Re: The Trevails of Mark Lamont Hill and Alex Padilla

In article <102ih4o$3p8ve$1@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:

Here's a video of professor and media talking head Mark Lamont Hill been
attacked during a recent speaking event:
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https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1933098818008186881/vid/avc1/888x490/llOCxr0go1WDx59I.mp4
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It's illustrative as to why the Democrats' clutching of their pearls over
Kristi Noem's security cuffing Senator Padilla is performative nonsense.
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The timing of this video is perfect, but you can find a hundred other examples
of security breaches against public speakers that teach the same lessons. The
fact this incident is likely unhinged Democrat on Democrat violence just adds
some humor.
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When someone (we'll call them the VIP, even though that's probably a stretch
for Professor Hill here) is giving a speech or doing a press conference, they
are in a fixed, known location. If a violent criminal actor wants to do the
VIP harm, this is a his best opportunity to do so. That's why there's been so
many assassinations at events like this over the decades.
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So VIPs who might have violent criminal actors out there who wish them harm
will often have security around them during these events. The bigger the VIP,
the tighter the security they're going to have. This has got fuck-all to do
with fascism and everything to do with the fact that nobody likes getting
shot.
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Democrats are acting like Noem's security should have just let Senator
Fuckface shout and blunder his way up to their protectee. Except that isn't
how any of this works in real life.
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If the land whale in the Lamont Hill attack had a gun, Hill would likely be
dead. Instead Hill just got some spicy treats in his face. But there's no way
of knowing what she's going to hit him with until the weapon comes out. (We've
seen political assassinations like this with knives and even samurai swords.)
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Sure, you can shoot someone from further away, but that takes a bit more
skill. For violent criminal actors who are just whackadoodles and want to cap
a VIP for some reason, not being professional assassins, they tend to want to
close as much distance as possible before striking to ensure success.  So when
somebody acts suspicious and tries to get close to the VIP, their security is
going to react.
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Same goes for Senator Fuckface. If you are protecting a VIP and somebody is
forcing their way into
I-Absolutely-Want-to-be-Certain-I-Can-Merc-This-Target-on-the-First-Try range,
you aren't going to assume they're doing so because they're sane and rational.
You're going to assume they're up to no good and act accordingly.
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In this case it was verbal challenges, which were ignored, followed by the
laying on of hands, which were resisted. That was when Senator Fuckface
started screaming how he was a senator, and the FBI agents were like, "Sure
you are, buddy, and I'm the Secretary of Agriculture. Let's take this
outside."
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Notice how the FBI quickly surrounded him? That's not fascism. That's their
training, because they're positioning themselves between him and their
protectee and to control his limbs should he try to produce a gun.
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(What I'm wondering is why the FBI was protecting Noem. The DHS Secretary
always had a Secret Service detail during my tenure. She's the head of the
department under which the USSS operates. The FBI is under DOJ and has nothing
to do with Homeland, so why they would be protecting her is a mystery.)
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Oh, and that nonsense from some of the other members of Congress that those
federal agents should have totally known he was a senator and thus given him a
pass? Well, aside from showing how appallingly narcissistic and self-involved
they all are, I hate to shatter their massive egos but other than Capitol
Police, no cop has ever memorized the faces of all of the 538 assholes who
work on Capitol Hill.
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Regardless, Senator Fuckface was still acting in a very suspicious manner, so
even if one of the many feds there did know who he was, oh well. It's not like
politicians have never done anything wacky and violent before in American
history. (Except for the dozens of times they did, but we all know Democrats
aren't big on history.) 

Like the time a Dem nearly beat a Republican to death with his cane?

All the elected leftists who are throwing a tantrum about the manhandling of
Senator Fuckface also have security who would have reacted in the exact same
manner (or worse) toward the same kind of potential threat. If you acted
exactly like Senator Fuckface or the Pepper Spray Whale during a Gavin Newsom
press conference, the California Highway Patrol is going to beat your ass if
not shoot you.
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And all the Democrats who are throwing their big performative tantrum know all
of this. Hell, Senator Fuckface understands this. He knew exactly what would
happen, because it was one big stunt. He also deliberately did not wear his
Congressional security pin which would've let the protection details know who
he is.  He wanted to be tackled; he wants the spectacle.

They're doing it to "go viral" and for "`likes` and `clicks`".

Ditto for the black chick from Texas who pretends to be ghetto.