“They are in fact armed agents of the .gov that is so out of control, the same .gov we all rail on here day in and day out. Why they cannot see the police as part of this same juggernaut is beyond my understanding... “
That is the mystery... I understand that conservatives have traditionally valued order. I get that. However I am convinced that an autocratic Royalist inclination has survived Jefferson and the centuries.
Yes and far too often I ask Freepers alike how is it that a ruler, any ruler over us, politician, police officer, et al having unlimited power, not a despot?
That's just it - conservatives DO and SHOULD value order - but a police state is not order. Order implies the rule of law, not the rule of law enforcement. True order is a necessity for liberty - but simply passing ever more onerous laws, while breaking the foundational one that supposedly directs everything else, is not order - it is chaos.