To the progs, he symbolizes what they desire to do to everyone in the country - force them to comply and punish/exterminate those that resist.
They really got upset about Zim "getting away with" defending himself from thuggery,
because if we "allow" this, some people might get it in their heads to resist the thuggery of the progs.
and continually whip up people of less rational mindest into a constant state of fear. I had a neighbor freak out a couple of years back because she saw some guy walking down our [very] rural road with a gun over his shoulder...during bird season.
She was shaky, and I asked how he carried it, if it looked like it was broken in half & she said yes. I asked if he pointed it at her, and she said no. So what's the problem? I said. He had a GUN! She told me.
I almost fell over from the rays emanating from her stupidity.
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because if we "allow" this, some people might get it in their heads to resist the thuggery of the progs.
Bingo! Resist the 'authority' of the state and suffer the consequences.
Sorry, but that dog won't hunt. :-)