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Beating leftist tyranny doesn’t mean embracing lawlessness

By Philip Wegmann

Published August 28, 2017 4:45pm ET

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Beating leftist tyranny doesn’t mean embracing lawlessness — A free society should side with Lincoln, law and order, and government accountability, rather than doubling down on partisan barbarism. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) | Ross D. Franklin

Over at Townhall this morning, Kurt Schlichter casually advocates for anarchy. Republicans should get over all that rule of law business, he argues, because adhering to principle only ever helped the Left and hurt the Right. Liberals always fight dirty, so why can’t conservatives?

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