Leftism is based on violence! That is what it is at its philosophical core! Don’t be fooled by the “head-fake” happy talk. So it’s FAR from a surprise that Lefty violence is showing its ugly head. It’s just Leftism being its true self!
Most elected Democrats won’t directly condone violence. But few on the left are willing to isolate those, like BLM and pro-Hamas protesters, that view it as an acceptable way to accomplish their goals.
Yes, Democrat officials won’t be the ones throwing rocks. But they certainly “hold the cloaks” of those who do. All the while presenting with a smug self-righteousness that rivals the hypocrisy of anything we have seen in history.
In America, Leftism wore a mask of unicorns and rainbows for decades. And they did that to gain adherents. But we are now seeing the mask slip and the inevitable revealing of Leftism’s TRUE identity–there are perhaps enough “Legacy Leftists*” to carry the day.
Today’s hard (and medium-hard) Leftisms are “Whited sepulchers,” who do indeed look good on the outside but who inside are full of dead men’s bones and all manner of impurities!
*People who say, “I was born a Democrat and I will die a Democrat.” It’s not a matter of reason for them, it is a matter of identity.