McPherson: Deplorables Are "Destroying Democracy"?

The US Senate's Republican leadership is delaying the final vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, allowing time for the FBI to conduct a "supplemental background investigation" (read: supplemental to the FBI background check already closed without issue) into recently revealed, 36-year-old allegations of sexual assault. The investigation has been ordered by President Trump, who has renewed his commitment to the embattled nominee.

We can only hope that some additional information will bring closure or perhaps at least a greater measure of certainty regarding the matter of Brett Kavanaugh vs. Christine Blasey Ford. But rest assured that if Kavanaugh is confirmed "progressives" will become even more unhinged. Grandstanding politicians – along with nutty Hollywood left-wingers and college snowflakes – can pump their fists in the air and talk about smashing the Evil (White) Patriarchy, but there isn't much cause for concern there; nobody pays attention to celebrities (or Cory Booker, for that matter), and hygiene-deficient waif-like screeching hysterics are no threat; we'll see them off with misapplied pronouns and bug spray.

Less entertaining – in fact downright disconcerting – are statements from journalists that could easily be interpreted as overt calls for widespread violence against les deplorables, who are after all the "dregs of society." The mainstream media's giant yawn after a Bernie supporter shot up some Republican members of Congress in Alexandria, Virginia, six months into #resistance was ominous enough. When Kathy Griffin held up Donald Trump's severed head Slate just thought it was a "bad idea," like she forgot to wear makeup or something. (She's actually winning an award for it.) Then the president's employees and family – even his young son – became legitimate targets in the Left's war of liberation, and the media's lack of outrage was deafening. Even before CNN's Chris Cuomo sought to justify acts of violence against Trump supporters the rising fervor of the Left's hate machine was obvious to anyone with a skull pervious to a bike lock. And now Ian Milhiser, the ironically-titled "Justice" Editor at ThinkProgress, has tweeted his support for an even broader campaign of vigilantism, writing, "Tell me again why we shouldn't confront Republicans where they eat, where they sleep, and where they work until they stop being complicit in the destruction of our democracy."

Let's be clear: This isn't a call for elevated harassment of Republican politicians, or even their families and staff. That would be bad enough, given the violence already witnessed and threatened. No limitation was placed on exactly which Republicans are to be confronted or exactly what is meant by "confront." If himself confronted about this new call to arms we can be confident that Milhiser will take refuge in a coward's plausible denial, yet the dog whistle was loud and clear: It's open season on Republicans. All of them. The Left's intolerance, viciousness and hate is set to invade even people's homes and workplaces. Are spouses to be confronted as well? Children? Why stop at confronting Republicans at their jobs – can't their employers be confronted too? I have a Republican candidate's sign in my yard. Am I to be confronted – where I sleep, where my wife sleeps? Honest, decent Democrats should ask themselves if scorched earth is a wise strategy. They should also start telling scumbags like Ian Milhiser to dial it down before more people get hurt.