The troubling lessons from Tinley Park

The good news is that five racial socialists have been sent to jail for attacking unsuspecting restaurant patrons. The bad news? For starters, the perpetrators benefited from free legal aid from attorneys who agree with the attackers' notion that anyone branded a "racist" has no rights, so an attack on them is justified.

While the authorities who handled the case did not openly embrace the attackers' ideology, they definitely failed to prosecute the thugs with the vigor they should have, as Nicholas Stix explains in this disturbing and eye-opening article.

Particularly ominous is that supporters of the "antifa" (anti-fascist) bullies who commited this assault openly brag about violently confronting anyone they deem "racist." The Anti Racist Action goons entered the Tinley Park restaurant yelling, "Hey, bitches, the ARA is going to f--- up this place.” One "anti-racist" web site said this about the Tinley Park attack: "The Five heroically showed that these [racist] groups have to be crushed sooner than later." Here's an account of their "heroic" action:

Panic shot through the small Tinley Park restaurant as quickly as the stream of determined, black-clad assailants marched in, clubs and hammers in hand.

The wide-eyed hostess frantically dialed 911. Old men leapt from their tables and grabbed chairs to fend off the surprise attack.

Instantly batons and fists were flying, launching food, plates and chaos. In less than two minutes, the attackers headed for the doors, fighting off customers and restaurant staff into the parking lot.

Ten people were injured, at least three of them needing staples to close bloody head wounds.

An unpublished restaurant security video viewed by the Tribune of the bizarre Saturday afternoon melee had no sound — but it screams with images of fear and aggression.

Men in their twenties hide behind masks so they can launch a sneak attack on elderly victims. Yeah - real heroic. But the attackers were motivated by noble intentions, you see. They saw the attack as a "pre-emptive" action against "racism."

That's the toxic thinking that led to this crime. Now we have the added incitement of Tarantino's "Django," in which, as one enthusiastic viewer wrote, an ex-slave "triumphs over white supremacists." As if that wasn't sufficiently blood-curdling, here are tweets from viewers who openly call for the murder of whites after viewing the movie.

No wonder folks are arming themselves these days.