The Left seems to think this is war and therefore they are justified in doing anything…anything. The Bucks County PA Board of Elections is bound and determined to count illegal votes. So much so the State Supreme Court has had to call them out reminding them they are ordered not to do so. Apparently, the University of Oklahoma is going to require DEI courses, despite the governor have ordered they not do so. Two examples, but I am sure not an exhaustive list, of the Left feeling entirely free to ignore the law.

I think there are two reasons why they are so willing to do so. The first is just tit-for-tat. They look at Jan 6 as if it were representative of all on the right, which it is not, and assume “if they can, we can.” (They seem to ignore the fact that the Jan 6 malefactors were arrested, tried, jailed and/or fined.) The logic of that is simply insane. “Well, the guy that came through before me did not pay, so why should I?” But then the Left thinks in cycles, so long as the cycle begins with the other guy. How often have we heard about the “cycle of violence” in the Middle East – as if there is no blame or responsibility or right-and-wrong – there is just the cycle.

The whole idea of this cyclical thinking is to avoid accountability. Which is why the other reason they feel they can do this sort of thing is even more insane. They think they are so righteous in their cause that illegality is justified. Discussions of civil disobedience are as old as the nation, older actually. To unpack it would take a huge series of posts. But that said, until very recent years it was reserved for matters of great import – whether to ignore the draft to avoid “murdering” or to obey segregation laws in the deep South. Nowadays civil disobedience is invoked because someone does not like the outcome of an election. The idea is stretched out of shape to the point of simple chaos.

The true irony; however, is the element of civil disobedience that involves bearing the consequences of the illegality. The true impact of the lawbreaking is in the willingness to suffer for the cause; in being prosecuted the injustice of the situation (persecuted) is evident. But here we have a group that wants to disobey the law and then claim they are not responsible because of “the cycle.”

Sorry folks, it does not work that way.

What’s amazing is the insanity seems to be bottomless. In Germany, police had to break up environmental protesters at a Tesla plant. – Tesla! You know, the company that is busy saving the planet with electric vehicles. I don’t know what is more insane, protesting environmental issues with an EV company or doing so by camping in the woods which creates all sorts of litter and hygiene issues. And then there is this:

Denmark has agreed on how to implement the world’s first tax on agricultural emissions, including flatulence by livestock.

A cow fart tax. I can’t make a wisecrack; the absurdity speaks for itself.

Closing Question

Is Kamala Harris still Vice President?

From the moment Joe Biden stepped aside in the election, we were lead to believe she was president-in-fact, if not in office. But now her profile is lower than it was when she was just Vice President. We’re back to watching Joe Biden get lost coming off stage.

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