Here is what I wrote to another responder: I am armed to the teeth and intend on continuing to be so. And if anyone comes to my castle with ill intent, they will pay for it with their lives. However, I was looking for a way to resist the resistors, and I read about the way the MLK resistance worked, as opposed to Malcom X, the Black Panthers, etc. I served in the Navy during those times (although I served during Vietnam, but Stateside), and am well qualified and prepared to defend myself, my family, and my country. But it seems to me that what the rioters and protestors are doing is to provoke armed resistance, which I do not believe will work. IN fact, as King pointed out, it will only inflame tensions and lead to further violence. God is the answer. I can think of nothing that will inflame the liberal left more than Gospel songs that are shouted out when they proceed to shout out their blasphemy. That is how to drown out their message. Contrary to what you might think, I am certainly no pacifist - I did take an oath to defend the Constitution and love my country. However, I did not sign on to blow people away because I don’t like their message. I can counter their message with the truth. That is my point entirely. Alas, I am an old man now and cannot fight with them physically any longer, but as the good book says, truth is mightier than the sword. And even though I am old, I can still shoot better than most folks when I have to. My truth bullets will hurt much more than my S&W .45, my shotguns, my rifles, or my other weapons.
I think there is a disconnect with what MLK (and Ghandi) were in what situation.
Basically they went out and protested, but it was not a “counter-protest”, first off. And there was no active violence going on against them. Government people weren’t going around hunting down blacks or Indians and actively jailing them. It was the “invisible” stuff they were resisting and bringing attention to.
But these protestors now correspond to the MLK protestors...they are “resisting” some invisible “injustice”, which clearly to sane people is indeed invisible, as opposed to cops hunting them down as they claim. But THEY are behaving violently, rabidly, out of proportion to anything that might be wrong.
Thus, anyone resisting them would not be so unjustified fighting back, literally.
You say it much better than I. Thank you. I agree