Be A Refusenik!

Original Content | December 5, 2015 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

In the old Soviet Union, there was a class of citizen known as the Refusenik. In Russian, the word was отказник, pronounced 'otkaznik'. There were two definitions for this label: One, people who were not allowed to emigrate -- especially Russian Jews -- and two, people who willfully disobeyed laws as a form of protest.

As America careens into a fascist state most reminiscent of the former Soviet Union, it will be necessary and useful to adopt the techniques of the oppressed citizenry of that empire. As free speech is squelched via 'hate speech' laws, we will need to adopt the Samizdat model of distributing free information and opinions (more on that in another editorial soon). As the nation’s laws are slowly ratcheted down to control and harass people -- rather than uplift and uphold the Constitution, and remove barriers to interaction -- it will be necessary to become a Refusenik.

This petulant man-child, this President Stompy-foot, needs to be told "NO". In a firm voice, and with no anger whatsoever, simply tell him "NO". I promise you it is not a word he has heard often....or often enough.

Some of us will suffer greatly, in the Refusenik Movement. I expect to be one of those, since I am launching the concept. I expect to be 'made an example of'. I do not care. Some things are more important than life itself....such things as liberty, such things as the heritage of our country, such things as our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

• Obama plans sweeping changes to the Brady Act and the background check system. He will essentially rewrite the law to call anyone who sells a certain number of guns a year, a dealer who needs to run background checks on buyers. More ominously, he may twist the law and insert legislation that is simply not there, and say that anyone who sells a gun without owning it for a year is a dealer. This is utterly unconstitutional legislation-writing on the part of the Executive Branch. This back-door registration will allow Obama to more easily track firearms for eventual confiscation.
  
  I will not comply. I will be a Refusenik. I urge everyone to do the same.
  
  
• Obamacare was forced down our throats by a series of treacherous Senate and House moves, and upheld by a compromised and likely blackmailed Chief Justice Roberts. It requires a penalty for those who do not insure.
  
  I am covered by my company, but if I was not, I would not comply. I would be a Refusenik. I would urge everyone to do the same.
  
  
• The aptly-named Attorney General Lynch has declared that we may not speak harshly about Muslims in the wake of our first ISIS shooting attack on domestic soil. She has promised the full weight of the Federal government will ply prosecution on those who violate this utterly unconstitutional demand. Leaving aside for a second the lack of any law to prosecute a person who speaks against Muslims, this is a clear and direct violation of the First Amendment.
  
  I will not comply. I will be a Refusenik. I urge everyone to do the same.

I could go on, and name any number of outrageous, tyrannical, and unconstitutional efforts this utterly uncontrolled administration is attempting, but I see no point in iterating each one. The concept is clear.

Refuse to comply. Be a Refusenik. Urge others to do the same.

This shall be the symbol of the Refusenik Movement:

Include it wherever you post. It is our modern-day Gadsen Flag.

[Paladin2]

My quack "just" wanted to know if there were any in the house and if they were locked up. I told him everything was under control. Nothing since. It coulda been 15 yr ago.

We have to get the local popos to provide a grant to get a handgun, so the gov't knows.

[Calpublican]

All my life I have been ornery, stubborn and against conformity. I have been a refusenik and did not know the name. Sign me up for your ping list.

Let me add something I truly mean: As I sit in my comfortable home—well appointed, clean, a little OCD (or CDO, as someone pointed out, the letters in the correct order), and an enviable, enjoyable garden— it occurs to me that it has no significance as it is temporary any way.

An oppressive government is so reprehensible that personal comforts are a small sacrifice if we can preserve a free country for future generations. We may be called on to make such sacrifices, even our lives. If it comes down to it, I hope the older generations will front the fight.

Of course, we very well may not get to that point, but it is something we need to consider and prepare for with the hope it will not happen.

[Calpublican]

Stealing your poster and love your tagline. :)

[Chickensoup]

Don’t refuse, that will mean yes.

Say no.

Your doctor is an agent of the state.

[gaijin]

marker

[PlateOfShrimp]

Mr. Laz -

We have never met, but I have laughed at all your funny posts and now I cheer you on with this most serious post. May the Lord ever bless you.

But I have a suggestion for your logo: change the resistance to 50 Ohms. Then we can be called the terminators.

[IncPen]

Never Forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is, so he can do something to you that you wouldn't allow him to do if you were equipped to prevent it.

This goes for burglars, muggers, and rapists, and even more so for policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians.

_{-Alexander Hope, from the novel Hope by L. Neil Smith and Aaron Zelman}

[thesearethetimes...]

Like many others here, have been one all of my days FRiend, just never knew it had a name : P

May God guide and strengthen us good sir.
Tatt

[laplata]

“No, I am Laz”

[Lazamataz]

“No, I am Laz”

[laplata]

“No, I am Laz”

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I was thinking as in “I am Spartacus” when thousands claimed to be Spartacus to protect Spartacus from the Romans.

[Dr.Deth]

that is awesome

[Mollypitcher1]

You guys should find a doc like mine. We talk about guns, hunting, asinine democrats and their liberal views. He has written some really strong worded articles that have been published in the newspapers. He’s a super good guy and a fabulous old fashioned kind of doctor.

[TADSLOS]

[Lazamataz]

I was playing along.

[P.O.E.]

Number Six: "I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!"

[laplata]

Woops.

It’s working. Now they’ll never find the real Laz.

[glock rocks]

I will not comply.

[infowarrior]

Never Forget, even for an instant, that the one and only reason anybody has for taking your gun away is to make you weaker than he is, so he can do something to you that you wouldn't allow him to do if you were equipped to prevent it.

This goes for burglars, muggers, and rapists, and even more so for policemen, bureaucrats, and politicians.

These are words every person should read, and heed. Furthermore, they should be chiseled deep, into the granite of the mountain of your particular choice, for truer words have seldom been written.

*THIS* is what so-called "gun control" is *really* all about. It isn't about "safety" or any other such drivel, it is about rendering you powerless to actively oppose any assault on you, your rights, your property, and even your very life itself.

Any other 'interpretation' is an utterly damnable lie...

the infowarrior

[b4its2late]

I live in NY governed by a Cuomo. I already am a refusenik.