Mob Rule

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Neal Boortz posted a piece today that looks at the Occupy Movement. This is a little excerpt:

THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE

There you are … marching down the street chanting “This is what democracy looks like.”  The trouble is you don’t realize just how right you are; and that would be because you’re basically ignorant as all purified hell about just what democracy really is.  You didn’t know that our founding fathers abhorred the idea of a democracy, did you?  And there’s not one of you who could correctly guess the number of times the word “democracy” appears in our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, or the constitutions of all 50 states.  The answer?  Zero.  Not once.  And not one of you would know – it would take actually studying our history – that the word “democrat” used to be an epithet.  If you were to read “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation” by Joseph Ellis, you would learn that “democrat” referred to “one who panders to the crude and mindless whims of the masses.”  As it was then, so it is now.
But back to your protests and your “This is what Democracy looks like” signs.  Democracy is best defined as mob rule – majority rule.  Define it as you might, but it will always be three wolves and one sheep deciding on what’s for dinner.  Have you ever heard of the “Rule of Law?”  That’s what our founding fathers gave us.  That was supposed to be our operating system, so to speak.  Sure .. we chose representatives to represent us in local and federal governments using democratic processes, but they, as we, are then required to abide by the laws of the land .. and that includes the Constitution.   But this rule-of-law thing doesn’t really appeal all that much to Barry’s Brats, does it?

• The law says you can’t camp out overnight in the parks, you ignore it.  Mob rule over the rule of law.  Democracy. 
• The law says you need a permit for demonstrations and marches on public streets?  You ignore those laws.  They just don’t suit your purpose.  Mob rule over the rule of law.  Democracy.
• The law defines and protects property rights.  But you and your fellow occupiers want to destroy some private property – trash some ATMs – bust out some bank windows – trespass into private businesses.  You have the numbers, so to hell with the law.  Mob rule over the rule of law.  Democracy.
• Hundreds of workers at the Port of Oakland lost a day’s pay so that you could throw your little anti-capitalist temper tantrum and shut down the port.  You broke the law in doing so, but what the hell.  Mob rule over the rule of law.  Democracy.
• People have the right to the wealth earned through their labors and through the sacrifice of portions of their lives.   You want that wealth seized and given to people who neither worked for it nor earned it.  There are more of you than there are of them.  So hand it over.  Mob rule over the rule of law.  Democracy.
• Dozens of people who work in the area of Zuccotti Park in New York City, the gathering place for Obama’s Children, are now out of work.  Your protests have so disrupted those businesses that some have closed and others have cut back on hours and workers.  Doesn’t matter.   You are the 99%, right?  Those business owners are the evil 1%.  Mob rule over the rule of law.  Democracy.

So … turns out you’re right.  This IS what democracy looks like.  Mobs of unthinking people destroying private property, denying people their livelihoods, attacking police, trashing public parks … and spreading no small amount of sexually transmitted diseases in the process.  Unthinking mobs.   Lookin’ good, Barry’s Brats!

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