The Gun-Control Debate Could Break America

A rage more personal than political exists on both sides, and poses real danger to the ties that bind us as a nation.

By David French February 22, 2018 

Last night, the nation witnessed what looked a lot like an extended version of the famous “two minutes hate” from George Orwell’s novel 1984. During a CNN town hall on gun control, a furious crowd of Americans jeered at two conservatives, Marco Rubio and Dana Loesch, who stood in defense of the Second Amendment. They mocked the notion that rape victims might want to arm themselves for protection.

There were calls of “murderer.” Rubio was compared to a mass killer. There were wild cheers for the idea of banning every single semiautomatic rifle in America. The discourse was vicious. It was also slanderous. There were millions of Americans who watched all or part of the town hall and came away with a clear message: These people aren’t just angry at what happened in their town, to their friends and family members; they hate me. They really believe I’m the kind of person who doesn’t care if kids die, and they want to deprive me of the ability to defend myself.........To Read More....

My Take - Any conservative - who really is a conservative - who reads this will be disappointed.  It fascinates me when a "conservative" writer attempts to make the - they do it too, or all are guilty - argument to find common ground with the left. 

The fact of the matter is this hate was created, generated and fertilized by the left.  They own it, they're responsible for it.  Those he's calling the right are simply normal people who've been put upon, abused, vilified, ridiculed, looked down on and scorned by the left for decades, and normal people are sick of it and aren't going to take it any longer.  This is a long overdue backlash, and it's just starting. 

There are some things this writer fails to explore. 

• When was the last time you saw the right rioting at universities? 
• When was the last time you saw the right "occupy" Wall Street for weeks leaving feces, garbage and criminal activity behind?  
• When was the last time you didn't see the leftist media supporting that kind of uncivilized behavior? 

No, I'm sorry, there's no comparison here between the left and the right that can stand the test of history and reality. As we look at the history of the left we find hate has always been the meat they feed on,  Envy and greed finish off their meal as the potatoes and gravy.  That's who they are, that's what they promote, that's history, and that history is incontestable. 

I often wonder if William F. Buckley isn't rolling over in his grave when the National Review publish such clabber.