Innocent until proven guilty is not only an American constitutional right, but an international human right.Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed by the Senate; time to shorten sail and stand by for the hurricane. The process to confirm him was lawful, legal and moral, but it was not politically correct. The “resistance,” mostly pro-abortion and the anti-constitution folks, will join the pro-socialism folks and the anti-damn near everything folks and hit the streets in protest.
The protests will be as much about hatred for President Donald Trump as it is about Justice Kavanaugh. Do they have the right to protest? Absolutely, they do. Do they have the right to yell, scream and wave signs, without a doubt under our constitution they do.
They do not have the right to harm others or damage property in the name of protest. Protest is a noble thing, but at the point in time it denies others their constitutional rights, it crosses the line from protest to an illegal activity.
The small but vocal faction of the American people who called for a revolt and the overthrow of the lawfully elected government (they maintain the Russians interfering with the election makes President Trump illegal) will be vocal once again. United States Representatives Steve Cohen and Maxine Waters, among others, accused President Trump of treason and called for the military to stage a coup d’état.
A coup, really? That type of language is dangerous. A hallmark of our military is loyalty to the constitution first and foremost. The military is trained to stay out of politics, to the extent that an officer or noncommissioned officer is subject to five years in a military prison for influencing a subordinate to vote in a given way.
The day I retired from the United States Army, my father gave me a membership in the Republican Party. He and I, retired Army officers, would never be vocal or openly partisan when a serving officer or non-commissioned officer, that would have been unprofessional and just wrong. Every American should be thankful our military stays out of politics; it is a good system that has served us well for nearly two and a half centuries.
Sorry, Representatives Waters and Cohen, your coup d’état will not happen.
The history of socialist revolutions teaches us that they are successful mostly in a poor economy. When folks are doing well they are not quick to take up arms against their government. African Americans, Hispanics and women are doing well as a group under President Trump’s economy making a revolution an unlikely event.
The hard-core protesters (a small few in full battle dress with helmets, truncheons, shields, body armor and protective masks) from various groups will take to the streets in Washington and many cities to protest Justice Kavanaugh’s appointment. Good for them, it is a protected right, but please follow the Tea Party’s model and protest with nearly no violence or damage to property and clean up your trash and human waste.A revolution, revolt or resistance must have a population being in want: want for bread, water, heat, transportation, some basic need, to be angry enough to revolt. The left should shut down every Starbucks; perhaps that would generate the needed want and anger necessary to eliminate the American constitutional form of government.
Judge Kavanaugh is now Justice Kavanaugh; it is best to accept it and move on, as the right grudgingly accepted the uber liberal justices in the past without violence.
A word to the protesters: the police officers will protect your right to protest, so please do not attack them, buildings and other private property. They did not vote in the senate and attacking the police and destroying property will not help you to achieve your goal.
Finally, most Americans do not approve of violent protest; going rogue will only hurt your movement. If the Tea Party right, depicted in the media as ignorant, swine, vile and violent Fascists, could have national protests with almost no violence, the resistance left, depicted as loving, caring, inclusive and compassionate, should be capable of even greater restraint. If the resistance turns violent the media will justify it because they are angry; the Tea Party was not?
Those who feel today Justice Kavanaugh is a good choice will not change, and those who feel he is a bad choice will never change their minds. He will forever be called a rapist, bully and an attempted murder even if no verifiable evidence exists. He will forever be guilty until proven innocent in the minds of the progressives because his innocence will never be accepted. The facts be damned; hatred eclipses even the constitution, the law, legal and human rights.
I sure hope I am wrong.
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