tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post2118401865956509131..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: Our national Milgram ExperimentBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-55130427068730471352015-12-09T23:57:35.898-06:002015-12-09T23:57:35.898-06:00I guess where I was headed with that quote was tha...I guess where I was headed with that quote was that it seems the gun nuts can't be bothered with reading the "be careful what you wish for" memo. jeff725https://www.blogger.com/profile/10997352384565837304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-84696273017926297192015-12-09T11:34:57.564-06:002015-12-09T11:34:57.564-06:00I don't know about that, Jeff. Lately, I'v...I don't know about that, Jeff. Lately, I've been talking to gun nuts online. They're convinced that they're fighting 'tyranny,' and that they need guns in order to resist.<br /><br />In fact, they seem <i>eager</i> to start shooting people. Who? Well, they're not at all clear on that. I mean, their enemy is 'the government.' It's kind of hard to shoot 'the government,' isn't it? Shooting is reserved for people.<br /><br />I've been amazed at how batshit crazy these gun nuts are. One of them told me that they need their own army, so that "mutual assured destruction" (I'm not kidding; that's what he said) will force 'the government' to compromise.<br /><br />Compromise? Our whole system of government is built around the concept of 'compromise' - which, incidentally, happens to be a dirty word for the right-wing these days (almost as dirty as 'moderate').<br /><br />You don't 'compromise' with terrorists at the point of a gun, because terrorists just keep coming back until they get everything they want.<br /><br />Anyway, my point is, that kind of talk about resisting tyrants is <i>exactly</i> what these right-wing gun nuts are saying. To them, Barack Obama is a tyrant, losing a democratic election is injustice, and not getting their own way in everything needs to be resisted with words and blows (well, gunshots).<br /><br />I admire Frederick Douglass, but that was a different time and a different situation. Indeed, it was the <i>slave-owners</i> who ultimately resisted with force.<br /><br />I would prefer not to go through another Civil War again, myself. But that seems to be what these neo-Confederate right-wing gun nuts are really looking forward to. Maybe they think they'll win this time?<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-86941674457177047762015-12-09T11:21:04.642-06:002015-12-09T11:21:04.642-06:00Yes, I completely agree, Mary.
Yes, I completely agree, Mary.<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-52508398034830458742015-12-08T12:32:23.543-06:002015-12-08T12:32:23.543-06:00"Find out just what people will submit to, an..."Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." <br /><br />--Frederick Douglass jeff725https://www.blogger.com/profile/10997352384565837304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-62219501774314468922015-12-08T10:24:20.794-06:002015-12-08T10:24:20.794-06:00Very scary indeed. First it will be the Muslims, t...Very scary indeed. First it will be the Muslims, then maybe other non Christians and this mob will have a special hatred for atheists and agnostics because of their deep seated repressed fear that they might be correct in their non belief.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17930278608428132964noreply@blogger.com