June 4, 2020

Love Trumps Hate.

We went down to State Street to see the aftermath of the protests...

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Meade wore his Peace gear...

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82 comments:

Achilles said...

In just a few short years, the SA's membership grew from 70,000 to more than four million. Rohm divided Germany into 21 military-like districts, created flying squads and the Nazi Motor Corps, and reorganized the SA high command. When Hitler rose to
national power in 1933, the SA became an official government organization.
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tim maguire said...

I don't love Trump's hate. But I do have some appreciation for its necessity.

YoungHegelian said...

More evidence of the Worker's Soviet of Madison.

"Comrades, We are on the Right Path!"

David Begley said...

Meade is a brave dude. Might get attacked with a brick or baseball bat.

Mark Nielsen said...

That's a good look, Meade!

Darkisland said...

It is missing an apostrophe. It should read

LOVE TRUMP'S HATE!

As in "I love Trump's hate." Or "We all should love Trump's hate."

He hates all the right people.

John Henry

tcrosse said...

Plywood trumps love.

Jim at said...

I always get a kick out of those denouncing 'hate' ... while spewing pure, unadulterated hate out of every orifice of their bodies.

readering said...

That shirt is nuts. But maybe it's Madison so irony rules.

David Blaska said...

It's a good look for Meade, now take a knee!

Bilwick said...

I'm guessing that in "Love Trumps Hate," "love" means docilely submitting to the statist Hive while "hate" means resisting it? Just so we're clear.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...

Yeah, we've seen that leftist love all over the place lately.

Ask the family of David Dorn about it.

Francisco D said...

I cannot tell if you are wearing bike shorts, Meade.

Big Mike said...

@Althouse, this is peace gear.

walter said...

You go, Meade!
And I mean go! They're after you!

n.n said...

In solidarity with the pro-love, pro-life movement, it was around this time that "Hate Loves Abortion" was first coined.

mccullough said...

Meade is in great shape. An inspiration.

cubanbob said...

Plywood on the windows? Hate Trumps Love. Unless Madision is under a hurricane watch.

Jeff Brokaw said...

LOL that t-shirt is priceless! I’ve never seen that ... +1 for Meade.

Howard said...

Way to stay skinny old man. Thin is the new Black!

The pic on the shirt with the feathered edge almost looks photo-shopped. The shirt folds seem to disappear also, but that could just be a coincidence.

Meade said...

"I cannot tell if you are wearing bike shorts, Meade."

Neither can I.

Harsh Pencil said...

Who was doing the looting in Madison? Very specifically, as opposed to who was the looting by, say, breaking windows, who was actually going into the stores and stealing stuff? UW-Madison undergrads?

clint said...

I'm pretty sure Love did trump Hate in 2016, and I'm optimistic that it will again this year.

n.n said...

I'm pretty sure Love did trump Hate in 2016

The double-edged scalpel of duality or hoisted by their own petard.

Achilles said...

I think we need a few months of people who vote for Democrats living with the consequences of their vote.

In Afghanistan people live in compounds with high walls and traps.

The police are Taliban.

The Democrats are no different than the taliban. Or the red guards. Or the brow shirts.

n.n said...

More evidence of the Worker's Soviet of Madison.

A protection racket?

rehajm said...

Yes, a great peace look Meade!

When it stops raining I shall plant a sassafras sapling in my yard and call it 'meade'...

rehajm said...

The message I'm getting from lefties is 'Destruction Beats Trump', or something

Nancy said...

Love the T-shirt! Here's the one I wear.

https://www.zazzle.com/adorable_deplorable_basket_of_deplorables_t_shirt-235827958216368229

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Antifa Trumps you.

FullMoon said...

The pic on the shirt with the feathered edge almost looks photo-shopped. The shirt folds seem to disappear also, but that could just be a coincidence

I admire those here who use their real name. So easy to be doxxed or harassed these days. Wearing that shirt in liberal area takes guts. Putting that picture on the internet even more so.

And, must be a decent unmasking related joke in here somewhere..

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Now that the collective left got all that rage out of their system.... they found love.

LOL. Another lie.

rehajm said...
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Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

oh wow - Brave shirt wearing, Meade. Don't get beat up by the tolerant left.

Clyde said...

I would think wearing that shirt would be exceedingly dangerous in Madison.

Professional Lady said...

Kind of interesting if you analyze this grammatically. the word "trump" is being used as a verb. So the word "trump" is actually describing the action of defeating hate. So the word is actually employed as a positive and active agent advancing love. If you look at it this way, the phrase is not literally demeaning or negative toward Donald Trump.

readering said...

Hey, I still wear an old "Fox News You Decide" t-shirt. No one notices.

Howard said...

Keep swallowing that deliciously soothing poison Achilles and everything will eventually get better. You seem convinced that feeling sorry for yourself is a badge of honor. Sehr gut.

Richard Dolan said...

He looks like the Punisher.

stevew said...

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are those short pants or, perhaps, capris?

Temujin said...

Meade! Sporting some cajones with that shirt in Madison. You look bad-ass enough that I doubt anyone would screw with you.

Love what the young designers did with the Veterans Memorial. Like I keep saying, I don't see this as a generation that would storm the beaches at Normandy. Maybe the gelato shops on State Street.

Inga said...

I think Meade’s t-shirt should’ve shown Trump holding that bible up, that was inspiring!

rehajm said...

I'm long on sassafras futures at the moment. Root and sapling as a base for root beer, unless you're a lab rat since sassafras root is a carcinogen in mice, according to some study in the 60s. Three distinct leaf shapes- lobeless, oven mitt and dinosaur foot. Crumple the leaves and they smell like Froot Loops.

Drago said...

readering: "Hey, I still wear an old "Fox News You Decide" t-shirt. No one notices."

I'm gonna guess that's more a "you" thing then a wardrobe thing.

Drago said...

rehajm: "The message I'm getting from lefties is 'Destruction Beats Trump', or something"

Correct.

The leftist/dem/LLR-lefty strategy heading into November, since all the other hoaxes and lies failed, is simply to burn it all down and threaten the nation with an ultimatum: vote lefty or the nation continues to burn.

The leftists in Brazil just made this their explicit strategy as well by declaring Burn Brazil Down.

We shouldn't be surprised. All of Howard's Heroes after the 2016 election told us they were going to make the nation ungovernable....but then they had to let their hoaxes play out first: Russia collusion hoax followed by the Kavanaugh hoax followed by the ukraine phone call impeachment hoax followed by the weaponizing the ChiCom virus for economic shutdown.....and yet the polls didn't budge.

So here we are.

traditionalguy said...

Love has to be communicated before it stops hate. That’s why shutting down free speech is the First war against love. But just confusing us with fake news does the trick.

Bilwick said...

Inga the State's Handmaid writes: "I think Meade’s t-shirt should’ve shown Trump holding that bible up, that was inspiring!"

I'd prefer if, in the photo, Trump had the Bible open and pointing to "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods." And pointing to it with his middle finger.

narciso said...

yes, that waving a red flag, in the face of the bull,

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

FUCK THA POLICE!!!

Seriously, if Blacks and NPC want Boogaloo, let’s give them Boogaloo.

Ann Althouse said...

“ Love has to be communicated before it stops hate.”

Yeah. Where is the love?

In the 60s, love was communicated at these things.

Maybe some love is expressed, but it’s conditional on your agreement with abstractions you can’t quite understand. There’s lots of hate too, and it seems to drown out the love, so it doesn’t seem that love does trump hate.

Michael K said...

Inga the State's Handmaid writes: "I think Meade’s t-shirt should’ve shown Trump holding that bible up, that was inspiring!"

What is amusing is that a photo of Bill Clinton has now surfaced holding Bible up the same way. No sense of irony on the left.

Michael K said...

Inga the State's Handmaid writes: "I think Meade’s t-shirt should’ve shown Trump holding that bible up, that was inspiring!"

What is amusing is that a photo of Bill Clinton has now surfaced holding Bible up the same way. No sense of irony on the left.

Wa St Blogger said...

The riots will continue until love improves.

cubanbob said...

Inga said...
I think Meade’s t-shirt should’ve shown Trump holding that bible up, that was inspiring!"

Apparently political diversity is cherished in the Meadehouse.

Friendo said...

Meade - thin to win. Nice work, old boy.

Freeman Hunt said...

"Meade wore his Peace gear..."

Ha!

Jupiter said...

"I would think wearing that shirt would be exceedingly dangerous in Madison."

I wouldn't wear that shirt in Eugene, let alone Madison. The thing is, they will come up behind you, and you're on the ground getting your head kicked in before you even know they're around.

Freeman Hunt said...

Modern love means enforcing total conformity to groupthink.

"I hate statistics," would be a good expression of modern love.

320Busdriver said...

Meade....You da man!

That’s a snowflake melter

rcocean said...

Meade's going for the Praying Mantis look. Well done.

rcocean said...

The Liberal/Left hates "Hate". But "Hate" is very flexible, mallable and ever changing. Who is a "Hater"? Well that depends.

Convenient.

rcocean said...

If you hit me, that's hate.

If I hit you with a bike lock, that's fighting "hate".

wendybar said...

Trumps hate?? All I see is a bunch of American hating people wanting to destroy our country and it's economy no matter what. The media is FULL of hate. Just turn them on and listen for 5 minutes. It's funny how they always blame the people who they hate for their hate.

Jupiter said...

Hmmmmm.... they're right. Showing a lot of calf there, Meade.

mikee said...

In most US urban centers these days, to vote against the entrenched "powers that be" is to vote for anyone other than the Democrat candidates. I wonder how that will work for the supportive mayors and city councils of the affected cities?

Narayanan said...

Bravo Sir Meade

Danno said...

Meade, is that t-shirt safe to wear in Madison? Be careful cause you never know when the nice folks from Antifa are nearby.

Ann Althouse said...

What about me? I was with him.

Sheridan said...

On the Bike Rater scale Meade is a 10 and Obama was a 2!!

Jupiter said...

"What about me? I was with him."

I would suggest the Kel-Tec PMR-30. This featherlight pistol holds an incredible 30 rounds of 22 WMR. When you see the Antifan approaching Meade from behind with the aluminum baseball bat, draw it from your shoulder holster and put a couple rounds through his mid-section. Very little kick, and 30 rounds goes on forever.

Seriously. These aren't the tie-dyed crazies you were video-taping at the State House while Walker was Governor. Or maybe they are, but they have come a long way since then.

Ralph L said...

Meade knows he just has to outrun or outcycle Althouse.

Rick said...

Ann Althouse said...
What about me? I was with him.


Come on, do you really think mostly peaceful protesters would beat an older woman? Of course they would!

Tomcc said...

Golly, nothing demonstrates love like having to board up your business to prevent the objects of your affections from wrecking the place!
"What about me? I was with him." But, were you sporting a provocative shirt?

BUMBLE BEE said...

Isn't it remarkable how the Bible still excites the lefties? That's power!

Big Mike said...

What about me? I was with him.

@Althouse, if you wear a black face mask and dark sunglasses and a black hoodie, you could pass for an Antifa member trying to chase him down and deliver justice. It will help if you have a milkshake container filled with dried and set concrete in your pocket.

rehajm said...

What about me? I was with him

What's your Peace gear look like?

Rick said...

Ralph L said...
Meade knows he just has to outrun or outcycle Althouse.


Good planning. Remember the Scout Motto: Be Prepared.

Applies to looting also.

Meade said...

"Meade knows he just has to outrun or outcycle Althouse."

Shhh... don't blow my M.O., bro.

Bunkypotatohead said...

If Trump trumps Biden in November, the rioting and looting will begin anew.
So Madison should keep its plywood artwork in place for awhile. In fact, just close the businesses altogether...why open up just to be robbed again.

Dear corrupt left, go F yourselves said...

Stay safe, ANN. Go full Judas if you need to. Aint' worth risking the wrath of an angry antifa sociopath.

Chest Rockwell said...

That street section looks exactly like the Michigan Theatre on Liberty in Ann Arbor. I don’t think they had any riots.

How does Madison have the population to support a riot in downtown? Aren’t all the students at home?

AZblondie said...


Where is the 'Like' button when you need it??


Jim at said...
I always get a kick out of those denouncing 'hate' ... while spewing pure, unadulterated hate out of every orifice of their bodies.
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