Death By a Thousand Cuts

Americans are not, generally, petty people. Other than a few sub-groups (clannish Hill Folk, gang members – at least the most vicious ones, and ex-spouses with a grudge), we tend to attribute disputes to differences in viewpoint, and are ready to shake hands when the dispute is resolved.

There are even those that have forgiven the cold-blooded murder of a family member. Those are often those crediting the Christian creed of “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive others”.

That is NOT the type of Christian I am. I might not attend their execution, or work relentlessly to keep them from getting parole. But I would take a grim satisfaction in seeing the cold-eyed killer sentenced for that crime.

We’re that way even in highly contentious endeavors such as politics. Live and let live.

That’s how the Left is killing us. They are counting on us NOT to pursue grievances to final resolution. They are anticipating that we will accept their half-assed apologies, depend on their ‘having learned their lesson’, and be gobsmacked once again, when it’s clear that, far from mending their ways, the Left has returned to the Same Old, Same Old.

What brought this to mind was a long post on Ace of Spades, that listed one after another abuses, crimes, and underhand dealing by the Left and Their Allies, that, together, amounted to the famed Death By a Thousand Cuts. See here what that practice – known as Lingchi – was.

That we suffer IS the point. That such suffering causes such a terror of further torture – in our own self, our families, and anyone who might also be inclined to provide resistance – is the point of it.

So, then, the frankly ridiculous demands for PUBLIC retribution, the constant chipping away at those who stick their necks out, and other ‘small ways to torture’. Individually, each assault on our freedom to dissent seems like the bite of a gnat.

Together, as I can attest, having been assaulted by CLOUDS of sand gnats, these tiny bites can cause a lot of damage.

That’s the current state of our public discourse in America. We are pursued by relentless ideologues, and their Allies (LGBT+…….., unhappy, hysterical women, Beta men, and, frankly, cowards). We need to Man and Woman UP, and put on a full court press to fight them.

This is NOT what we look forward to. Americans tend to prefer very violent, short-term wars. We like to throw everything into the fight, including the kitchen sink, killing everything in sight until there is silence.

The Left, on the other hand, prefers the Long War. Such a strategy works well with limited troops and supplies. They get their money and weapons from their enemies (Soros is NOT spending HIS money, nor are the others. They are relying on foreign contributions, foundation giveaways, and government grants.)

Post in the comments if you have any ideas about how to get local Minutemen organized.