https://lawliberty.org/forum/the-weather-undergrounds-lasting-victory/
The answer is obvious enough: a lot, and the left. Less than last June to be sure, but a lot more than last March. 2020’s mayhem and the ruling class’s excuses and encomiums for it “legitimized” political violence in a way and to a degree that the Weather Underground in its heyday could only have dreamed of.
By equating this massive, nationwide wave of leftist violence with a handful of right-inspired incidents and a farcical protest that physically harmed no one (as far as the currently known facts can establish) beyond a few of its own participants, Nordlinger not only distorts the truth, he does so in a way that (at best) unwittingly advances leftist ends. With a “right” like this, no wonder the left rolls from victory to victory, using whatever means it chooses, fair or foul, peaceful or violent, without effective opposition.
Michael Anton is a lecturer in politics and research fellow at Hillsdale College and a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute.
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