After Years of Vilifying Law Enforcement, Congress Suddenly Deeply Concerned About Vilifying Law Enforcement – Opinion

Having discovered that “defund the police” wasn’t the sure-fire winner with voters believed to be post-George Floyd, Congressional Democrats have suddenly gone completely the other way by demanding social media companies highlight any and all dirty looks thrown law enforcement’s way after the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Washington Post

House Oversight Committee leaders are demanding social media companies take “immediate action” to address a flood of violent online threats against law enforcement, following the FBI’s search of former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Friday’s letters were sent by the lawmakers to executives from eight social media platforms, including Meta (Facebook parent) and Gab (fringe right-wing platform), asking details about threats to law enforcement. The letters cite a “spike in social media users calling for civil war” and other violence against law enforcement after Trump and some Republican members of Congress lashed out against the FBI.

Now, given that people running their mouths on social media has the exact same effect on actual events and happenings as trying to take out the Rock of Gibraltar with an emery board has on world geography, Congress suddenly being “so concerned” with people badmouthing the FBI would be laughable if it weren’t for the fact that these people are deadly serious. When, for instance, Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan’s Governor, was allegedly kidnapped by the FBI, where was the outrage? And yes, I’m being more than a little facetious here.

Let’s get back to the main story. Congress would like you to be aware that people are saying negative things about the FBI. You know, the FBI that the majority of Americans now view as being Joe Biden’s private Gestapo?

“We are concerned that reckless statements by the former president and Republican Members of Congress have unleashed a flood of violent threats on social media that have already led to at least one death and pose a danger to law enforcement officers across the United States,” said the letters written by House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.) and House national security subcommittee Chairman Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.). “We urge you to take immediate action to address any threats of violence against law enforcement that appear on your company’s platforms.”

However, the authorities should conduct an investigation into credible threats against law enforcement. This includes pretty much everyone on the right-hand side of the aisle and means that no one is against law enforcement. The opposition stems from law enforcement no longer enforcing the law but instead becoming a tool of the ruling party to suppress free speech and the Constitutionally-given guarantee to petition the government for redress of grievances.

It is hard to imagine where Lynch and Rep. Maloney were when The Squad tried to defund law enforcement and succeeded in demonizing it. While this does reinforce the notion that Joe Six-Pack (and we’re not talking abs) venting on Twitter or variations thereof carries more weight than AOC & Co. in terms of shaping public opinion, it’s also a tad curious how selective Congressional members can be in determining what is and isn’t acceptable speech. While I turn off my hyperactive facetiousness generator, please come back within a moment.

Ironically — or not — it’s the “fringe” site that’s being the most cooperative.

Gab CEO Andrew Torba responded to The Washington Post’s request for comment with links to a pair of blog posts, including one where Gab said it is “considering” its response to Congress and that it quickly responded to law enforcement requests related to the Pennsylvania arrest. Seven other companies didn’t immediately reply to our requests for comment.

Since this story comes from the Washington Post, naturally, Post’s gonna Post.

The House Democrats examine renewed calls for violence against law enforcers online as they deal with how social media contributed to the attack on Capitol Square, Jan. 6, 2021.

Ashlibabbitt was deadly kind, no.

Once again, the Democrats’ inability to read the room has risen to the top. The Democratic Congressional majority is aware of its limited time and can do anything to create fear among the public that evil Republicans will march everyone off to reeducation camps if they regain control of Congress in November. Problem is, the media used to convey the message are the same ones that nobody reads or watches. They are trying to shut down social media-provided freedom speech.

Threats of violence against law enforcers are not condonesed by anyone in their right brain. My colleague Bonchie immediately stated that we knew better after the Mar-a-Lago Raid.

This is not the right time to give in to our adversaries. You will not defeat the FBI or other corrupt institutions through disorganized attacks from outside. A red line was crossed with this raid on Trump’s home, and electoral vengeance is justified. It must be done in a way that is effective. This means that you have to play the long game and being strategic. It’s going to take a Republican Congress in 2023 and a Republican president in 2025 to make any headway against this insanity. There is no other way, and once the tables are turned, any Republican politician who doesn’t have the stomach to fight back must be banished.

It is instead proposing law enforcement oversight in order to make sure it behaves responsibly. After all, isn’t this precisely what everybody was screaming for during BLM’s nights spent luxuriating in various burning building’s glow?

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