I’d rather die on my feet then serve on my knees.
Talk is cheap. 99% of folks who say this in strength will roll over and show their bellies when a fed SWAT team busts in their doors at 0300HRS and holds an H&KMP5 to the heads of their grandchildren or wife.
They'll be coming for me in the first wave of sweeps. My popcorn and chocolate illustration is more of a fantasy than fact. My history of activism as well as my affiliations puts me on several lists. The worst of them in the eyes of the oppressors would be former US Army Infantry Captain and NRA certified Firearms Instructor for the last quarter century. What happens when they show up will depend on the circumstances of the moment. But I'm sure not going to be beating my chest and screaming about dying on my feet rather than living on my knees. That's an empty rant.
Well sir, let me just say, I and you will be on the same side of the barricade, hopefully you will remember enough to train others.
I was not pounding my chest.
“A people unwilling to use extreme violent force to obtain or preserve their liberty deserves the tyrants that rule them.” Franklin