Embracing Extremism

I have warned for years that threats to our liberty come from the left, not the right.  Those threats were obvious from the beginning of the pandemic.  In the name of public health, liberal politicians embraced the most extreme measures, while conservative mayors and governors did their best to balance freedom and public health.

A recent Rasmussen poll shows just how far many on the left are prepared to go to punish their fellow Americans, and the results are scary.  For example:

• 78% of self-identified Democrats support Biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses.  The Supreme Court just blocked that mandate as an illegal abuse of power.
• 59% would confine the unvaccinated to their homes.
• 55% would fine those who refuse to take COVID vaccines.
• 48% would fine or jail those who question COVID vaccines on social media.
• 47% would require the unvaccinated to wear digital devices to monitor their movement.
• 45% would require the unvaccinated to live in detention camps.
• 29% would suspend the custody rights of parents who do not get their children vaccinated for COVID.

All of these issues involve serious constitutional violations, but many leftists apparently don't care. 

And don't think this is poll is just a bizarre outlier.  The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board published an editorial this weekend calling for the governor to "deploy the National Guard to ensure that people without proof of vaccination would not be allowed, well, anywhere." 

Meanwhile, the Gallup Organization has recorded a massive political shift in the country.  The number of people identifying as Republican is way up, and the number of people identifying as Democrat is way down.  The left's willingness to take away constitutional rights probably something to do with that shift.