18th
Attack of the Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
I’m of the opinion that if you bring a gun to a political meeting, you aren’t “exercising your rights.” You are being a complete flaming red asshole. You are intimidating the opposition with the implied threat of violence.
And what in the hell are these gun guys even doing there? The issue isn’t even about guns. Guns aren’t anywhere in the mix here. This is a debate about our fundamental right as freedom loving Americans to get our medical bills rejected by insurance companies. Which is something that these guys are apparently willing to kill for.
What is really bad about these guys is that they aren’t even original thugs and idiots. The Black Panthers used to do the same damn thing. They would show up at courthouses and protests armed to the teeth. They also called it “exercising their rights.” But what they were really doing was giving the impression that going against their wishes would lead to armed insurrection. It’s the classic tactic of scaring whitey right out of his loafers. I wonder if Cleetus T. Freedom and the rest of the Numbnuts Brigade out there would be willing to claim H. Rap Brown as an influence. Probably not.
Hell, while we’re on the subject of the Black Panthers, consider how big of a stink the Washington Times is making over those three dullards who were standing in front of a polling place in Philly on election day:
“As first reported by The Washington Times, career attorneys at Justice already had won a default judgment against three Black Panthers and the party as a whole for intimidating voters at a Philadelphia polling place while wearing paramilitary-style garb, as one of them brandished a nightstick and made racial threats.”
Yeah, no doubt about it. That is intimidation. But if three morons with one nightstick in between them counts as intimidation, surely ten morons with handguns and an AR-15 counts as the same thing, doesn’t it?
No no no no no. That’s “exercising your rights.”
I really hope nothing happens. This is the outcome that would be best for everyone. That these fringe dwellers will simply be ignored and that they can go back to the Free Republic web site, where they can go ahead and declare that their basement apartments are now sovereign nations. But I can guarantee you that this isn’t what these guys want. What they are hoping for is to get arrested. What they are hoping for is that their guns will be taken away, preferably in front of a camera. Which is what is probably going to happen, considering that the Soldier of Fortune crowds at these meetings are growing exponentially by the day. The more and more armed gun humpers that show up, the more likely it will be that one of them will get led away in handcuffs. Most of us will probably say “Yeah, well, what the hell did you expect? Good riddance.” But to the nuts out there, this will lend total legitimacy to their argument that the government is “coming for our guns.” And guys who believe that aren’t known for acting rationally.
Or then there is the other scenario, which is that the guy that they inevitably end up arresting won’t come quietly. Or that his armed to the teeth “comrades” will make that snap decision to come to his rescue. Jesus. This might get really bad. Man, I hope I’m wrong.
Will you people just please chill out? We have elections here, you know. The pendulum swings. It always does. You will have your chance soon enough. Look, feel free to protest your asses off if you want. Thats fine and dandy. We won’t even put you in those “Liberty Zones” across town like W used to do. But in the meantime, put the damn guns away.
