Know your enemy and all that I suppose....
Well, you know, all those hateful white male conservatives, of course.
I dunno, I kinda like this guy...
It is hardly a fantasy when we see a government fantasizing about the sinlessness of itself when it justifies shooting down with a F16 airliners, but cannot find pilots too sinful to carry fire arms as a last line of defense in a war.
Admitedly, doomsday people tend to be self righteous, but gees, I wonder what feeds this self righteousness? Could it be the government and liberals are setting an example?
It is hardly a fantasy when we see a government fantasizing about the sinlessness of itself when it justifies shooting down with a F16 airliners, but CAN find pilots too sinful to carry fire arms as a last line of defense in a war.
Admitedly, doomsday people tend to be self righteous, but gees, I wonder what feeds this self righteousness? Could it be the government and liberals are setting an example?
It is the interposition of the state that comstitutes the fundamental difference between liberal and conservative (at least in their modern American definition). And as firearms possession is an individual right this fellow, although well-intentioned, must sooner or later come up against that.
He seems to share the same view of government as many on this site...."I'm also a liberal, who believes that the government has the obligation, not just the right to work to make our society, nation and world a better place."
There are so-called 'conservatives' posting here who have a similar view.
How anyone could see governments as having 'rights', or how anyone could imagine a government making any part of the world a 'better place' is beyond me.
But millions disagree. ;^)
Many members of the armed forces, though not all unfortunately, understand that they are not a police force. It would be a mistake to assume that the military could be used effectively to settle domestic disputes. The few times the military has been used, they ended up recognizing that they were in the middle where they didn't belong. The Bonus Army, the guardsmen at Kent State, the military who supplied equipment used at Waco, etc. As the incidents unfold, there are significant numbers of the military who will recognize the evil that has been unleashed and will resist.
US Military know that they are not protected by claiming "I was just following orders". I said on a different thread that F-16 pilots must refuse the duty of responding to a hijacking by shooting down an airliner whose crew has been disarmed by the F-16 pilot's Commander-in-Chief. They must make it clear that it is not their job to kill victims who have disarmed by the government.
What an a$$ , why bother learning to defend yourself, just sit back and let the gubmint take care of you!
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This typical liberal thinking reminds me of a scene in the latest Star Wars film. Annakin is talking to Padme and when she points out that in a democracy, people will always disagree, Annakin tells her that government should "make them agree". She tells him that that is dictatorship, not democracy, and he replies "Whatever works". That just about sums up liberal thinking. I'm glad this guy gets it on guns, but he doesn't get it on the role of govt. in general.
Oh, and government has no "rights" under the Constitution.
The last thing we need to do is to become pushy, and intolerant- like most Liberals! Shooting can be an in-road to Conservatism for these folks. If we Conservatives show ourselves to be good, and decent people of character.