Why are you not down on the border, shooting the enemy?
Given the graveness of the crisis, shouldn’t you, and all the other panic-stricken “patriots” here on FR, be “mounting up and riding to the sound of the guns?”
I hear and read so much concern about “losing our gun rights;” but then I never see them put into practice, when the situation is (according to you and others here and elsewhere) of such desperate need.
You, and those in your camp, scream about this “invasion” - and I don’t disagree on that point - but then you and they never follow up with what should be the obvious response, if things are so desperate and out of control ...
Rather instead, all the panic-stricken angry blog warriors, here on FR and other conservative “patriot” websites, sit comfortably on your asses at home, writing long screeds about how terrible is our predicament, and about how all our elected authorities are deceiving us, betraying us, or shirking their duty ...
Well, sir, I reply: what about your own duty? Are you not a sovereign citizen of this republic? Do you think that all you need do is vote, and bitch on FR, etc. when things don’t go your way?
I guess the only sacrifice most of you are willing to make is to pay for your internet connection. The only risk you are willing to take is wearing out your keyboard.
That is my two cents on the matter.
I’ve got to admit, your words strike home, but I have to ask: what can the individual citizen do to change the situation? The kind of force or power that could have an impact requires a large, well-organized body of people, not individuals driving down to the border with no aim, no organization, no plan. And the catch-22 is that, if you tried to organize anything that looked like an armed force, the government would descend on you with its vast overwhelming power and resources.
I’m not disagreeing with you, but one still has to deal with the reality of the situation and it is daunting, to say the least. Going down there as individuals is not the opposite of cowardice; it is simply empty bravado as well.
“Why are you not down on the border, shooting the enemy?”
I’m ready, willing and semi-able. Why aren’t you? Or do you just like bitching about the bitchers here on FR? /rolleyes