If there is only one side commands the fire power.
The CIA Black Book of Predicts says we are in for a rough ride till 2030...
Hope so!I got a shtload of older ammo to recycle.
LOL! Pat, I love you, but are you going senile?
bttt
That totally depends on democrats!
That was the Burger Court--and Burger voted with the majority.
Nonpayment of taxes will be the thing that brings down the government.
The question is when we will have the second ‘shistol pot’ heard round the world?
Bloomberg wants it to be Virginians.
Hey, it could be worse?
Is mass civil disobedience our future? That or serfdom.
The choice is ours.
I am not at all religious, yet I firmly believe that we’re not dealing with just bad people. I believe a lot of what we are fighting is genuine evil. I don’t think that being religious is a prerequisite for acknowledging the existence of evil in this world.
Example of short list of people that I believe not simply bad people, which they are, but they are people who are evil:
Hillary Clinton
Chuck Schumer
Nancy Pelosi
The squad
Gavin Newsom
Andrew Coumo
Bernie Sanders, if you think that communism is evil, which it is.
I haven’t decided whether Elizabeth “lies all the time” is just super corrupt and disgusting, or a dyed-in-the-wool evil person. Either way she’s a disgusting human being.
“Violent crime was greater in America in the early 1990s. Urban riots were far more common in the 1960s. And there is nothing today comparable to the bloodletting of the 1861-65 War Between the States.”
The poorest people are now the most likely to be obese, and generally all age brackets and income levels are fatter than they used to be. And everyone is the most entertained they have ever been, while doing the least hard physical labor outdoors than in any era. Most are now used to being cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
I’m not saying it’s absolutely impossible with these conditions to have some sort of sustained and widespread civil unrest, but it’s very, very hard for me to imagine.
“Still, Americans seem to disagree with each other more and to dislike each other more than they have in the lifetime of most of us.”
I think that is the effect of social media and the 24 hour news cycle. It makes people that care about politics and culture vastly overestimate the number of people that care as much as they do about it. Anyone can look at the eligible voter turnout for the last 100+ years and realize there is a huge swath of Americans that don’t care, at least enough to deign to vote about it either way.
I think a solid real world indicator of any sort of possible civil unrest would be if the 2020 eligible voter turnout gets a 10-20% bump. That would put it around 70-80%.
Freegards
One 10 Million Patriots March on DC and problem solved for good..
Violence is the handmaiden of ignorance, and I foresee only an increase in the latter.
No question Nonviolent Civil Disobedience is effective, but only if you are willing to go to Jail by the thousands, and be willing to stay there for awhile.
In Operation Rescue we did so in the 80s and 90s. Mills were closed and many lives were saved. I would do it again in a heart beat, but first several things need to be considered.
First,consider the cost.
1.Are you able to remain non-violent when provoked? Only by doing so can you keep the moral high ground. We used passive resistance by going limp and accepted the pain compliance holds used by police when arresting us. Can you remain non-violent in speech and action? Remember you have the honor of defending the Constitution many have died for.
2. Are you willing to risk your job? Can your family support this action after carefully explained to them. Are you at peace with the decision of conscience that you alone must make?
3. Can you network with other like-minded organizations, appoint informal local leadership,and establish goals and action you can personally follow? Unity is imperative. Don’t reinvent the wheel, reach out to other existing units and incorporate.
Second,understand and commit to the mission and those you act with. Non-violent Civil Disobedience will only work if done with large numbers and total commitment to your cause and your Brothers and Sisters in the action.
Finally, Successful social action has always proceeded political victory. Ultimately we must win at the ballot box, the legislature, and the courts. It is this that will send our America hating adversaries to the dust bin of history.
Nonviolent Civil disobedience is an important and successful alternative to isolated dead-end violence and personal tragedy. All action should be corporate. This is not to deny individual acts of conscience when no corporate alternative exists.
Finally,we have the great advantage of acting Constitutionally according to our God given rights.This is our generations’ field of battle for this day. Americas’ enemies may never understand this, but we must never forget it.