11/23/2021 4:49:19 PM PST
· 14 of 38 Romulus
to nickcarraway
Mrs Romulus’s cousin lives near Ashville. His Facebook feed shows black bears (as in bears, plural) in his yard all.the.time. Right now they’re coming for the acorns.
Going overboard is precisely what makes things change. An equal counter force only maintains the needle at the same position; it’s the stronger counter force that moves the needle. Mao got this when he said that political power comes out of the barrel of a gun. I admit I would’t go as far as the Costco man in the story, but this time last year I was routinely walking into big box stores unmasked, basically daring the manager to do something about it. No one ever did. I’m not a resistance hero, obviously: we all have to pick our battles. But resistance at some level is vital, or they will roll us up like a rug.
Sometimes property rights have to go to the back of the bus. So to speak. People need to push back, even in ways that make them a PITA. Liberals understand this, which is why they win. Conservatives don’t want to pay the price of resistance, which is why they lose. Leftists win because they want it more. Simple as that.
I know all about that incident. A friend was there. It was way more complicated and dangerous than you suppose. Some cops were inviting people in to help themselves, while other cops were shooting. The key thing that y’all don’t get about Katrina is that it exposed the incompetence of government that wants to be seen as omnicompetent. It was to cover up its failure to live up to its own self image that the lockdowns and forced evacuations were imposed. Government panicked at every level — local, state, and federal — and reacted as only scared but highly powerful hypocrites will do. Sure there was an element of ghetto folks taking advantage of the situation, but that is only a part of the unbelievable complexity that Katrina was.
Sorry to hear about your troubles, but glad to know you’re staying on top of it. I’ve had only one colonoscopy, but my experience was different from yours. Wide awake immediately afterwards, and no grogginess at all.