If YOU want to paint a slogan on the street you must ask for permission. But Rulers? Nah.

One of the core principles in the founding of our nation was that everyone was supposed to obey the law,  However, alert Americans may have noticed that certain people and groups can break any law with impunity.  No one ever arrests them or charges them or puts them on trial, let alone actually (heaven forbid!) convicting and jailing the lawbreakers.

In practice, then, the elites can get away with doing damn near anything.  But at least if the crook is a Republican or conservative, the Mainstream Media will gleefully blast the story out at max volume.  By contrast, if the lawbreaker is a Democrat, the media will ignore the lawbreaking as much as possible.

Latest example (of thousands):  In the human cesspool of New York City, painting grafitti on property you don't own is illegal.  Well, at least in theory.

Of course good "progressive" city rulers realize that painting huge "murals" on buildings or streets can be considered "art."  But of course we can't let just any non-artist paint anything they like, right?

So the city has a process for deciding whether to allow vandals artists protesters to paint on public property.  There's an established process, see?

Except for the corrupt socialist mayor.  He doesn't have to follow the process, because he's the king.

Cool, eh?

In his rush to kiss up to black rioters "mostly peaceful protesters" after the huge riots that did a cool half-billion dollars of damage in arson and looting to NYC businesses, Warren Wilhelm Bill deBlasio painted a huge "black lies matter" slogan, in fashionable yellow paint, on the street outside Trump Tower.  Hey, free speech, right?

Say, about that "process" you were bullshitting us about:  Did you follow that and get official permission from the city before you started virtue-signalling?

Why no, he didn't--not for ANY of the pro-BLM "murals" around the five boroughs.

And his explanation?  His art-work "was done to mark an important moment in history," he said, so no need to go through the long, arduous process of getting permission.  Yep, there ya go.

Now there's a funny thing that happens when rulers ignore rules:  A handful of ordinary citizens--called "deplorables"--get this crazy idea that if the ruler doesn't have to follow what were once said to be the rules, ordinary people can do the same thing.

And sure enough, two groups have sued the city for refusing to allow THEM to paint their slogan on city streets.  Cuz if the mayor can do it without the process, by what logic are the new groups denied the same right?

The socialist mayor cocked his pointy head, curled his lip and hissed his excuse: “We haven’t said ‘no’ to people.  We’ve said, ‘If you want to apply, you can apply, but there’s a process.'”

Ah, "a process," you say?

Hizzoner insists he didn’t block the groups, just referred them to the Department of Transportation’s permitting process.  Again, the mayor didn't even bother requesting a permit for the five BLM murals because, reasons.  He explained it this way:

“That is something that again transcends all normal realities because we are at a moment of history when that had to be said and done, that’s a decision I made,” de Blasio said. 

“But the normal process continues for anyone who wants to apply,” he added.

See how neatly that pacifies annoying questioners?  "The normal process continues for anyone [else]."
 
It's kind of like wearing masks:  If you fail to obey, the rulers fine you $1,500 or so, but if they ditch the mask, it's...different.  Overlooked.  There was a good reason.

There's always a good reason, right?

"Rules for thee but not for meeee...." 

It's the new American way, comrade.  Surely you see that this is a good thing, right?

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