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TO DEMONIZE IS THE FIRST STEP
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T<\/span>he news this week is primarily about Donald Trump\u2019s actions during his first week in office. There is little need for commentary except to say that (1) so far, he is following through on several of his most noteworthy campaign promises, and (2) his political opponents are beside themselves trying to figure out ways to undermine his popularity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nIt is an axiom of political warfare that it is not wise to assassinate popular opponents except as a last resort. Instead, it is better to demonize them in the public mind so that, when violence finally is used, the public will think it was justified.<\/div>\n\n![](\"http:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/LninPybZQG_Kdn3GKXkHLAnnjpbWyLXjZKTkLeyJnljR7q9zOfkJPpf1uxM-6GLxBZFsd85cNx6DaYw_h9uru0b29ynM3irwLebvw_EkjfjkGXBheybYGzst4Q_WIV1iEQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http:\/\/needtoknow.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DavidianKids-300x213.gif\")
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There is no better example than what happened to the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, in 1993. Because the leader of this religious group was known to have weapons that were not registered, the federal government and National Guard laid siege to their compound and killed its leader, David Koresh, along with 82 of his congregation, including women and children.<\/p>\n
The public was not outraged by this, because the media had published an endless barrage of \u2018reports\u2019 of sexual abuse of children in the compound \u2013 reports that, in later months were shown to be without foundation. But the public didn\u2019t know that at the time, and most people thought it was a shame about those children being killed in the attack, but it was merely collateral damage from a justified law-enforcement operation against very evil people.<\/p>\n
If you want to understand what is going on from the left in America today, just think of the Branch Davidians. If the elites can sufficiently demonize Donald Trump and his supporters as racists or something equally repugnant, then violence against him personally or against his supporters \u2013 perhaps even violence against the system itself \u2013 will be viewed as justified.<\/p>\n
The only way to prevent that tactic from succeeding is to make the public aware of the tactic itself. That\u2019s where you come in. Send this to your friends and, while you\u2019re at it, invite them to subscribe to Need to Know News<\/em>. They will thank you for it.<\/p>\n
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There is no better example than what happened to the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, in 1993. Because the leader of this religious group was known to have weapons that were not registered, the federal government and National Guard laid siege to their compound and killed its leader, David Koresh, along with 82 of his congregation, including women and children.<\/p>\n
The public was not outraged by this, because the media had published an endless barrage of \u2018reports\u2019 of sexual abuse of children in the compound \u2013 reports that, in later months were shown to be without foundation. But the public didn\u2019t know that at the time, and most people thought it was a shame about those children being killed in the attack, but it was merely collateral damage from a justified law-enforcement operation against very evil people.<\/p>\n
If you want to understand what is going on from the left in America today, just think of the Branch Davidians. If the elites can sufficiently demonize Donald Trump and his supporters as racists or something equally repugnant, then violence against him personally or against his supporters \u2013 perhaps even violence against the system itself \u2013 will be viewed as justified.<\/p>\n
The only way to prevent that tactic from succeeding is to make the public aware of the tactic itself. That\u2019s where you come in. Send this to your friends and, while you\u2019re at it, invite them to subscribe to Need to Know News<\/em>. They will thank you for it.<\/p>\n