They Will Kill You

 Today I will highlight an article at Townhall.com by Rachel Alexander entitled Ed Martin Says Lawfare Against Conservatives Is Headed Toward Killing Us. Martin is specifically citing lawfare and what he calls "barfare" against conservative lawyers and lawyers who work for the administration. But this will eventually, unless it is checked, come upon other people as well. Engineers, building contractors, even your local hairdressers and teachers have licenses to protect and to operate.

Ed Martin, who served as director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group and is facing a bar investigation from the D.C. Bar, has penned one of the most prescient and frightening articles about lawfare. Based on a recent speech he gave at “Barfare: Stopping Bar Discipline as Political Warfare,” which I also spoke at, he said the left will not stop with the lawfare against conservatives until they kill us.

He laid out how the lawfare is escalating. “First, people are investigated because of their politics,” Martin began. “Then they are prosecuted. Then their professional licenses are taken away. Then they are imprisoned. Then their reputations are destroyed. Then they are bankrupted. Then the public is conditioned to regard them as something less than fellow citizens.”

But now, the targeting of conservatives is headed for far worse retaliation. “At some point, if that process continues unchecked, destroying people legally, professionally and financially is no longer enough,” he said. “That is why I say the endpoint is killing people.”

Well, you say, isn't being executed for things that are not really crimes a bit extreme? Of course, in a true rule-based society, the answer would be "Yes." But as Martin points out, already we have seen lawyers disbarred for doing their jobs, which is advocating for their clients. As he also points out, it is getting worse, with various Democrats promising to investigate and prosecute Trump administration personnel and supporters. At its heart, this is about eliminating the freedom to speak freely. Whether people believe what the Democrats are selling or not, they will keep their mouths shut in fear for their lives.

Further, history shows that Martin is correct that merely destroying someone won't be enough, and sooner or later conservatives will find themselves being rounded up for show trials and murdered. The Soviets were notorious for executing dissidents, or sending them to gulags, where many died from over work and poor conditions. Mao's China executed huge numbers during his "Great Leap Forward.  Pol Pot, the Castos in Cuba, and the list continues. Anyone who escaped a communist hell-hole and has written about it tells a story of the horrors they endured. Oh, and Islamic countries aren't any better under Sharia.

I keep reading that I should vote as if my life depended on it. And yes, I agree with that. It is small thing we can do. But I am not sanguine that we can vote our way out of the mess we are in. It will take a lot more hard work, sacrifice, and a small miracle. Are we up to it?

As always, gentle readers, go and read Alexander's article and think hard.