Knowles is, fundamentally: an authoritarian, institutionalist, Catholic. He wants a strong power to take, seize, and impose order.
But true order is never something that can be imposed. Moral societies are not the out-growth of tyranny. True order can only come from reforming people's behavior by changing incentives.
Worse than that, the knowledge, wise, strong, civic-focused, order-preserving government that he wants does not exist. Trump isn't going to send in the Marines, but Knowles will get his house raided for "genocidal rhetoric" if we get another Leftist election. The order that comes will be pressed into his face by a jack-boot from the Left.
Yes, we should continue to use shame and humiliation against Leftists, they deserve that much at least, and that is well within the concept of Free Speech. Certainly for advocating for the eradication of Free Speech. But beyond that, we require consequences to attacks on the Free Marketplace of Ideas, and we must show unflinching ferocity in it's defense. The correct response would be to continue the Great American Comeback Tour, but with visible armed security, and encourage CCW's to carry onto the event. Even specify that in the event of the speaker being killed a new speaker will be assigned, and the area will not be evacuated for anyone's safety. And do it in the most aggressively Leftist place you can find.
You don't respond to pot-shots like this by retreating, you respond with "Force Presence".
Knowles is dead wrong. Markets do not require a strong, safe, society to function. Free markets require armed vendors.
Knowles is, fundamentally: an authoritarian, institutionalist, Catholic. He wants a strong power to take, seize, and impose order.
But true order is never something that can be imposed. Moral societies are not the out-growth of tyranny. True order can only come from reforming people's behavior by changing incentives.
Worse than that, the knowledge, wise, strong, civic-focused, order-preserving government that he wants does not exist. Trump isn't going to send in the Marines, but Knowles will get his house raided for "genocidal rhetoric" if we get another Leftist election. The order that comes will be pressed into his face by a jack-boot from the Left.
Yes, we should continue to use shame and humiliation against Leftists, they deserve that much at least, and that is well within the concept of Free Speech. Certainly for advocating for the eradication of Free Speech. But beyond that, we require consequences to attacks on the Free Marketplace of Ideas, and we must show unflinching ferocity in it's defense. The correct response would be to continue the Great American Comeback Tour, but with visible armed security, and encourage CCW's to carry onto the event. Even specify that in the event of the speaker being killed a new speaker will be assigned, and the area will not be evacuated for anyone's safety. And do it in the most aggressively Leftist place you can find.
You don't respond to pot-shots like this by retreating, you respond with "Force Presence".