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A fight club at Central Florida University in Orlando, Florida, has trained leftist students to physically fight conservatives and Republicans.

You read that right. In response to the record number of hate crimes against Latinos, Immigrants, Muslims, Women, the LGBTQIA+ community, Jews, African Americans and other minorities since the rise of Donald Trump and other Alt-Right Neo-Nazis, the Knightsof Socialism has decided to host a series of self-defense clinics for anyone that wants to learn how to BASH THE FASH, the event description on Facebook read, according to Campus Reform.

These are not exactly responsible sentiments that make parents sleep well at night.

An update for the Feb. 5 event invited female students because the Commander in thief [sic] is a sexual predator and rapist and they expect sexual assault to skyrocket over the next year.

During the event, local amateur fighter Adrian taught the group how to properly throw a jab and followed by giving everyone a chance to put on a pair of boxing gloves and test their skills, reported Knightnews.com, the universitys website for students. Participants enjoyed the experience and felt that they really learned something.

The event was called a public event on Facebook but the notice also said, This event is open to everyone and anyone, EXCEPT REPUBLICANS.

Parents, is this the environment you are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for and seriously, is your child safe at school?

Violence toward opposition thinking seems to be part of the new playbook on the Left. This is not a situation they will confirm, but neither are they denying it or calling it off, apparently.The silence on the part of liberal leaders toward these actions only seems to encourage it. The alarming leftist call to violence and hysteria is growing think Madonna threatening to bomb the White House during the Women's March, and Meryl Streep using the term "brownshirts," a Nazi-era term, in a recent speech and many conservatives are realizing it is necessary to prepare themselves against it.

The University of Central Florida (UCF), far from condemning the actions of these socialist students and their "fight club," barely raised an eyebrow. A spokeswoman for the school told Campus Reform that "they are aware of the event, do not encourage violence, and will be 'looking into' the event further," according to Campus Reform.

So it's just another day on an American college campus, the attitude seems to be but these are not exactly responsible, proactive sentiments that make parents sleep well at night. This trend should concern any family with high school seniors looking into higher education for the years ahead.

Two other events on college campuses are worth noting. At both the University of California, Berkeley and New York University campuses, conservative speakers were scheduled and many people lined up to attend. Protests turned violent with liberal students doing whatever they could to silence opposing political viewpoints.

Breitbart Editor Triggers Berkeley: Violence and Chaos Ensue

The violence shown to conservatism which is inarguably a minority ideology today on campuses nationwide has mostly involved simple assaults. Rest assured: If unchecked, major bodily injuries or even worse will occur, as aggressors get bolder. The audacity of these rioters may be encouraged by a few factors:

Anonymity: Allowing masked protesters only emboldens them to act contrary to their normal behavior.

Unopposed mischief: Troublemakers will probe and push their limits with law enforcement to test what they can get away with sometimes with dangerous consequences.

Overwhelming force: The sheer number of masked hoodlums emboldens "groupthink."

Media complicity: Whenthe mainstream media proclaim these riots as merely "protests," the attackers have political cover.

Unarmed and defenseless victims: Although "campus carry" is allowed in eight states, California and New York are not among them. Knowing that victims are grossly outnumbered and without the means to protect themselves gives protesters unfettered boldness.

"They are fanatics, and by not surrendering, by not kneeling, and by not obeying, you have committed an unpardonable sin," wrote Kurt Schlicter, a senior columnist for Townhall.com. "You have defied the Left, and you must be broken. They will take your job, slander your name, even beat or kill you whatever it takes to break you and terrify others by making you an example. Your defiance cannot stand; they cannot allow this whole Trump/GOP majority thing to get out of control. They must crush this rebellion of the normal, and absolutely nothing is off the table."

What must parents sending their teens away from home for the first time consider and teach their children?

First, consider the college or university your child might be attending. Is there a history of rioting or violence? Does the school appear regularly on the news for demonstrations? You must know as much about a school as you possibly can before making a decision about attendance.

And then, once there students should practice common sense and personal safety at a time when conservative and right-leaning students are generally in the minority on college campuses.

Related: Reading, Writing and Revolution on College Campuses

Also, stay physically fit. Commit to exercising and eating right. Take self-defense classes. This should be a lifelong endeavor individuals will always ultimately be responsible for their own actions and safety.

Consider attending universities or colleges in states that allow "campus carry." In most instances, criminals will not attack people whom they think will defend themselves especially armed ones. Just being in an area where concealed carry is allowed will sometimes make a person safer.

As Bob Dylan stated so eloquently, "The times, they are a-changin.'" We must take modern-day aggression head on by exposing it, condemning it and preparing ourselves and loved ones mentally and physically against it. We have the capability but do we, as a civilized society, have the will?

John Cylc is an eight-year U.S. Army veteran and lives with his family in eastern Tennessee. His primary advocacy is promoting and protecting Second Amendment rights.

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The shock of Hillary Clintons loss is only beginning to take hold on the left. The result is angry progressives whothink the country has made a shocking and sudden right turn which imperils their goal of a Marxist society. That is something the progressives are not going to accept without a fight, which has already begun.

Democrats have painfully dragged out the appointment of every cabinet member put forward by Trump. Politeness and decorum have been abandoned within the oldest of the nations institutions, the U.S. senate.

A former U.S. attorney and U.S. senator for 20 years, Jeff Sessions was Trumps nominee for attorney general. And while the legislative body encourages senators to treat their colleagues with civility, Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey), along with Georgia Representative John Lewis and Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Representative Cedric Richmond, impugned Sessions record on civil rights which they said disqualifies him from serving as attorney general.

Implicit in their condemnation of Sessions is that he is a racist. Additional allegations of racism were made against Sessions by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren who tried to read a 30-year-old letter by the now deceased Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. According to Warren, the letter sent to Senator Strom Thurmond criticized Sessions, who was then a nominee to be a federal judge. Warren has been known to exaggerate things, including what she has called her proud Native American heritage. At best, Warren is 1/32 Native American but probably has as much Indian blood in her as the passengers on the Mayflower.

Despite Democrat objections, the Senate confirmed Sessions as attorney general in a 52-47 vote that broke largely along party lines. Yet it is easy to see that Democrats could care less about the president and his cabinet tending to the many problems Americans have.

Their foot-dragging on approving Trump appointments is unprecedented. At the end of last week, Trump had just seven members of his Cabinet confirmed. By that point in 2009, President Barack Obama had 12 Cabinet members in place and President George W. Bush had his entire 14-member Cabinet.

Growing up in Canada is similar to growing up in the United States in one very political way. As the United States has a large minority of their population that is African-Americans, Canada has a large minority of French Canadians.

Since the 1960s, Quebec has been given special considerations and powers that the English provinces do not have. Yet Quebec has continued to be part of the Canadian federal system.

Quebec was given by Britain a constitution quite unlike that granted to other parts of Canada: there is no assembly; far fewer taxes and French civil laws are recognized.

In Quebec, French Canadians fully control the government of their province while English provinces under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Federal Government have made exception upon exception for Quebec to keep the French happy, including huge annual transfers of money. In 2013-2014 Quebec took equalization payments of nearly $8 billion from English Canada.

This is not so much to inform you on Canadian politics but to point out what has happened in Canada is happening in the United States.

Today there are greater charges of racism made against whites. Each year white America tries to become more accommodating in every part of society. African-Americans have things so much better today as compared to the 1960s. In Hollywood, black writers, directors and actors make major motion pictures and black American actors are widely recognized as some of the best in the world. Affirmative action is alive and well considering that the core of it, racism, albeit what is thought to be constructive, is thriving. Princeton and a great many other universities make it easier for black people to attend.

At all learning institutions there was a time when many were taught the writings of 18th century philosopher Immanuel Kant. Kant coined the term of innate understanding, or what he called, a priori knowledge. Kant would argue that if it were wrong to give one group an advantage it was just as wrong to give another group an advantage. Apparently there is not much of Kant being taught today, and pretty soon his ideas may be stricken from the record. Students at the prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London say they want an end to learning from white philosophers.

Scores of people already label me a racist over the truths I write, but if schools of higher education dont teach white philosophers which includes the ancient Greeks and Renaissance philosophers and a few 19th Century Brits whos left, Biggie Smalls?

African-Americans receive a bonus of 230 points in their SAT tests. Even if a white kid studies for hours to do well on his SAT and scores 220 points over a black kid competing for a fixed number of positions, the black kid gets in and the white kid probably goes to a state college.

White America bends over backwards to show its appreciation of African-Americans, but the street doesnt run the other way.

February is Black History Month. Imagine if someone proposed a White History Month. That would make them a racist.

And the list doesnt start or stop there. Black people have:

African-Americans have BET. What if there was WET? That would be racist.

There are 107 black-only colleges and universities in the United States, including public and private institutions, community and four-year institutions, medical and law schools. What if there were 107 white-only colleges? That would be racist.

Peace cant be given or even bought at any price between the Left and the Right. Let me explain a conversation I had a long time ago which rings even more true as I have aged.

A close friend of mine was getting towards the end of a successful and prosperous life. One night he talked to me about his will.

There is a lot of money there and it wont do any of them any good, he said. And then he spoke about one of his daughters. She is not going to be happy with what I am leaving her.

It was rude of me to ask but without thinking I said, How much are you leaving her?

It wont matter, said the old man.

I bring this up because there is continued talk of white reparations for slavery. The United Nations has even weighed in with their usual biased suggestions.

A UN panel looking into the U.S. on a fact-finding mission that was published last fall said in a statement that it was extremely concerned about the human rights situation of African-Americans, stating that there has been no real commitment to reparations, truth and reconciliation for people of African descent.

Their conclusion:

Despite substantial changes since the end of the enforcement of Jim Crow and the fight for civil rights, ideology ensuring the domination of one group over another, continues to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of African-Americans today. The dangerous ideology of white supremacy inhibits social cohesion amongst the U.S. population.

I dont know why reparations money is thought to be owed, but as a person with German/Swiss ancestors, I owe zilch. And even if your great- grandfather had slaves, I do not believe that sins of the father carry over.

Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin. Deuteronomy 24:16

More money and further advantages to African-Americans are not going to heal the racial divide that lays in Obamas wake and is widened every day by white progressives who could not care less about the average African-American who has to deal with soaring poverty and crime. Progressives are using black people as a tool towards a Marxist future. And while America has more than its fair shares of enemies outside its borders, the one that threatens it most is domestic rebellion.

Yours in good times and bad,

John Myers

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Progressives declare war on Trump, his loyalists and his vision for America - Personal Liberty Digest

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At an office park in the southwest valley, Jack Finn, Dean Heller's Southern Nevada director is not exactly walking into a lions den; but hes not facing friends either.

We really do deserve to have some answers and some face time with Mr. Heller. That's all we're asking for", said a protest organizer.

Finn had walked out of the senators office to join about 100 protestors on a street just down the block.

As I've told you before when you've been here, your comments are passed on to him. All of your concerns are noted. They're taken down and they're forwarded to him directly including the request for a town hall, Finn told the crowd. We dont currently have one scheduled, but the request has been put forward and I will do so again.

Todays protest was organized by the left-leaning group Moveon.org, which held similar events around the nation.

Many of the protestors went there on Tuesday to urge Heller to reject President Trumps nominee to head the Department of Labor. A vote could come later this week.

As it settles into four or more years of Trump, progressives are organizing.

Meanwhile, around the country, Republican congressmen are getting an earful, just as democratic congressmen did back in 2009, when the Obama Administration was crafting Obamacare.

Democratic town halls were overwhelmed with angry conservatives, worried about what would happen to their health care. The anger that summer gave rise to the Tea Party, enabling Republicans to recapture congress in 2010.

The same scene is being repeated eight years later, and this time its the GOP on the hot seat. Conservatives are suspicious.

I think a lot of these people don't live in the district. I think a lot of these people are professional disturbers, says Heidi Harris, the conservative talk show host who holds court mornings on KXNT 840 AM.

Richard Monk came out Tuesday, upset at Heller's support for the Trump cabinet.

He's voting for people that have literally no background in the positions that he's voting them into, Monk told me.

"Where are you from?" I asked.

Las Vegas, Monk replied.

Heller's office says the senator is listening.

"He's conducted weekly town halls by telephone where he can reach 5,000 constituents per meeting. This setup has allowed the senator to hear directly from constituents. Constituents are able to take their questions directly to the senator without a screening process." says Heller Communications Director Neal Patel in a statement to News 3.

Heller's in a tough spot. He never liked Trump.

So everything Trump does, he gets blamed for, even though he didn't like the guy to begin with", says Harris.

Out front of the Heller office, I meet Elaine Wing, who voted for Trump.

Why is she here?

Because I don't like any of the cabinet that Trump has picked out, she says.

In the meantime, a force may be brewing, that could keep senators and their staff busy.

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Sen. Mitch McConnells ill-advised silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warrenduring the debate over confirming Jeff Sessions to be attorney general read as a blatant act of sexism from a man who cant handle back talk from a woman. While that was no doubt an important element of it, its also important to remember that Warren was trying to read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King, where shedescribed Sessions lengthy history of undermining the civil rights movement in Alabama.

Thatletter angersRepublicans because in the years since Martin Luther King Jr.s 1968assassination, conservativeshave made an effort to remake King in their own image. Warrens attempt to read the letter by Kings widow into the record served as an embarrassing reminder that Kings politics had nothing in common with modern conservatism.

Call it the dead progressive problem. Conservatives love a dead progressive hero because they can claim that person as one of their own without having any bother that the person will fight back. In some cases, the right has tried to weaponize these dead progressives, claiming that they would simply be appalled at how far the still-breathing have supposedly gone off the rails and become too radical. Martin Luther Kingand his wife Coretta are just two prominent victims of this rhetorical gambit.

Despite decades of its appropriation by liberals, [Martin Luther] Kings message was fundamentally conservative, wroteCarolyn Garris of the Heritage Foundation a mere two weeks before Coretta Scott Kings death in 2006.

Had he lived, what would Martin Luther King would have thought of modern identity politics, of the world of microaggressions and Black Lives Matter?wrote David French last month in the National Review. He admitted that no one can say, but French strongly implied that King would have beenappalled by modern progressivism.

After Warren delivered an embarrassing reminder that, no, the Kings were not actually in agreement with modern-day conservatives, White House press secretary Sean Spicer tried to do some clean-up duty.

I can only hope if she was still with us today, that after getting to know [Sessions] and getting to see his commitment to voting and civil rights that she would come to admire the nations new attorney general,Spicer said on Wednesday, taking advantage of the fact that King cannot come back from the grave to dissuade him of that notion.

Historians I spoke with took a dim view of this conservative rewriting of Martin Luther Kings legacy.

One of the things King revealed that is unavoidable by looking at his work and his thoughts and his life is that the United States is, at its core, a racist country, said Robert Widell, an associate professor of history at the University of Rhode Island, over the phone.

All that stuff has been stripped away from what people want to remember about King, he added. Its become part of this project of conservatives embracing and taking some of that rhetoric of the civil rights movement, twisting it around and making it seem that what theyre calling for in retrograde policies is actually consistent with what civil rights activists would have been calling for.

Stanford University historianClayborne Carsonexplained by telephone,King, when he was assassinated, was probably at the lowest point in his popularity.

The effort to reinterpret or appropriate Kings legacy began immediately, said Carson, who washandpicked by Coretta Scott King to handle her husbands papers. After his death, national leaders were trying to get into the funeral, pushing aside people who had worked beside King, to get into Ebenezer Church people a month earlier who would not have wanted to be on the stage with him.

This conservative habit of cherry-picking quotes from progressive heroes in an effort to claim them for the conservative cause isnt just aggravating for historians. In some cases, it can becomepersonal.

Ann Gordon of Rutgers University runs the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Projectand for years she has seen anti-choice activists distort her research in order to argue falsely that 19th-century suffragists were ideologically opposed to legal abortion and to imply that modern feminism has therefore lost its way.Anthony, in particular, has been elevated by anti-choicers as some kind of foremother and is often portrayed as vocally anti-abortion. One major anti-choice group, the Susan B. Anthony Listeven takes its name from the famous suffragist.

In a phone call, Gordon emphasized to me thatthere is absolutely no evidence that Anthony was against abortion. Yet it wouldnt be fair to call her pro-choice either, Gordon explained. Instead, Anthony largely ignored the issue, as it wasnt really at the forefront of feminist discourse at the time.

Anti-choicers cobble together a fake history of Anthonys opposition to abortion with a few cherry-picked quotes,most of which come from an article that Anthony didnt even write but simply published in a newsletter that was focused on lively debate. But they have also fished into one of Gordons books, The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: National Protection for National Citizens, 1873 to 1880, for acouple of diary entries where Anthony mentions, in passing, that her sister-in-law has taken ill from an abortion.

Sister Annie is in bed been sick for a month tampering with herself, Anthony wrote on March 4, 1876. (Tampering with herself would have been understood as a euphemism for abortion in the 19th century.)

Sister Annie better but looks very slim she will rue the day she forces nature, Anthony wrote on March 7, 1876.

From those diary entries, anti-abortion activistshave built an entire fantasy that Anthony was some kind of rigid anti-choice ideologue who would shame contemporaryfeminists for their pro-choice politics.

Ive argued theres no way in the world to convert this into a call to have a movement against abortion or a call to criminalize abortion or anything of the above, Gordon said. You could read it as evidence of how common abortion was, if Susan B. Anthonys own sister-in-law aborted at least once.

Its true that one can detect a note of judgment in Anthonys tone in the diary, but that is likely due more to her squeamishness about sex than an ideological statement about abortion. After all, Anthony chastised Stantonfor having children, writing afterhearing of her friends seventhpregnancy, I only scold now that for a moments pleasure to herself or her husband, she should thus increasethe load of cares under which she already groans.

Gordon added, Its pretty bizarre to take a 19th-century virgin as your model on sexual questions.

Stanton, who, if we take Anthonys word for it, was a big fan of sex, had sharper words on the matter. Gordon referred me to an 1855 speech in whichStanton said,Did it ever enter into the mind of man that woman, too, had an inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? Did he ever take in the idea that to the mother of the race, and to her alone, belongs the right to say when a new being should be brought into the world?

In the 2006 Dixie Chicks song Lubbock or Leave It Natalie Maines sings about the statue of Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas: I hear they hate me now/ Just like they hated you/ Maybe when Im dead and gone/ Im gonna get a statue too.

For historians who study progressive figures, the sentiment is a familiar one.

Its always better to have prophets in retrospect, in the rearview mirror, Carson said. While theyre around, theyre bothersome people. He added, Theres always that thing where when theyre no longer around, theyre no longer a threat.

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