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To: GOPJ
There aren't going to be any camps. The Powers That Be aren't stupid -- do you think they're going to pattern their Clampdown on that of Hitler, the most inept dictator history ever coughed up?

Hell no. Having camps for dissenters is the last thing they'll do. Instead of emulating Hitler, they're going to emulate Mao. Those who protest the New Order won't be put onto a train in broad daylight and shipped off to some barbed-wire enclosure in Iowa. Instead, they will be made to lose things; first, their jobs; then, their ability to borrow money; then, their drivers license, professional licenses, trade certifications, security clearances, passport, and other papers. For most people, this will be enough to bring them back into conformity with the party line. Hard to buy or sell or make a living with no ID.

Those whose objections become annoying will be subjected to a more stringent regime: re-education. First, there will be smear campaigns, during which dissenters will be publicly labeled as threats to the body politic. You know how the word "racist" is used today to instantly turn any conservative into a cringing lapdog? Like that, only x 100. You make enough noise and all of a sudden word gets around that you were accused of being a child molester, or a Klansman, or a militia member, or a convicted drug dealer. You lose your country club membership. Your church kicks you out. Some guy punches you in the face on a train platform and everybody laughs. Is it true? The guy on TV said it is. Get the kiddie-diddler!

If that doesn't work, they'll take your children. After all, the State has the duty to protect children from hate crime, right? Imagine a social worker leading your three-year-old son off to his new home with Ace and Gary, his two new daddies, while an agent of your local government points his gun in your face à la Elian Gonzales. What are you going to do then, Patrick Swayze?

Nothing, that's what. If you try to use your Raht Tuh Keep 'n' Bare Arms to prevent your kid from becoming a pincushion for the Ambiguously Gay Duo, you may get in a shot or two — but in the end they'll get you, and Ace and Gary will still get your kid. And the newscasters and the celebrities and all the folks on Facebook will cheer them on all the way.

For those who become a genuine threat to the regime, there is yet another tactic: disappearance. If you're a for-real troublemaker, they're not going to send a squad of jackbooted brownshirts in armbands to your door to pick you up. Instead, one night, you will simply disappear. Your mail will pile up; your yard will grow long. Eventually, one of your neighbors will call the cops to enter your home and see if you are still alive. You might very well be still alive — somewhere — but I doubt you'll be enjoying yourself. (This is what will happen to the Oathkeepers.)

And for those who are too high profile to "disappear", there are yet other ways. For example, let's say you have a favorite chair. Every night you sit in that chair, hour after hour, typing brave messages against the New Order to your fellow patriots on Free Republic. Unfortunately for you, someone broke into your home a few days ago and painted a thin, invisible stripe of radioactive strontium-90 on the arms of your chair and on your keyboard. Nasty stuff, strontium-90 -- it's highly radioactive, a strong beta emitter with a half-life of 28.8 years. Even worse, it's what they call a "bone-seeker" -- once it gets inside your body, it goes straight to your bones, bathing your tender innards in radiation 24/7. It has gotten into your body. You picked it up from the chair and keyboard and swallowed it at dinner six months ago (tacos). You've been eating it every day since then. You know that nagging cough that's been bugging you? Guess what -- it's lung cancer! And no one will ever know how you got it. Just one of those crazy things, I guess.

I hope I've made my point. This is not 1940, and the Bad Guys are not stupid enough to do anything as obvious as putting people in camps. That's a idiotic Red Dawn fantasy. Instead, they'll just intimidate you into obedience, or threaten your kids, or take away your means of earning a living. And anyone who gives them enough trouble will simply Go Away.

And that's why this whole Website Wolverine fantasy is jejeune and embarrassing, and I say to Hell with it.

171 posted on 07/21/2010 8:23:38 PM PDT by B-Chan
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To: B-Chan
I hope I've made my point. This is not 1940, and the Bad Guys are not stupid enough to do anything as obvious as putting people in camps. That's a idiotic Red Dawn fantasy. Instead, they'll just intimidate you into obedience, or threaten your kids, or take away your means of earning a living. And anyone who gives them enough trouble will simply Go Away.

You pretty much nailed it.

196 posted on 07/22/2010 12:28:55 PM PDT by Drew68
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