..and who gets to call that ‘revolution’ on?
We should be just as concerned about charismatic leaders are calling for a revolution on the basis of conspiracy and fear. We saw where that got Europe a half a century ago. That revolution overthrew a democracy and replaced it with a fascist dictator- all founded on the basis that the democracy was corrupt and run by conspiracies of banks...
We should also fight against false revolutionaries to protect the Constitution and the United States.
“..and who gets to call that ‘revolution’ on?”
Ay, there’s the rub. We’ve already seen some people start their personal version of the revolution. Invariably, they’ve gotten the ‘smack down’ from the government and as soon as the dust settled most of us have quickly remarked at how foolish they were or commented on their lack of good cause. Sometimes I think those remarks and comments are driven as much by a wish to blend in with the masses and thereby attract less attention than by actual conviction.
Be that as it may, we didn’t rise up for Randy Weaver, preferring to believe (?) the government line about him being a white supremacist. Nor did we rush to rescue the Branch Davidians, citing the false accusation that David Koresh was having sex with children. When police went door to door confiscating guns in New Orleans we reacted by suing and legislating after the fact... never mind that those people who lost their property still haven’t recovered it.
No, unless the government — properly elected or not — does something so heinous no one can excuse it we will continue to watch individual revolutions on the evening news and make excuses for the government that breeds it.