Laura Barrón-López on X - "NEWS: Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) was carjacked at gunpoint tonight outside his apartment building in DC, multiple sources confirm to me. And Cuellar is safe they say"
Wilfred Reilly on X - "I'm not going to laugh of gloat about this, but literally about six prominent leftists have been robbed-on-up this week, due basically to urban crime policies they supported. Thoughts?"
Two Murders—and the Cost of Luxury Beliefs - "Recently, two high-profile supporters of “justice reform” were murdered. At 4 a.m. on Monday, Ryan Carson, a 32-year-old social justice and climate change activist, was walking with his girlfriend in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, when he was stabbed to death by a stranger. Only a few hours earlier in Philadelphia, activist and journalist Josh Kruger was shot and killed in his home. And two Democratic lawmakers who voted to “redirect funding to community-based policing reforms” have been recent victims of violent crime. On Monday night, blocks away from the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Congressman Henry Cuellar was carjacked by three armed men. (The lawmaker survived the incident unscathed.) In February, Angie Craig was attacked in an elevator at her apartment building in Capitol Hill. A homeless man demanded she allow him into her home to use the restroom, then he punched her and grabbed her around the neck. She escaped after throwing hot coffee on him. Of course, these people did not deserve harm because of their support for soft-on-crime policies. But I’ve long argued that many people who hold “luxury beliefs”—ideas and opinions that confer status on the upper class, while often inflicting costs on the lower classes—are oblivious to the consequences of their views. Support for defunding the police is a classic example. Luxury beliefs can stem from malice, good intentions, or outright naivete. But the individuals who hold those beliefs, the people who wield the most influence in policy and culture, are often sheltered when their preferences are implemented... poor people are far more likely to be victims of violent crime... Expressing a luxury belief is a manifestation of cultural capital, a signal of one’s fortunate economic circumstances. And we are living with the consequences of the elite’s luxury beliefs when it comes to public safety and criminal justice. Indeed, the massive spike in violent crime across the U.S. is a reminder of the power of elite opinion. A study from 2014 found that strong support for a policy among the middle class has virtually no effect on whether that policy will be adopted. In contrast, strong support among Americans in the top income decile—those who earn at least $173,000 a year—doubles the probability that a policy will be adopted. Who was most likely to champion the fashionable “defund the police” cause in 2020 and 2021? A nationwide survey from YouGov found that Americans in the highest income category were by far the most supportive of defunding the police. Among Democratic voters, white Democrats were more likely to support reducing police funding than black or Hispanic Democrats... French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu argued that “distance from necessity” signals high social class. Similarly, in his book Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, Paul Fussell points out that the presence of physical danger is a marker of low social class... The vast majority of educated people have never been in a real fight or experienced serious physical injury. On occasion, I’ve wondered if this is why many of them believe words are “violence.” They have never known serious physical pain. I recently spoke with an editor at a prestigious magazine who explained how shocked he was to learn from Tara Westover’s memoir Educated how frequently people who work in junkyards experience cuts, scrapes, bruises, and burns. Physical pain—even bodily soreness—was just not a reality in this person’s world. I had a professor in college who liked to say that common sense is like air: the higher you go, the thinner it gets. Sadly, it will probably take more high-profile deaths and attacks for people to wake up"
Late capitalism!
Brooklyn activist Ryan Thoresen Carson would feel SORRY for violent teenager who stabbed him to death and think of him as 'victim of a broken system', say friends - "Friends of murdered Brooklyn activist Ryan Thoresen Carson say he'd feel sorry for the teenage criminal who stabbed him to death, and would want his killing to be used to further advance left-wing policies in NYC... 'I know he would have wanted people to use his death as a means to talk about structural wrongs in the city. 'I'm absolutely positive that he would immediately see that this was a person who was suffering from a lack of resources in our community, who probably needs better mental health support, possibly housing, possibly drug support, drug treatment. 'What he would want to avenge his death is for us to fix how broken this city is,' New York State Assembly member Emily Gallagher told The Gothamist. Carson worked for the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit where his work focused on environmental causes like reusable bottles. He spearheaded other liberal causes, like creating supervised drug injection sites across the city. Morales, according to now locked-down social media profiles, was an avid BLM activist who, among other remarks, used the cop-hating acronym ACAB in some posts. Carson wasn't as forthright in his criticism of law enforcement but he shared the same concern for police brutality.
Girlfriend of Brooklyn activist had trouble picking out murder suspect in lineup, could hurt case: experts - "The girlfriend of slain New York City activist Ryan Carson was unable to pick her boyfriend’s suspected killer from a photo lineup... Carson’s partner, who was with him the night he was fatally stabbed this month, was not able to pick suspect Brian Dowling, 18, from a photo array and instead picked a different person... wo witnesses positively identified Dowling as Carson’s killer from a photo lineup and said he was the person seen stabbing the activist in a video of the senseless attack, prosecutors did note... “the stabbing is caught on video and the defendant’s face is fairly clear.”... Carson and his girlfriend were heading home from a wedding on Long Island when the stabbing happened, police said."
REVEALED: Murdered leftist activist Ryan Carson has history of celebrating death, violence towards conservatives - "The Antifa activist who was stabbed to death in Brooklyn on Monday, 32-year-old Ryan Carson, has a history of celebrating death and violence. Carson, who was a prominent far-left activist and poet in New York City, was remembered by friends and Democrat lawmakers for his acts of "kindness," but unearthed posts on social media reveal that Carson celebrated the death of conservatives, advocated for violence against police, violently threatened elected officials, and dedicated his life to abolishing law enforcement. Carson threatened an elected official in a post on X under the username @ArtSchoolJock and wrote: "Hi! Political organizer here! It's not bullying to hold elected officials accountable. That being said, I would love to shove this little f-cking nerd in the locker where he belongs." While responding to an article written by the New York Post that announced the death of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died after a battle with cancer, Carson quoted the post on X and wrote "lmao hell yeah." In another controversial post on X, Carson celebrated a police precinct being damaged by rioters in response to the death of George Floyd by writing, "This is really good." Carson's death received nationwide attention not only because he was a prominent activist, but also because of how his girlfriend, Claudia V. Morales, responded to his death. Morales, an Antifa-affiliated anti-police activist, was with Carson during the fatal stabbing and allegedly refused to give the suspect description to police because the assailant was black... police worked overtime to find the suspect despite Carson's history of hatred towards the police, in which he referred to officers as "subhuman."... Additional unearthed posts revealed by Ngo include Carson mocking a journalist who expressed criticism of the "defund the police" movement, and his former support of police departments suffering from staffing crisis's which led to units being disbanded... Carson "attended a violent BLM-Antifa riot in 2020, and made observations on how his comrades could better riot. When Antifa were described as 'pussies,' he responded he would be able to 'whoop your lil baby ass.'"
Tweet mirror of him celebrating Limbaugh's death
Meme - Death Cab for Cohen @ArtSchoolJock: "Hi! Political organizer here! It's not bullying to hold elected officials accountable. That being said, I would love to shove this little fucking nerd in the locker where he belongs."
Meme - Karen Scullin FOX9 @kscullinfox9: "The 3rd precinct is being destroyed"
Death Cab for Cohen @ArtSchoolJock: "This is really good"
Meme - NYC Scanner @NYScanner: "BREAKING: The entire #NYPD anti-crime unit (plainclothes officers) is being eliminated."
Glenn Turner @glenntu: "NYC will be only criminals eventually. Why would anyone else live there"
Death Cab for Cohen @ArtSchoolJock: "I mean you already don't live here so not exactly sure what your point is Imao"
Meme - Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp: "I'm sorry, but "abolish the police" seems like a poorly-thought out idea that's gotten popular with shocking speed"
Death Cab for Cohen @ArtSchoolJock: "Read a book bro"
Meme - Death Cab for Cohen @ArtSchoolJock: "Look I know I'm beating my own dead horse here, but from seeing comrades throw things back at cops tonight, leftists absolutely need to get into sports. If for no other reason so they can throw something with out hitting their comrades."
Meme - Commissioner Shea @NYPDShea: "To the Members of the NYPD: What you've endured these last couple of days and nights much of 2020, so far-was unprecedented. In no small way, I want you to know that I'm extremely proud of the way you've comported yourselves in the face of such persistent danger..."
Death Cab for Cohen @ArtSchoolJock: "Your cops are subhuman"
Meme - Eric Levitz: "The far right gloating over the murder of a progressive young man on his way home from a wedding is among the most morally abominable things I've ever seen on this website."
Catturd @catturd2: "When anyone dies on the right, like Rush Limbaugh - 90% of the Left will dance on their graves. Spare me the fake outrage."
Eric Levitz: "Rush Limbaugh...what else is there to say? When I I was kid, he taught me it was okay to be full of hate"
Not to mention how the left gloated about Herman Cain and other "anti-vaxxers" dying of covid, or Ashli Babbitt, even if we ignore the irony of Carson's celebrating death and violence
Addendum: The left rejoiced when Joe Rogan and Donald Trump got covid too, so
Meme - Aetius @AetiusRF: Joker: "Ma'am it's the police. Your son is dead. His ACAB girlfriend saw the whole thing and refuses to provide a description of his killer because that would be racist"
Meme - Aristophanes @Aristos_Revenge: "Imao.. the girlfriend of the guy that got shied by a street scholar in NYC yesterday Eat your own dogfood lefties"
joe momma @JoeWaltonArt: "Imagine having your loved one stabbed and then getting completely roasted for it on the internet. Lmao they kinda deserve it."
Aristophanes @Aristos_Revenge: "I mean all cops are bastards apparently amirite? Both of them reaped what they've sown, they got their just rewards for all that hard work *girlfriend wearing ACAB crop top*"
Meme - Heist @mapeslover69: "Hello Ryan. I'd like to play a game. Down the block from you is a drug addicted, irate black man with a steak knife. You have 30 seconds to choose whether to reason with him or be racist and cross the street. Choose carefully Ryan. Making the wrong assumption will cost you."
Meme- Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo: "Breaking: Leftist journalist and activist Josh Kruger @JoshKrugerPHL has been tragically shot dead at his Philadelphia home. Kruger has long downplayed gun violence in his city and publicly chastised others who spoke about it."
"Local journalist Josh Kruger fatally shot inside Point Breeze home"
Josh Kruger: "Some idiot just said you're more likely to get shot and killed than die of COVID in Philly to make some insensitive rhetorical point for "his side." Folks, four times as many Philadelphians have died of COVID than gun shots this year. I understand math is hard but do better."
Josh @JoshKrugerPHL: "Look, it's that lawless land of liberals in Philly where shootings are...dropping to levels not seen in years. Bro speak for your block mine isn't ruined,' the city isn't "ruined," and just because Larry Krasner keeps winning in landslides doesn't mean Philly is a heap of cinders and ashes no matter how much people say. Like the rest of the country we are dealing with upticks in crime."
Josh Kruger @JoshKrugerPHL: "Look, it's that lawless land of liberals in Philly where shootings are...dropping to levels not seen in years."
Meme - Collin Rugg @CollinRugg: "JUST IN: Liberal journalist Josh Kruger was shot and killed early this morning in Philadelphia after an intruder entered his home and started shooting. Just two days ago, Kruger responded to a tweet from Scott Adams, mocking him for his prediction that "there's a good chance you will be dead" if Biden is elected. "The Dilbert dude is like Nostradamus. Look at this prediction from 2020. Wow. Eerie." At the moment, no arrests have been made. Two weeks before his death, Kruger posted on Facebook that someone had showed up to his house, searching for their boyfriend. “A man I’ve never met once in my entire life.” The person referred to themselves as “Lady Diabla, the She-Devil of the Streets.” Kruger says they even threatened him. Wow."
Josh Kruger @JoshKrugerPHL: "The Dilbert dude is like Nostradamus. Look at this prediction from 2020. Wow. Eerie."
Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays: "If Biden is elected, there's a good chance you will be dead within the year."
Family of Josh Kruger's alleged killer says the 19-year-old and the journalist shared sex and drugs - "The family of Robert Davis, 19, who is accused of killing local journalist Josh Kruger, said that Davis was just 15 when he and Kruger began a years-long relationship involving drugs — and that Davis told them Kruger was threatening to post sexually explicit videos of him online before, police say, Davis shot Kruger."
A mirror of a tweet about this
Meme - Josh Kruger @JoshKrugerPHL: "The centuries old smear that gay men are pedophiles is getting new life thanks to coordination between far right news sites and far right message boards. This egregious defamation is part of a strategy to target LGBTQ people with violence."
Greg Price @greg_price11: "BREAKING: Josh Kruger, the left-wing Philly journalist who was murdered in his home last week by 19-year-old Robert Davis, had been in a sexually relationship with him starting when Davis was 15 and had threatened to post sexually explicit photos of him online, per the family."
