The other day I talked briefly about the murder of Ryan Carson. He’s the 32-year-old reported Antifa activist who was stabbed to death around 4:00 a.m. in Brooklyn on Monday. I said that, among other things, his killing shows the importance of knowing your surroundings and taking proactive steps to protect yourself and your family. Leftists can call it whatever they want — stereotyping, racial profiling, white supremacy, whatever. The truth is that it’s common sense to get out of a situation when you assess that you’re unsafe. If an agitated young male in a hoodie starts kicking mopeds and ranting and raving in front of you, as Ryan Carson’s killer did, then you don’t stare at him. You don’t tell him to “chill” or shove him several times in the chest. Especially when he says “I’ll kill you,” you need to get yourself and your loved ones as far away as you can. If someone calls you racist because of that, then that’s their problem. Better to be alive and “racist” than dead and tolerant.
Over the last 48 hours, though, it’s become very clear that the murder of Ryan Carson is about much more than what Ryan Carson did, or failed to do, at 4:00 a.m. on Monday morning in Brooklyn. The response to Carson’s killing, from all corners of the Left — from Carson’s friends, to local politicians, to the media — doesn’t simply tell us that leftists are hopelessly naive and ignorant of very real threats to their lives. This is a lot bigger than that.
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