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Originally Posted by POS
I think that the right are getting sick and tired of being pushed around by the gov't and the media, and some on the right are now pushing back. Showing up at a rally with a sidearm is a means of saying "Stop pushing me". For the pacifist left who hate to offend anyone, this display of pushing-back may be hard to swallow, but it is real and there are a lot of people out there who are sick of being pushed around by our gov't.
3a) Expect more of this.
3b) We should be pushing around the gov't; not the other way around. I'm glad this is happening. This is how the Boston Tea Party got started.
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pushing back comes in other, more constructive forms that get more done. look at history, who won? jesus - peaceful protestor, gandhi - peaceful protestor. look at malcolm x vs. martin luther king - who was more successful, who is thought of more positively, who had more of a long term effect?
brandishing a gun does infer power and threat, but it's not a commendable nor respectable idea. look at gangbangers, it's the same idea, a manufactured threat that has no explaination and no ideology that can be seen or heard. it is forceful and final and does not create compromise or democracy, no matter how many founding father quotes you throw out along with your weapons.
i don't except expecting more of this. i firmly fear the tyranny of the majority, especially when they have more guns than smarts or ideas. great, you won by force, now we'll follow your orders at gunpoint. sounds like dictatorship to me, not democracy. guns have their place in our lives and our country, not in our policy making. this isn't the 1700's anymore, some of us have evolved beyond needing a gun and some grunting. if everyone took a vote and slavery was reinstated by popular vote, it wouldn't make it right, it wouldn't be acceptable. if it was reinstated at gun point, it would make it even worse, not more patriotic.
go ahead, push around the government. write letters, start peaceful protests, boycott products and policies, raise funding for political think tanks, whatever you want. pointing guns ends the conversation and steps on someone's rights, maybe not yours or your ideas, but someone will not have a say because of it. and democracy is about sharing your country and life with people who disagree wholeheartedly with you and still get equal say. that's the country i'm proud of.