Tyre Nichols Footage Unmasks the Left’s Ugly Blood Libel ｜ 2⧸2⧸23
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In a society where the charge of racism is considered one of the most scandalous sins imaginable, an accusation that regularly destroys the lives of those it s leveled against, the definition of racism has been constantly shifted over the years by progressives.
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Cities around the country braced themselves for the possibility of riots last week
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after police body cam footage was released in connection with the death of a black suspect,
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Tyree Nichols, who was pulled over for driving erratically.
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The footage appears to show Nichols receiving a severe beating at the hands of Memphis police
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As with so many of these instances, it's not wise to rush to judgment,
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but the available video seems rather damning for the officers involved.
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The injuries from the beating would later prove fatal,
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and the shocking footage of violence created the perfect powder keg,
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another instance of police brutality against a black suspect,
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just like the ones that triggered riots in the summer of 2020.
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The narrative of callous white authorities victimizing black suspects due to racism
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seemed ready to explode into the streets once more.
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All the police officers involved in the beating were themselves black.
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The narrative around policing from the left has been very clear.
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Police brutality towards black suspects is common and exists due to the individual racism
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of the officers involved and the institutional racism baked into the practice of American policing
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the media prepares its talking points about white supremacy and systemic racism
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and drones on and on about both topics endlessly.
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The officers caught on film delivering the fatal beating to Nichols were all black.
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One would think this jarring shock to the narrative might cause a moment of reflection,
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or at least some hesitation before plunging directly into charges of racism.
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Instead, the media immediately tripled down while engaging in a stunning display of mental gymnastics.
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Progressive columnists and CNN panelists wasted no time launching into tirades explaining that
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A Democratic congressman, Maxwell Alejandro Frost, took to Twitter and announced,
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doesn't matter what color those police officers are.
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The murder of Tyree Nichols is anti-black and a result of white supremacy.
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The representative from Florida later deleted the post.
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Cable news was suddenly full of regime apparatchiks trying to explain that despite the relevant
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officers and chief of police being black, whiteness itself was somehow to blame.
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There's been a persistent effort in the last few years by the left to move from its standard
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Many saw this as a simple escalation of rhetoric.
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The term racism was overused and had lost its power, but in fact the shift was far more sinister.
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Racism was a term most people understood very plainly.
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It was prejudicial harm done to another person based on skin color.
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The term was most often used as a weapon of the left to slander or intimidate white Americans,
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Anyone could be racist, but that definition has now been successfully transformed by progressives
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First, the left reconstituted the meaning of racism as power plus privilege.
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A person of lower economic standing could not be racist because he or she did not have power.
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It didn't matter if a black or Hispanic person exhibited prejudice behavior because they did not
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People of European descent, however, were always in possession of white privilege.
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They were always in possession of the power component of power plus privilege, and therefore
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Demographics who are reliable Democrat voters were incapable of racism.
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Those who were more likely to be GOP voters were always capable of racism.
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This is an incredibly powerful narrative construction in a society where the charge of racism is
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considered one of the most scandalous sins imaginable, an accusation that regularly destroys
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Shifting the definition of racism was a powerful move by progressives, but it wasn't enough.
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Americans had been sold a system of affirmative action on the basis that racial representation
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would alleviate the residual inequality and solve many of these issues.
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The average citizen was told that America was institutionally racist because racial minorities
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had been denied positions of power and that once they were equally represented in these
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But after many decades of these racial quotas being in place, both in formal law and in de
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facto hiring and admission practices, not only did these problems not disappear, in many
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This can be seen very clearly in the case of Nichols, where the presence of the five black
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officers did not change the level of violence used to subdue a black suspect.
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Representation had not solved the problems as promised, but the system of racial favoritism
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had become a core aspect of the progressive patronage network, so the left could not admit
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Instead, progressives needed a way to continue to blame racism even if no white people, the
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only group who are now capable of racism by definition, were present.
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This meant that whiteness needed to become a disembodied menace capable of plaguing any
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institution, even if most or all of those involved in that institution were non-white.
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There is now a mountain of academic jargon around the concepts of whiteness or white supremacy
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If you try pointing out that the phenomenon of black officers beating a black suspect to
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death is probably not explainable through white supremacy, you will receive a lecture
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about how you don't understand how race or the construct of whiteness really work.
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The rhetorical frame of the left is always to signal low social status through ignorance.
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If only you had imbibed enough state doctrine, you would understand the sacred mysteries and
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One can waste time debunking all the academic mystification from the left, but in many ways
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this is simply validating the left's frame by treating it with far more respect than it
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Blaming an attack on a black suspect by black police officers who are taking direction from
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a black police chief on white supremacy is a blood libel against white Americans.
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Turning whiteness into a disembodied concept that can be blamed for any and all problems
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in our society, even those in which white citizens could not possibly play a role, allows progressives
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to turn one racial group into the scapegoat for all of their failures.
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It doesn't matter how often leftist policies fail, there's always one nefarious group who
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was secretly working to undermine the Glorious Revolution.
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It's the language of dehumanization used to justify targeting groups for persecution and
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It's the sound of Rwandan radio encouraging hatred toward the enemy, and the intention is
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While white Americans are the primary target of disparagement, black Americans should also
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The narrative of white supremacy being responsible for every negative action a black American takes
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is simply a woke reconstruction of the white man's burden.
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For the left, whiteness is an irresistible and malevolent force, and black Americans lack the
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White Americans are the ones responsible for unleashing this original sin upon their unsuspecting
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victims, and only they have the power to stop it.
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Not only does this rhetoric incite racial hatred, but it also serves to block any real investigation
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into the issues impacting these communities and prevents any pursuit of meaningful solutions.
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Progressivism is a revolutionary ideology, and it always requires a higher power for its coalition
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Even as the left solidifies control over the government, corporations, media, academia,
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and every other major institution in American life, it needs to play the underdog to a more
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The left is capturing every power center and using its might to implement the policies it
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promised, but life for Americans is getting much worse, and the conflicts for which progressives
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promised resolution seem to stubbornly persist.
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Failing regimes often seek a scapegoat for their failure, something to direct animus towards
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And when the target is a specific racial group, the results are always grim.
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