When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence

Western Rifle Shooters Association ^ | September 4, 2012 | Matt Bracken

[Travis McGee]

They will die saying,
“I don’t blame you, your anger was my fault.”

[Travis McGee]

Yep, Nassim Nicolas Taleb is one insightful dude. That book is a must-read.

[Travis McGee]

One way or the other, it’s going to happen. It’s just math.

[papertyger]

And what about your rather speculative epistle requires one to be a long time resident of a black neighborhood to reach such conclusions?

I see no substantive difference between it, and the musings of any other quasi-marxist social commentator who has never set foot in a black neighborhood.

Recall I was asking you why “They won’t understand without having lived in a black neighborhood for any great length of time...”

Your convoluted reply does nothing to answer that question. Indeed, even the residents show no evidence of reaching your questionable conclusions.

[papertyger]

Nothing I could say would give me any credibility with you and your cronies.

Your lack of credibility comes strictly from what you have already said, yourself.

That you demean your critics as "cronies" only proves you're a petulant little bitch, to boot!

[familyop]

"And what about your rather speculative epistle requires one to be a long time resident of a black neighborhood to reach such conclusions?"

"I see no substantive difference between it, and the musings of any other quasi-marxist social commentator who has never set foot in a black neighborhood."

Those snotty insults enveloped in squishy rhetoric only deserve ridicule. One of the major problems in this country is that of lack of respect where due. See my tagline, then buzz off.

[papertyger]

Those snotty insults enveloped in squishy rhetoric only deserve ridicule.

And your lack of ability to answer a straightforward question without indulging in patronizing conceit is worthy of high praise?

GTH!

One of the major problems in this country is that of lack of respect where due.

One of the major problems in this country is the feeling of entitlement to that which hasn't been earned.

Stuff your tagline.

[familyop]

Out of 46.7 million Americans on food stamps, whites comprise about 16,812,000 million. Expect that number to go much higher. If Romney gets into office, Latin Americans (being “Indigenous peoples of the Americas”) will be fully employed by the government and no longer on food stamps.

;-)

[familyop]

Oops. That’s 16,812,000 (nearly 17 million).

[familyop]

"That you demean your critics as "cronies" only proves you're a petulant little bitch, to boot!"

You're an example of what's wrong with this country. It's going to be a pleasure to starve the mouthy, socialist beast to default.

[familyop]

"GTH!"

"One of the major problems in this country is the feeling of entitlement to that which hasn't been earned."

...you said of soldiers.

"Stuff your tagline."

...your reply to my military service. Scram. Don't talk to me. Take your childish insults, liberal style rhetoric and vulgarities back to Stormfront or whatever, keyboard coward.

[Louis Foxwell]

I really do not mind that you are agressively opposed to my thoughts. Your choice of insults, however, is over the top. Consider yourself reported for violating one of the cardinal rules of this site.

[PLMerite]

“If only one in ten of the middle class is prepped, I doubt if one in a hundred EBT users are...”

If they did prep, their first priority would probably be a three-day supply of choom and crack.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings palmer:

Those wonkette’s won’t change their thinking one iota even as they see the flames in front of them.

Wonkette reader/contributor meets real bear.

Travis McGee:

Brilliant response to Peter principled politically correct promoted Flag's mental masturbation folly. When the music stops, giving it less than three days for Beirut on the lake, Chicago.

Cheers,
OLA

[matt1234]

This bunch will do it deliberately, especially if it looks like they are going to lose power in November,

Bingo. If a crisis does not arise to save obama from losing, obama and his cronies will create a crisis. Even a casual reading of history shows that Marxists don't play nice.

[Travis McGee]

Thanks.

[Travis McGee]

Thanks.

[Vaquero]

Matt's essay is racist at its core. It characterizes blacks as rats in a cage, ready to eat their own when the food stops.

I classify Americans in 2, easy to remember types.

N-word...and Non N-word.

Color has nothing to do with either type...it is a frame of mind.

if a larger percentage of race falls into one or another of the TYPES...so be it. whent the SHTF, I will defend myself against N-word, regardless of their color. and try to combine forces with the Non N-word folks...regardless of color.

[RikaStrom]

Kart,

May I get on your ping list, please?

Thanks,

RS

[danielmryan]

A well-written essay, but I have to disagree on one point:

Where they will be unable to respond swiftly or effectively to the outbreaks of street riots by MUY flash mobs, the police and federal agents will respond vigorously to the deadly but smaller vigilante attacks. These sniper ambushes and other SAV attacks will be called acts of domestic terrorism and mass murder by government officials and the mainstream media.

Sure, this is standard operating procedure on the part of the mainstream media...and some government officials. But the others, in large part out of fear, will see the SAVs as either potential allies or reproaches.

By "reproaches," I mean their actions will cause those other government officials to ask: "If those vigilantes can fend off the mobs, then why can't our trained soldiers do the same? Wouldn't it be better to have the job done by troops under civilian control?"

It would probably feel odd to see a CWII scenario erupt only to see yourself on the side of the government, but that's a fairly likely scenario. Remember: there are still two parties. Moreover, the government officials in one of those parties may well be stupid, but not to the point of suicidal.

Let me tell you a story, featuring one Pierre Trudeau. He was the Prime Minister of Canada first elected in 1968, and he was a classic limousine liberal: his businessman dad died when he was a teenager, leaving him with a multimillion dollar inheritance. Because he came from Quebec and was a Francophone, he had the same effect on certain Anglos that Obama has had on certain whites. Except for the fact that he hailed from the [real] upper crust of Quebec society, he was Canada's answer to Obama.

Sure enough, once he got elected, he began musing in a unicorns-and-rainbows way. His pidgin was something called "participatory democracy:" all I'll say about it was that it was very '60s. He was also accused, by some, as being better than the job at that time.

But, in 1970, a funny thing happened on the way to Rainbow Land. A left-wing terrorist group, the Front for Quebec Liberation, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross on October 5th.

Then, five days later, the left-wing terrorists also kidnapped a Quebec Liberal Cabinet Minister, Pierre Laporte.

And guess what Mr. Skittles did? Six days after Laporte was kidnapped, he invoked the War Measures Act: he declared martial law. Rather than use any false equivalencies, he aimed the martial law initiative right at the left-wing terrorists and their sympathizers. During the crisis, when talking about public safety, limousine Liberal Pierre Trudeau sounded almost exactly like William F. Buckley. It was as if Buckley had become his speechwriter.

And Mr. Trudeau's ratings shot right up!

Now, I know Canada isn't the United States - but Canada isn't Ireland, either. The Quebec Liberation Front was crushed. True, there emerged a separatist party in Quebec, but the violence vanished.

[If you're interested in this episode of Canadian history, Wikipedia has a good intro.]