this building is in a residential neighborhood.”…these crimes are distracting from reform, not advancing it,” 

It should be pointed out that “wing nut” Right Wing media sites have been reporting all of this for months: the MSM, not so much. But even then his appeal to the rioters included about as low an ethical reason as is possible:

“You are creating the B-roll film that will be used nationally to help Donald Trump in this campaign. You don’t want to be part of that, then don’t show up,”

That’s what this POS feels he has to resort to in order to try to reach the consciences of the droogs who are still attacking cops in his city. Reminding them that cops have families – won’t work. Emphasising that bystanders are destined to get caught in the crossfire – won’t cut it either. Appealing to their human decency is a nonstarter.

But appealing to their hatred by claiming that someone they loath above all others might profit from their rampage?

Now you’re talking persuasive arguments.

This is how bad America’s political culture has become and Democrats like Ted Wheeler are all in. None of these people have done anything to reign in their District Attorneys.

Do they really hate Trump this much that they’re willing to let their own cities burn? These are the deepest of Deep Blue enclaves in the USA. How much punishment do these clowns think they can inflict on their own Democrat voters before those voters turn on them?

As in the past, one of the aims of the Far Left in all this is to provoke a violent backlash from law enforcement that will garner sympathy for the “protestors” from run-of-the-mill liberals. Mao’s whole fish in the sea approach, with Kent State 2.0 as an intermediate goal. That’s always part of the mix, too.

But that’s the thinking of the Democrat leadership as well, with them expressing worries about how deploying extra cops or the National Guard will just make things worse. Clearly they’re having “Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming” thoughts also. Their minds are in much the same place as the people protesting against them.

And of course it’s also okay with the Far Left if instead they only get such wishy-washy, spineless and ineffectual responses from the useful idiots in charge – such as has occurred so far in Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, New York and Chicago. It’s all good. After all, that’s why they chose the Bluest of cities.

You don’t destroy America by destroying the Republicans – at least not yet. No, you destroy the Democrats first.