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I admit it – I was wrong.
Last week I advised that the best course of action as the left attacks our rights is to keep a civil course, wow them with facts, decency, and knowledge and defend our rights with knowledge, passion, and eloquence.
I felt that we could win based on logic and rational discourse, but having watched the events of this week unfold in front of my eyes, I realize just how wrong I was.
I thought that after engaging with our political opponents en masse, peacefully stating our concerns, and rationally discussing the issues of due process and Second Amendment rights in Richmond, the Democrats would step away from their insane assault on our freedoms.
I was wrong.
Despite concerns which the Democrats admitted to have had about the proposed “red flag law” during discussions with the press and with gun rights advocates, they advanced this appalling legislation the very next day after the massive rally in Richmond, disingenuously claiming that the measure is “thoughtful” and preserves due process. They jammed through other appalling bills, limiting the ability of peaceable Virginians to exercise their rights, without so much as a second thought, claiming that “elections have consequences.”
A Democratic-led House committee voted Friday for several pieces of gun legislation that a Republican majority has blocked for years. Those bills include limiting handgun purchases to once a month; universal background checks on gun purchases; allowing localities to ban guns in public buildings, parks and other areas; and a red flag bill that would allow authorities to temporarily take guns away from anyone deemed to be dangerous to themselves or others.
Based on previous interactions with some of these legislators, I thought they would give consideration to the people whom they represent, even if those people didn’t vote for them or disagree with them politically.
I was wrong.
Virginia Democrats are now in the process of jamming bills down our throats that threatens our First Amendment rights. It’s already illegal to threaten to kill, injure, bomb, etc. government buildings or officials in Virginia, but Senate Bill 1627 goes a step further.
The bar for harassment is already as low as “vulgar language” in Virginia’s code 18.2-152.7:1: If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Bourne’s bill proposes adding the following amendment: A violation of this section may be prosecuted in the jurisdiction in which the communication was made or received or in the City of Richmond if the person subjected to the act is one of the following officials or employees of the Commonwealth: the Governor, Governor-elect, Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant Governor-elect, Attorney General, or Attorney General-elect, a member or employee of the General Assembly, a justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, or a judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Bourne’s Bill also changes the language of “he shall be guilty” to “he is guilty” of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Not only do the twisted, power-hungry politicians in Richmond want to relieve you of your right to keep and bear arms, but they want to criminalize criticism of the very elected officials Virginians put into office!
Let’s remember, boys and girls. These pernicious fucks work for us, but they’re trying to keep themselves in power by silencing detractors and appealing to fetid ignorami.
And if you think this trend is limited to Virginia, you would be wrong too.
The proglodyte sociopaths have a chokehold on the Democrats, so much that they feel they have to pander to their insanity by promising abortions on demand for biological males and paying off billions of dollars in college loans at taxpayer expense, while screwing Americans who have been fiscally responsible with their earnings.
I thought there were sane Democrats left in this country.
I was wrong.
There may be some decent leftists here and there, but the shrieking, perpetually aggrieved progressive parasites have taken over, and they want you silenced and stripped of any dignity and freedoms.
The “Wax My Balls” and “Make My Cake, Bigot” woke fascists want war, and they might just get it.
Antifa is parading around in masks, threatening those who don’t toe the progressive line and even assaulting them.
A field organizer for one of the front runners for the Democratic nomination has recently professed his love for gulags to reeducate his political opponents and squawked that he was ready for the revolution.
I was wrong.
These people won’t listen to reason, and they are determined to destroy us – libertarians, moderate Republicans, hardcore conservatives, and RINOs. They don’t care. They want us gone, and they’re willing to lie, malign, and destroy using any means possible.
Elizabeth Warren is perfectly happy denigrating judges appointed by President Trump as “Homophobic, racist, sexist, and anti-voter.” And Occasional Cortex wants to change the meaning of the word “ethical” to mean giving up your property, autonomy, and freedom, as well as your earnings to those who have accomplished nothing, done nothing with their lives, learned nothing, and earned nothing, so that idiots can steal from you and control you at will.
I thought the Democrats could be reasoned with.
I was wrong.
They don’t want to just have power over you. They want you gone. They want you “re-educated” to toe their ideological line, and they are perfectly willing to use your tax dollars to ensure that your freedom of expression and your BadThink are eradicated – violently, if they have to.
This is a matter of survival – not just for conservatives, but for anyone who values freedom.
This is not just about gun rights, or free speech rights. These people are out in the open, and they want to destroy you – everything you are.
I thought the Democrats wanted the same things for our nation as we do, and we merely disagreed on the best way to accomplish this.
I was wrong.
They don’t care about human rights, as they claim. They care about giving themselves power over you, over your thoughts, over your achievements and earnings. They don’t consider you human.
They want to burn it all down, and they will do whatever is necessary to ensure that happens. OK, let’s see what happens.
They want you gone. Act accordingly.
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Hate_me says: I realize a few of us disagreed a bit when you were calling for restraint a few days ago, and I appreciate you recognizing that you may have misjudged the situation (that doesn’t mean folk like GWB or I were entirely correct in our assessments). Yet, I don’t think things are quite so dire. There are options beyond fighting fire with fire. Personally, I’m holding out hope that 90-some % of Virginia counties elect to join WV.
I am very happy with seeing gun rights sanctuary counties gaining steam. I think they started with Illinois(?), but the Virginia mess has opened a lot of eyes to how far the line has been walked back. In many ways, they made a strategic overstep and there is newfound hope.
Oh, and Northam represents the antithesis of every principle this great American experiment was built upon. He’s not worth the price of ammo or even the ceremony of a public rope. He’ll get his, or live forever haunted by it.
Marta Hernandez says: I’m happy about the sanctuaries too, but it’s just such a small part of what’s going on! This past week really opened my eyes to what these destructive, tyrannical monsters are.
txfella says: The oppressors should bear faith the oppressed run out of ammunition before they run out of targets.
Suburbanbanshee says: Does Virginia have recall elections, etc.?
Henry says: Yes, and the Democrats are quickly passing new bills to raise the signature requirements for recall petitions from 10% to 25%, with a firm 60-day window.
What good is an iron fist if you don’t swing it as widely as possible?
nomen nescio says: The “sanctuary counties” are a gesture only, just conservative virtue-signaling.
When the National Guard rolls into town in Brads and M113s to escort a BATFE task force in MRAPs to begin the door-to-door gun searches, I anticipate those sheriffs and deputies are going to make themselves scarce, perhaps to complain on social media, or send strongly worded letters to the local newspaper.
And yes, the Left wants a civil war. They’re true believers, they want to destroy the US as a global power so that Russia, China, and Iran can replace us as hegemons, and I have concluded they don’t care if they survive personally.
F.D.R. in Hell says: You might consider changing your handle to “Neville_Chamberlain.”
Hate_me says: Not sure that’s entirely deserved, but the nuance is refreshing.
F.D.R. in Hell says: Reply addressed to “Hate_me.”
Charles N. Steele says: “Hate Me’s” reply is completely reasonable. What is wrong with it? Explain.
Henry says: I believe the point is that “reasonable” is just a synonym for “ineffective.”
Gun owners held a massive PEACEFUL demonstration, cleaned up after themselves, went home, and saw the bills they were protesting passed the very next day.
Peaceful demonstrations assume a willingness on the part of the opponent to listen to your concerns. Clearly this condition no longer exists.
To be effective, gun owners must now move beyond cordiality and turn to more confrontational strategies that will cause opponents active pain. And it is moral to do this, because the totalitarians were given the chance to pursue a painless path and spurned it.
Scott says: Stock up on ammo, and buy armor if you can afford it… then pray it’s not needed…
Marta Hernandez says: I always do.
370H55V says: I’m seeing similar articles elsewhere in the conservative blogosphere–and this was before Noah Berlatsky’s idiotic take on Trump voters not having a right to participate in elections because racism.
We need to stop mouthing bromides about the First and Second Amendments. We need to tell them “NO, WE will tell YOU what you can think and say.” and back it up BAMN.
Skeptic says: Marta, why in the world would you have ever thought otherwise?
Marta Hernandez says: Look, I’m a veteran. I’ve been deployed to warzones. Violence is the last damn thing I ever want to see – especially violence that tears this nation apart. I wanted every possible, honest, honorable chance to settle this peaceably. But I’m beginning to realize, that’s not what the Democrats want. Period. That’s why.
Charles N. Steele says: Yes, you are exactly right. Violence should be the very last resort. If America has a civil war, China, Russia, and Iran will exploit it. If the United States ever drops its strategic defense, the U.S. is over. And if we were lucky enough to avoid that, the “winners” won’t have any good idea of how to put things back together.
Last resort. You may well be right — the left now wants to purge us. Should they start, then the Second Amendment option.
Marta Hernandez says: I’m not saying I’m going to grab a gun and go liberal hunting or anything. But I am suggesting that they are ready for violence and determined to destroy us, and we need to respond accordingly.
You have no idea how much it pains me to write all this – not because I don’t like being wrong, but because I don’t like being wrong about my adopted nation and its people. I serve because I love this country, and now… I just feel lost.
Charles N. Steele says: You should not feel lost. Difficult times aren’t the same as hopeless times. Reason and justifiable anger and determination are better things to feel. No despair.
GWB says: It sucks. But your love for this country is strong, Marta. And it’s based on the right things – the freedom, from the rights to the responsibilities.
Brother Cavil says: Their philosophy can be summed up thus: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. Their kind have pained us from the beginning. Only the names ever really change.
Pakvi says: And it took you how many decades to realize what the Left is really all about? I’m in my 60’s, my maternal grandfather sat me down when I was 13 years old and explained to me exactly what the media was and always has been. He also laid out in stark terms exactly what the Democrats were. He was born around 1896 or so.
Charles N. Steele says: Perhaps, Marta, but I think you were less wrong than you seem to think. Generally speaking, the Democrat Party has gone to left, and the left is totalitarian. But:
1. The are democrats (many, I hope) who find what their party is doing to be too much. By appealing to reason, as you counseled, *we* come off as the reasonable ones. That’s extremely important. There’s a battle for the hearts and minds of Americans; we must win.
2. Mike Vanderboegh, founder of the Three Percenter idea (I won’t call it a movement — Mike was wisely opposed to setting up any sort of organization), pointed out it is imperative that the tyrants be the first to draw blood — literal blood. The Americans at Lexington and Concord let the British fire first. The Americans showed “patient sufferance.” This is crucial for establishing that this isn’t about “light and transient causes” but rather “repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny…” When you said we aren’t in tyranny yet, and counseled calm, you were right. The Dems have now proceeded towards tyranny, having been given the opportunity to show they really are acting in good faith. OK, let them proceed.
3. If and when they start killing Americans over guns — then it’s time. But they must start it.
I don’t know whether Governor Klanface will start a civil war, but if nothing occurs before November, I think the left is in for an unprecedented electoral pounding. Or perhaps I’m wrong and they win. But the election will likely rearrange things greatly; then we’ll know if it’s time or not.
nomen nescio says: Not trying to be That Guy, but Randy Weaver and David Koresh would like to have a few words with you. They’ve been killing Americans over guns for at least a generation.
I have no idea what can be done at this point. I’m no politician, no leader of men. Am I a coward if I don’t want to see the violence escalate further?
Supposedly, getting your enemy to strike the first blow is an advantage in Weltpolitik. It gives you the “moral high ground.” But let’s remember that it’s the victors who write the histories — and a sufficiently paralyzing first strike can predetermine the outcome of a conflict.
Ours is an era of maximum uncertainty. Take nothing for granted.
Henry says: Worse yet, it’s the enemy who writes the newspapers, forget the histories. So no matter which side draws blood first, the news will report that it was a second amendment activist. Guaranteed.
Come on, you all know this.
This making sure we’re not the first to fire may be personally satisfying, but will give you no moral high ground that anyone else will be able to appreciate, because no one else will ever know it.
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Bill Dumanch says: We’re Americans.
The come-from-behind to achieve the win.
We believe in second chances. The redemption and goodness our Faith taught to us.
You notice 1 common trait among this group of Communists(let’s be honest).
Power-the thirst of all-conquering blood spoils.
They ALL hate America.
Because we have seen the world IMPROVE from us.
That cannot stand in their eyes.
Hmmm…
Harlan says: “I thought the Democrats could be reasoned with. I was wrong.”
Finally waking up? Well, better late than never.
Marta Hernandez says: You know… this isn’t something to be celebrated. As Mr. Steele mentioned above, it’s the last resort of a desperate people – confirmed by Alexander Hamilton in a discussion about the right to revolution.
Your smugness is the very reason I wrote the “Derp Turnip” post to begin with.
GWB says: the last resort of a desperate people
But, the more reluctant to resort to it, the longer, harder, and bloodier it will be when you do.
That’s not (for me) smugness in it, but acknowledging reality. And it’s why I quoted Adams and Henry in that derp post.
It would have been nice if you had been right.
pigpen51 says: Marta,
I have been watching all of the rancor from the left, as it deals with both the 1st and 2nd amendments, for a very long time. And the one thing that I can say, is that if we, the supposedly law abiding gun owners, are the first ones to fire a shot across their bow, we have lost whatever support we might have had from those who don’t have a dog in the fight. And those people will be important, in deciding just who will win.
As you seem to indicate, a shooting war,against your own neighbors is not to be undertaken lightly. It makes for great social media posts to write, molon labe, or pry my gun from my cold dead hands. It is quite another thing to have to worry about fighting off a couple dozen people intent on breaching your home, and taking all your supplies, and your family’s lives be damned. Are you all really ready for that type of a war? Because that is what you are advocating, when you call for a shooting civil war.
Not that the day won’t come when we have no choice. But that simply must be our last resort, not the first one, or one that we seek.
This is the greatest nation on earth, and I believe it was given to humankind for us to stand as a beacon on a hill, for others to see, and to strive towards.We are no longer that way. All of our efforts should be towards making us that shining beacon once again.
But of course, as it always is, we must be prepared for any possible outcome and danger, as good stewards of what we have, both of our families,and our goods. If you don’t have adequate preps such as firearms and the bullets for them, the time to start on that is now. Don’t go crazy, just buy a couple of boxes of ammo every paycheck,it should only run about 20$ if you buy 9mm ball. You can pick up a used 9mm semi auto pistol for a very good price right now, normally less than 200$. You can even buy a new pistol for not much more than that.
The rest of your preps,such as food and water, are beyond my scope. But you can find lists all over the place,on the internet. Mostly just don’t sit around and wait. Get busy, and get prepared for what ever may come. We live in dangerous times, my friends,and we must be ready for what ever life sends our way.
Scott says: Good points pigpen, though your comment “we have lost whatever support we might have had from those who don’t have a dog in the fight. ” makes me think that it should read “from those who THINK they don’t have a dog in the fight”.. Regardless of how uninterested in gun ownership those people are, and how much they THINK the 2nd Amendment doesn’t matter to them, the loss of freedom would affect them as well, they just don’t realize it.
Henry says: “if we, the supposedly law abiding gun owners, are the first ones to fire a shot across their bow, we have lost whatever support we might have had from those who don’t have a dog in the fight.”
It will inevitably be reported that way by the MSM regardless of how it happens. You will NEVER have that support, deal with it. Why waste human principal chasing a sunk cost?
Scott says: Sadly, i do think that the left will at some point orchestrate a “Reichstag moment”, likely using one of their antifa stooges…as Ritchie says, “head on a swivel”
GWB says: claiming that “elections have consequences.”
They DO. That’s why – in addition to ensuring direct, catastrophic, personal consequences to any tyrants – we also have to ensure the people are moral* and educated. We HAVE to make sure we are communicating to the electorate what their true rights and responsibilities are. We need them to jealously and zealously (as we saw in Richmond) defend those rights.
Because, you see, it’s only the people who actually enforce the Constitution. Not the courts. Not the executive branch law enforcement folks. Not the legislature. Not even the military. Every single one of those groups can be compromised – IF THE PEOPLE ALLOW. AS the people HAVE allowed.
(* Yes, moral. As in Judeo-Christian morality. That’s a required basis for a republic.)
Hate_me says: The Roman republic was polytheistic.
While the particular trappings of any specific religion tend to be uniquely developed, I would say that an understanding of correct moral behavior (with much in common with Judeo-Christian morality) will simply come with better education. The rituals and terms are particular to each tradition, but the underlying principles tend toward the universal.
The Jacksonian Grouch says: @Hate_e, 27jan2020 @ 6:48pm post:
“… The Roman republic was polytheistic...”
I disagree – unless i misunderstand, you imply in response to GWB that Judeo-Christian morality is not needed, or is not the best thing for We the People to strive for. If you mean this, then yes, I do emphatically disagree with your premise.
Nor does polytheism stand as a relevant point, imho, in this part of the exchange. Polytheism in Rome had nothing like the cultural, moral, world view, civilizational underpinnings for the Roman Republic that does the Judeo-Christian worldview (J-CW for short) for Western Civilization. And, to be clear, for us in the West, religion, particularly Christendom, does form a worldview which our civilization grew upon (… and which now is battered/fractured and under asssault since the age of Enlightenment…). The Roman Republic, however, was not likewise supported in their existence by their polytheistic practices. Almost as many differing views of the world could exist as there were gods to pray to. Yes, OK, perhaps a stretch in this statement, but it’s a monotheism vs polytheism point I make with it.
This is not to say the Roman Republic did not have something akin to our J-CW. They had a common custom, a culture, based on Mos Maiorum, or “the ways of the Elders”.
These customs were passed through generations, from parent to child, through their civil institutions, their laws. Certain things were just done in the expected manner, or just not done because it was accepted as so. Code of Honor. Mos Maiorum is what gave heart to the people in their support for each other, and their expectation of justice and fair treatment before their laws. Mos Maiorum is the strength which Horatius tapped into when he stood at the bridge – he knew that he could count on two other valiant warriors to stand alongside him, and he knew that were he not there, another Roman would have taken the same steps he did.
Mos Maiorum was the Roman Republics code of morality that made them who they were, just as Judeo-Christian values made Western Civilization, made America, who we are.
And… just as the fall of the Roman Republic was first preceded by a century-long erosion of “the ways of the Elders”, with names like Gracchus, Sulla… men of wealth and power shredding the common customs to their own purpose and in process, slowly destroying the Republic. In short, the Romans stopped living by Mos Maiorum, and the Republic was lost.
— so now our America, and Western Civilization, is also in like manner, and for near as long a time in years, being destroyed by the sort of culture, erosion of social, civil and legal customs and worldview that is counter to Judeo-Christianity. That is the point, I believe, that GWB makes.
And, if there’s any doubt left… yes, I agree with GWB – a Judeo-Christian morality is the required basis for the American Republic, imho. Without it, the phrase & motto I most cherish – E Pluribus Unum – is hollow and meaningless.
v/r
The JG
Henry says: “Because, you see, it’s only the people who actually enforce the Constitution. Not the courts. Not the executive branch law enforcement folks. Not the legislature. Not even the military.”
Looking for the upvote button for you; guess there isn’t one here.
Joe in PNG says: The Left wants war… well, they want someone else to actually take the risk, to suffer hardship, to take casualties and wounds, to lose friends, to risk capture, torture, death, to give their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor… anyway, once all that nasty stuff is done, they want those people to just hand power over to them.
Toastrider says: If it helps, I felt the same way, Marta.
The progressive view is that we are not legitimate. We aren’t ‘people’. Because we question their assumptions and refuse to give in to their demands.
It’s a religious conflict. They are the holy, pure, enlightened ones, and we are the orcs.
Well, they asked for it.
zenman says: Whence will be modern times “Boston Massacre?” So, far the only people the government has dared slaughter have been kooks of various kinds, some quasi-religious, some far right, all of them already marginalized as far as society goes. Along the lines of the Branch Dravidian cult, Randy Weaver, and other militia/sovereign type people. They were easily demonized.
When ordinary, decent folk lives are put on the line and fired upon by the powers that be, what will be the reaction?
The press and politicians will say how dangerous they were.
The far right will say they were patriots cut down by fascists.
What will the average person think?
Henry says: “So, far the only people the government has dared slaughter have been kooks of various kinds, some quasi-religious, some far right, all of them already marginalized as far as society goes.”
Only because many of them were immediately (or prophylactically) painted that way by the controlled media to justify the government attack.
If the government decides to swat you tomorrow, be assured that society will hear of you as a racist white nationalist with child porn on your computer who wrote threatening notes to public figures, enabling them to dismiss your victimization the same way you dismiss the “kooks” you invoke.
nomen nescio says: And you know they were “kooks,” because the MSM, the Democrats’ agitprop arm, told you so. Uh huh.
Half a dozen Americans so far have been killed by local cops in enforcement of illegal, unconstitutional “Red Flag” court orders. Were they all “kooks” too?
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MrSatyre says: Now, if only we could get Phillip van Cleeve of VCDL to admit he’s been wrong, too.
Folks, here in the Democratic People’s Republic of Virginia (with Gov. Blackface playing the role of our Dear Leader), we have one representative, Marsden, in particular who for years has displayed a banner outside of his office at past General Assembly Lobby Days that was directed specifically at 2A defenders: “Your ‘Helping’ Is Killing People”. That twisted little fucker wants everyone to think that law-abiding citizens with guns are murderers whenever they helped to prevent craven and unconstitutional gun control bills from becoming laws.
Civility? Logic? Rationality?
That train left a long time ago.
jocon307 says: What got me to realize the Dem party is beyond repair or redemption was the Kavanaugh circus. I just had a moment of true epiphany when I realized that they did not care, did not care one tiny little bit, whether the allegations against Kavanaugh were true or not. Perhaps some might think I was naive, and perhaps I was. But it was quite startling to realize that moderately intelligent, reasonably well educated people, people who are running this great nation, care not a whit about the truth. Dem Party Delenda Est.
The Progressive Left: the new fundamentalists of our time, who worship the gods in their mirrors and hold Thanos as their cinematic role model.
To them, the divide is not Left vs. Right, but Normal vs. Ignorant/Evil.
They want our SUBMISSION to their One and Only True Way … and pursue it with a zeal that makes fire-and-brimstone Baptists look like loose-topped libertines out for beads at Mardi Gras.
They are the moral busybodies who C. S. Lewis warned us about as being worse than robber barons.
And they are the bigots of our time, their bigotry coming in “Bless Your Heart”/”OK Boomer”/”Flyover Country” condescension instead of in white sheets.
They are TWANLOC.
They are, what they decry. Let us make that clear, to our neighbors.
Alf Rooney says: please don’t vote
anon (ha) vet says: I don’t think they want war (mostly because I don’t think they know what a war is to those fighting it, they think is a “real” FPS game.) They want the victory they have convinced themselves they deserve, and for their opponents to vanish; not “Peace in our time”, “Victory for all time.”
Sadly, for all involved — and all will be involved, whether or not they want to be — they may attempt to implement a revolution, and that will be beyond sad, a real horror.
Which I hope and pray we’ll win, and find a way to win a peace, as well.
Johnnie Garner says: Yes, there is a Socialist-crony overclass cult bent on domination, or in other words, we are dealing with Stalinist Commies. They only respect force. Yes this is war!
Y. Knott says: Watching all this from outside your country – and deeply envious of your Second Amendment, absolutely no kidding about that!!! – I am really curious. West Virginia says “Counties who are sick of Richmond’s gun-tyranny, secede from Virginia and come join us!”
I don’t know your metric – are any Virginia counties discussing actually doing this? And if not, why not? Because I tell you to your face, “No Tyrant Can STAND The Thought Of His Captive Land Getting Smaller”. It’s the ultimate political insult – and if counties on the border enter into serious talks, and others start researching it, Richmond is gonna FLIP. OUT!
Disclaimer – I’m up here in your Great White northern neighbour. I’m watching our own Wexit with terror and delight – delight because our governing Laurentian Elite have it coming and there’s no answer to it, and terror because it’ll torpedo our dollar down below 50c U.S., and it’ll never come back up.
GWB says: The question of portions of a state seceding is really not even contemplated in our Constitution. West Virginia seceding was a constitutionally questionable action endorsed by Congress as a tactical move in the War. For more of us to join them would require Congressional approval AT A MINIMUM, and that isn’t likely to happen until we get a lot more “Trumps”* in the two houses of Congress.
(* “Trumps” being politicians willing to fight for the Constitution, conservative principles, etc. When those sorts – rather than the bipartisan political class – run both houses of Congress, it might be possible. But, at that point, it shouldn’t be necessary, either.)
I have concluded that the “Long March Through the Institutions” has succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of the Frankfurt School alumni. The Democrat Party has been thoroughly taken over by literal Socialists, and a plurality – if not a majority – of the American population views Socialism as a moral Good, Capitalism as an evil, and the Constitution as an obstacle.
What is a fundamental tenet of Socialism? That only through violent revolution can Socialism rise in a society.
They think this is their time. They’re going for it.
Michael Gilson says: I will borrow my disparaging words from a man far greater than I.
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and Governor Northam may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it!
dds says: When speaking to younger people, particularly millennials, I’m often surprised at how many of them have never watched “Gone With the Wind.” One of my favorite scenes is the one where Capt. Rhett Butler explains to a group of young southern gentlemen that the North has the means to wage and win a war while the South has cotton, slaves, and arrogance.
This country’s current crop of progressives seems unaware that if TSHTF, they will not be able to feed, clothe, power, or arm themselves. Yet they seem to hunger for a fight in a fit of righteous arrogance. One can almost hear them in some faculty lounge exclaiming that one ANTIFA can whip twenty deplorables.
Arrogance indeed.
zenman says: Well, to be fair, the progressives think that would be the governments job, to feed, clothe, power and protect them should TSHTF…
Anyone who’s been around long enough know the government is rather incompetent at it, and would rather starve than enter a government shelter during times of general civil duress.
One need look no farther than hurricane Katrina/Superdome, or hurricane Maria/Puerto Rico
Dan Hamilton says: “rather starve than enter a government shelter during times of general civil duress.”
This because gov shelter requires you to give up all arms and weapons.
Within the Shelter the strongest gang runs the place and whatever they want they get. The Gov People running the place know about the Gangs but don’t interfere after all it is only the haves that are now being exploited by the have nots.
Sven says: Actually, they would prefer surrender. They will use every tool they have to encourage our capitulation. Incrementalism has been working for them and demoralization is central to their strategy.
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August Ruthenberg says: “The rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat of labourer’s cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.”
George Orwell
from Max Cossack’ newest Low Tech Killers
Orwell is not speaking about conservatives.
Will says: A friend linked this from MeWe.com, I’m refreshed by seeing I’m not the only one who’s saying this. YES, The Left wants us gone. For 50 years they have had a plan to put us in concentration camps and liquidate us by the tens of millions. Their penchant for violence is more and more self-evident as their extremism fails to cow and intimidate us on the Right. The Left for over 100 years now have used gulags to eliminate dissent to the tune of over 250 million killed.
SO I SAY, TIME TO GET THIS CIVIL WAR OFF TO A PROPER START AND DEAL WITH THIS DOMESTIC ENEMY OF LIFE, LIBERTY & JUSTICE. PINOCHET WAS RIGHT – PHYSICAL REMOVAL IS THE ONLY OPTION.
nomen nescio says: As a student of history, I will observe that a Pinochet is far from the worst thing that can happen to a nation. Several million dead Cambodians, I’m sure, would tell you they wish they’d had a Pinochet of their own in the 1960s, to give Pol Pot and his followers some one-way helicopter rides.
That is a hard place to be, and a difficult place to stand, but for most of history it has been the norm. A historian named Alfred Duggan told us in the last century that for all of recorded history, in every corner of the earth, the default form of human hierarchical organization is “peasants ruled by brigands.” You and I are living in a tiny, tiny bubble of history in a nation in which that isn’t the norm, and that warps our perspective about what is and isn’t possible, what is and isn’t likely. The American Revolution was very much an outlier, very much an aberration. The overthrow of established societal orders over the past millennium has almost always resulted in a bloodbath, sometimes going on for decades.
Hard times are coming. I’ll be damned if I know what anyone can do about it.
You only last week saw them for what they is? Took you long enough to get to the party, Marta.
Don says: Of course they want trouble tos tart so they can then attempt to blame conservatives for the trouble, establish marital law ans remove Trump who’ll they’ll attempt to blame. The concept the fools can’t grasp is they think they can use the military to quell it but they foolishly cannot grasp just how many people in the military have families who are really against them who will defend their family members if the idiots persist.
We have reached a stage where I am glad I am old and won’t have to live to see what the result will be. Conservatives can hold out for a little longer, but there is an up coming generation that has bought into the liberal progressive socialist movement and has no one to tell them how and why it is wrong. As a teenager during the 60’s, understand how easy it is to see some of the issues in a simplistic manner – but even then understood that it was wrong to “liberate” food to feed the people for free. Those same people have the same thought processes going on 55 years later and have spent those 55 years sharing and teaching that message until they have the power to stand up in front of people, ala Elizabeth Warren, laughing at someone who worked and sacrificed to avoid debt. I currently live in a small neighborhood in a liberal city (know there are conservatives here, but they are well camouflaged), and there are exactly TWO conservative families in this neighborhood, out of about 30. And that is probably a good cross representation of the cities conservative / liberal balance. Our gun store was driven out, we have no place that sells any weapons of any kind – you would be hard pressed to even buy a knife in one of the camping supply stores. We are next door to CA and as the exodus continues, we are watching out state go from deep Red to a very bluish purple. Our GOP governor is pushing for the third time Red Flag laws and there is even a proposal out there to rescind Stand Your Ground. I’m glad I’m old.
Jim says: Let’s take over their mantras for our purposes:
“My gun, my choice.”
“Keep the government out of our weapons lockers.”
“It’s not an illegal gun, it’s an undocumented home defense device.”
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