Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 13, 2012 17:35:24 GMT -5
What many of these groups are about is preserving and restoring our Constitutional Republic. They aren't about creating a separate country, but reclaiming the one our founders gave us. They aren't about being lawless gangs, but protecting themselves against a lawless government. They're about restoring law and order, not wreaking havoc- which is what the government does. I don't personally think we're to the point of having to shoot agents of the federal government, but our founders certainly believed it may come to that, and some people think we're at that point. I guess my overall point is that such a point DOES actually exist- and our government is rapidly moving itself towards that point, rather than away from it. We're or they're?
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 13, 2012 18:06:37 GMT -5
Looks like Big Brother is onto you, Paul.
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Don Perignon
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Post by Don Perignon on Mar 13, 2012 19:51:38 GMT -5
"The man who surrenders liberty to gain security deserves neither"?
These "militia" recall to mind another group... Charles Manson and his gang, living at the Spahn Ranch. That didn't end well, either.
The recipe for Disaster usually includes: a "charismatic" egomaniac (the "Leader") and a covey of easily-gulled weak-willed follower-types seeking escape from the contemporary world.
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 13, 2012 21:37:59 GMT -5
The 18th century British lords are no doubt delighted to see modern-day Americans likening revolutionary attitudes to serial killer cults.
In a sense, we're witnessing their posthumous revenge.
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Post by sgtjer on Mar 14, 2012 16:04:55 GMT -5
I'm not in Chicago, but can I vote twice anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2012 16:39:34 GMT -5
The recipe for Disaster usually includes: a "charismatic" egomaniac (the "Leader") and a covey of easily-gulled weak-willed follower-types seeking escape from the contemporary world.[/b
Are we talking about militias or democrats?
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Virgil Showlion
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Mar 14, 2012 16:44:37 GMT -5
*lol* @ oldtex (I have nothing against Democrats specifically, but funny is funny. )
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