That’s what the left don’t get. In the ‘Cancel Culture’, no one is safe. They eat their own. The MeToo moment is the best example. This is a new one. Another example is the Mayor of Minneapolis. He allowed the rioters to burn down the precinct, but then he publicly announced that he does not support defunding the police. There are now immediate calls for his resignation.
This is downright bonkers. It's clearly labeled as opinion, it's not like they said they agreed with it. And not like it's the best forum for him to disseminate his views anymore.
You don't understand. They gave him a platform! You don't give platforms to those the mob disagrees with! They might say the thing! You censor and ban them, dox them and make them lose their job for no reason and then move on to the next media outrage ploy like any perfectly rational, definitely sane human being would do!
He was deployed to Iraq in 2006, he led a 41-man air assault infantry platoon in the 506th Infantry Regiment, and planned and performed daily combat patrols.
In October 2008, Cotton was deployed to eastern Afghanistan. He was assigned within the Train Advise Assist Command – East at its Gamberi FOB in Laghman Province as the Operations Officer of a PRT, where he planned daily counter-insurgency and reconstruction operations.His 11-month deployment ended on July 20, 2009 and he returned from Afghanistan.
He was awarded the Bronze Star and earned a Combat Infantryman Badge. Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and Iraq Campaign Medal.
Here you go (I will save you the bullshit antifa-apologist disclaimer they added above it):
Tom Cotton: Send In the Troops
The nation must restore order. The military stands ready.
June 3, 2020
This week, rioters have plunged many American cities into anarchy, recalling the widespread violence of the 1960s.
New York City suffered the worst of the riots Monday night, as Mayor Bill de Blasio stood by while Midtown Manhattan descended into lawlessness. Bands of looters roved the streets, smashing and emptying hundreds of businesses. Some even drove exotic cars; the riots were carnivals for the thrill-seeking rich as well as other criminal elements.
Outnumbered police officers, encumbered by feckless politicians, bore the brunt of the violence. In New York State, rioters ran over officers with cars on at least three occasions. In Las Vegas, an officer is in “grave” condition after being shot in the head by a rioter. In St. Louis, four police officers were shot as they attempted to disperse a mob throwing bricks and dumping gasoline; in a separate incident, a 77-year-old retired police captain was shot to death as he tried to stop looters from ransacking a pawnshop. This is “somebody’s granddaddy,” a bystander screamed at the scene.
Some elites have excused this orgy of violence in the spirit of radical chic, calling it an understandable response to the wrongful death of George Floyd. Those excuses are built on a revolting moral equivalence of rioters and looters to peaceful, law-abiding protesters. A majority who seek to protest peacefully shouldn’t be confused with bands of miscreants.
But the rioting has nothing to do with George Floyd, whose bereaved relatives have condemned violence. On the contrary, nihilist criminals are simply out for loot and the thrill of destruction, with cadres of left-wing radicals like antifa infiltrating protest marches to exploit Floyd’s death for their own anarchic purposes.
These rioters, if not subdued, not only will destroy the livelihoods of law-abiding citizens but will also take more innocent lives. Many poor communities that still bear scars from past upheavals will be set back still further.
One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers. But local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup, while delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what’s necessary to uphold the rule of law.
The pace of looting and disorder may fluctuate from night to night, but it’s past time to support local law enforcement with federal authority. Some governors have mobilized the National Guard, yet others refuse, and in some cases the rioters still outnumber the police and Guard combined. In these circumstances, the Insurrection Act authorizes the president to employ the military “or any other means” in “cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws.”
This venerable law, nearly as old as our republic itself, doesn’t amount to “martial law” or the end of democracy, as some excitable critics, ignorant of both the law and our history, have comically suggested. In fact, the federal government has a constitutional duty to the states to “protect each of them from domestic violence.” Throughout our history, presidents have exercised this authority on dozens of occasions to protect law-abiding citizens from disorder. Nor does it violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which constrains the military’s role in law enforcement but expressly excepts statutes such as the Insurrection Act.
For instance, during the 1950s and 1960s, Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson called out the military to disperse mobs that prevented school desegregation or threatened innocent lives and property. This happened in my own state. Gov. Orval Faubus, a racist Democrat, mobilized our National Guard in 1957 to obstruct desegregation at Little Rock Central High School. President Eisenhower federalized the Guard and called in the 101st Airborne in response. The failure to do so, he said, “would be tantamount to acquiescence in anarchy.”
More recently, President George H.W. Bush ordered the Army’s Seventh Infantry and 1,500 Marines to protect Los Angeles during race riots in 1992. He acknowledged his disgust at Rodney King’s treatment — “what I saw made me sick” — but he knew deadly rioting would only multiply the victims, of all races and from all walks of life.
Not surprisingly, public opinion is on the side of law enforcement and law and order, not insurrectionists. According to a recent poll, 58 percent of registered voters, including nearly half of Democrats and 37 percent of African-Americans, would support cities’ calling in the military to “address protests and demonstrations” that are in “response to the death of George Floyd.” That opinion may not appear often in chic salons, but widespread support for it is fact nonetheless.
The American people aren’t blind to injustices in our society, but they know that the most basic responsibility of government is to maintain public order and safety. In normal times, local law enforcement can uphold public order. But in rare moments, like ours today, more is needed, even if many politicians prefer to wring their hands while the country burns.
“In June 2006, while stationed in Iraq, Tom Cotton gained international public attention after he wrote an open letter to the editor of The New York Times, asserting three journalists had violated "espionage laws" by publishing an article detailing a classified government program monitoring terrorists' finances.
The New York Times did not publish the letter, but it was published on Power Line, a conservative blog that had been copied on the email. In the letter, Cotton called for the journalists to be prosecuted for espionage "to the fullest extent of the law", and incarcerated. He accused the newspaper of having "gravely endangered the lives of my soldiers and all other soldiers and innocent Iraqis."
Quitting likely one of the highest paid editorial jobs in the country in the middle of he worst unemployment of our lifetimes (thanks to quarantines) during a massive contraction of the news media industry.
That’s a bold move Cotton, let’s see how it pays off.
I love when those lefties eat each other up.
It's my just desert.
*dessert
Maybe they meant justice desert?
Is that the tropical version of the Phantom Zone?
That’s what the left don’t get. In the ‘Cancel Culture’, no one is safe. They eat their own. The MeToo moment is the best example. This is a new one. Another example is the Mayor of Minneapolis. He allowed the rioters to burn down the precinct, but then he publicly announced that he does not support defunding the police. There are now immediate calls for his resignation.
"I refuse to acknowledge any opinions except for the ones I like rrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
Groupthink is not an option. It is a requirement upon pain of death.
This is downright bonkers. It's clearly labeled as opinion, it's not like they said they agreed with it. And not like it's the best forum for him to disseminate his views anymore.
You don't understand. They gave him a platform! You don't give platforms to those the mob disagrees with! They might say the thing! You censor and ban them, dox them and make them lose their job for no reason and then move on to the next media outrage ploy like any perfectly rational, definitely sane human being would do!
It's current year! This is progress! This is society! This is what grandpa died fighting Nazis for, and this is what we should strive for more of! Heil Marx! Heil Obama! Glory to the new Communist Republic of America, brought to you by China© and Apple™! We are definitely We The People ® and totally not at all shills for Marxism! We are Patriots!
Trump? You mean CHEETO MOUSALITTO?!
Lol we are so fucking clever please fucking laugh
Jeb?
Cotton for President 2024 team is high-fiving and knocking back whiskey shots right now.
how about "I pick Cotton" for a slogan
"If you don't pick Cotton, you ain't black!"
Spice levels are over 9000!
That is epic.
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.
Black conservatives wearing it would have photos taken of it and it would backfire on him saying he's a racist etc. with photos.
Tom Cotton is a veteran and lawyer.
He was deployed to Iraq in 2006, he led a 41-man air assault infantry platoon in the 506th Infantry Regiment, and planned and performed daily combat patrols.
In October 2008, Cotton was deployed to eastern Afghanistan. He was assigned within the Train Advise Assist Command – East at its Gamberi FOB in Laghman Province as the Operations Officer of a PRT, where he planned daily counter-insurgency and reconstruction operations. His 11-month deployment ended on July 20, 2009 and he returned from Afghanistan.
He was awarded the Bronze Star and earned a Combat Infantryman Badge. Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Ranger Tab, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and Iraq Campaign Medal.
What a badass.
He sure is. He’s also a Harvard Law grad, was one of the sole conservative voices on the op-ed page of the Harvard Crimson.
Anyone have an archived link to the Op-Ed in question?
Here you go (I will save you the bullshit antifa-apologist disclaimer they added above it):
This week, rioters have plunged many American cities into anarchy, recalling the widespread violence of the 1960s.
New York City suffered the worst of the riots Monday night, as Mayor Bill de Blasio stood by while Midtown Manhattan descended into lawlessness. Bands of looters roved the streets, smashing and emptying hundreds of businesses. Some even drove exotic cars; the riots were carnivals for the thrill-seeking rich as well as other criminal elements.
Outnumbered police officers, encumbered by feckless politicians, bore the brunt of the violence. In New York State, rioters ran over officers with cars on at least three occasions. In Las Vegas, an officer is in “grave” condition after being shot in the head by a rioter. In St. Louis, four police officers were shot as they attempted to disperse a mob throwing bricks and dumping gasoline; in a separate incident, a 77-year-old retired police captain was shot to death as he tried to stop looters from ransacking a pawnshop. This is “somebody’s granddaddy,” a bystander screamed at the scene.
Some elites have excused this orgy of violence in the spirit of radical chic, calling it an understandable response to the wrongful death of George Floyd. Those excuses are built on a revolting moral equivalence of rioters and looters to peaceful, law-abiding protesters. A majority who seek to protest peacefully shouldn’t be confused with bands of miscreants.
But the rioting has nothing to do with George Floyd, whose bereaved relatives have condemned violence. On the contrary, nihilist criminals are simply out for loot and the thrill of destruction, with cadres of left-wing radicals like antifa infiltrating protest marches to exploit Floyd’s death for their own anarchic purposes.
These rioters, if not subdued, not only will destroy the livelihoods of law-abiding citizens but will also take more innocent lives. Many poor communities that still bear scars from past upheavals will be set back still further.
One thing above all else will restore order to our streets: an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain and ultimately deter lawbreakers. But local law enforcement in some cities desperately needs backup, while delusional politicians in other cities refuse to do what’s necessary to uphold the rule of law.
The pace of looting and disorder may fluctuate from night to night, but it’s past time to support local law enforcement with federal authority. Some governors have mobilized the National Guard, yet others refuse, and in some cases the rioters still outnumber the police and Guard combined. In these circumstances, the Insurrection Act authorizes the president to employ the military “or any other means” in “cases of insurrection, or obstruction to the laws.”
This venerable law, nearly as old as our republic itself, doesn’t amount to “martial law” or the end of democracy, as some excitable critics, ignorant of both the law and our history, have comically suggested. In fact, the federal government has a constitutional duty to the states to “protect each of them from domestic violence.” Throughout our history, presidents have exercised this authority on dozens of occasions to protect law-abiding citizens from disorder. Nor does it violate the Posse Comitatus Act, which constrains the military’s role in law enforcement but expressly excepts statutes such as the Insurrection Act.
For instance, during the 1950s and 1960s, Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson called out the military to disperse mobs that prevented school desegregation or threatened innocent lives and property. This happened in my own state. Gov. Orval Faubus, a racist Democrat, mobilized our National Guard in 1957 to obstruct desegregation at Little Rock Central High School. President Eisenhower federalized the Guard and called in the 101st Airborne in response. The failure to do so, he said, “would be tantamount to acquiescence in anarchy.”
More recently, President George H.W. Bush ordered the Army’s Seventh Infantry and 1,500 Marines to protect Los Angeles during race riots in 1992. He acknowledged his disgust at Rodney King’s treatment — “what I saw made me sick” — but he knew deadly rioting would only multiply the victims, of all races and from all walks of life.
Not surprisingly, public opinion is on the side of law enforcement and law and order, not insurrectionists. According to a recent poll, 58 percent of registered voters, including nearly half of Democrats and 37 percent of African-Americans, would support cities’ calling in the military to “address protests and demonstrations” that are in “response to the death of George Floyd.” That opinion may not appear often in chic salons, but widespread support for it is fact nonetheless.
The American people aren’t blind to injustices in our society, but they know that the most basic responsibility of government is to maintain public order and safety. In normal times, local law enforcement can uphold public order. But in rare moments, like ours today, more is needed, even if many politicians prefer to wring their hands while the country burns.
Thanks, Pede!
https://investors.nytco.com/investors/financials/quarterly-earnings/default.aspx
Q1 2020 Subscription: $258M
Advertising: $110M
Other: $52M
Total Revenues $443M
Seems like the biggest target to hit them on is subscriptions.
Imagine paying for your own brainwashing.
Mainly large libraries and universities.
Learn to code, fake news editor!
Also worth noting:
“In June 2006, while stationed in Iraq, Tom Cotton gained international public attention after he wrote an open letter to the editor of The New York Times, asserting three journalists had violated "espionage laws" by publishing an article detailing a classified government program monitoring terrorists' finances.
The New York Times did not publish the letter, but it was published on Power Line, a conservative blog that had been copied on the email. In the letter, Cotton called for the journalists to be prosecuted for espionage "to the fullest extent of the law", and incarcerated. He accused the newspaper of having "gravely endangered the lives of my soldiers and all other soldiers and innocent Iraqis."
TIL https://www.powerlineblog.com/
👍 yes it’s a good conservative outlet
These pussies going all-in, obviously Soros kiss-my-ass club members
Quitting likely one of the highest paid editorial jobs in the country in the middle of he worst unemployment of our lifetimes (thanks to quarantines) during a massive contraction of the news media industry.
That’s a bold move Cotton, let’s see how it pays off.
I got you, fam
You should see the leftists in AR anytime Cotton tweets or says a word. They start foaming at the mouth they hate him so much
Looks like the purple-haired pear-clutchers won the civil war at the NYT!
So funny and a little sad to see these nice liberal fellows who enabled the rise of the new Red Guards be ousted and humiliated by them.
A few days ago, NYT shills were saying there is no “civil war" in their inside the NYT. Fake news.
Looks like the young wokes got what they wanted again. Only happens because there older Leftards are weak.