Chaos Is the Strategy, and Too Many Are Helping It Succeed

Let's dispense with the convenient fiction: Immigration and Customs Enforcement is not the primary threat to our communities. The real danger lies in the growing normalization of disorder, intimidation and lawlessness -- often wrapped in the language of "justice" but driven by something far less noble. What we are witnessing is not spontaneous civic unrest. It is a sustained strategy of division, enabled by progressive activism untethered from accountability and amplified by legacy and social media ecosystems that reward outrage over truth.

This is not how a nation is conquered by force. This is how it is hollowed out from within.

Over the past several years, protests have increasingly crossed the line from expression to coercion -- blocking streets, vandalizing property, intimidating citizens, and provoking confrontations with law enforcement. Too often, progressive leaders and activists refuse to draw a firm line between protest and chaos. Silence becomes endorsement. Justification becomes fuel. The result is a culture where disruption is valorized, and restraint is treated as complicity.

When rare and tragic mistakes occur in law enforcement, they are not treated as moments for sober examination or reform. They are instantly weaponized. Context is stripped away. Facts are subordinated to narrative. Grief is transformed into political leverage. The objective is not justice but rather ignition, sparking unrest, delegitimizing institutions, and exhausting public trust.

Here is an inconvenient truth: It remains exceedingly rare for law enforcement officers to fire their........

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