{"id":76478,"date":"2021-01-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76478"},"modified":"2021-01-16T09:02:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T15:02:24","slug":"bergs-18th-law-is-a-rhetorical-and-moral-gill-net-whose-reach-has-no-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=76478","title":{"rendered":"Berg&#8217;s 18th Law Is A Rhetorical And Moral Gill Net, Whose Reach Has No Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ll admit to two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Having seen how the radical left works up close and personal, when I saw the Capitol riot the week before last I thought &#8220;I&#8217;d wager a shiny new quarter they had some &#8220;encouragement&#8221; from <em>provocateurs <\/em>from the left&#8221;&#8221;. <\/li><li>At the same time, after two months of hearing about legal &#8220;Krakens&#8221; that turned out to be Ewoks in court, I&#8217;ve noted that some in the MAGA crowd have a certain flair for issueing, and consuming, information you <em>may not want <\/em>to stake  your life on. <\/li><li>On the other hand, the response from the Left &#8211; &#8220;There was <em>never <\/em>any provocation, Winston&#8221; &#8211; seemed just a little&#8230;pat?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>And so re-read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?page_id=5033\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5033\">Berg&#8217;s 18th Law<\/a>, and waited to see what happened.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And sure enough:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The FBI has arrested <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> self-described anti-fascist John Sullivan for leading the charge during the insurrection at the Capitol. Sullivan goaded the first casualty of the event to climb through a window just before she was killed.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RSdcR2GOVN\">https:\/\/t.co\/RSdcR2GOVN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hq1PxJhAQV\">pic.twitter.com\/Hq1PxJhAQV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; @amuse (@amuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amuse\/status\/1349865669383356419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the whole thread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, saying &#8220;the &#8220;Anti&#8221;-Fa guy <em>made me do it<\/em>&#8221; is a flimsy defense, legally and morally.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this is a reminder to all of you who might be involved in any sort of public demonstraiton for conservative causes:   keep tape rolling.  Photograph everything and everyone that seems out of place, and perhaps more importantly everyone that seems waaaaaaaay to enthusiastically &#8220;in place&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We learned this during the Tea Party, when the shills were amateurs.  Now it&#8217;s the &#8220;A&#8221; team, and they are getting people killed.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll admit to two things: Having seen how the radical left works up close and personal, when I saw the Capitol riot the week before last I thought &#8220;I&#8217;d wager a shiny new quarter they had some &#8220;encouragement&#8221; from provocateurs from the left&#8221;&#8221;. 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