Are they aware that in doing so they will lose their democracy? Because if they are aware of that, I don’t see how sitting it out is morally defensible by any metric.
They keep us a dollar chasing the hamster wheel . We are so worried about barely affording housing and food, we can’t focus on anything but what’s in front of us. I was wondering today if I will see a reset in our democracy.
Even if leads to a revolution, the people opposed to fascism lose in a few days or weeks, because they’re the same people that have actively campaigned against the individual right to keep and bear arms for 40 years now. Dems refuse to accept that the freedoms they value are built on the willingness of the people–as a whole–to use violence as a tool. Republicans are more than happy to use violence to oppress.
I want the one where the working class finally wakes up,
That is unlikely to happen. While I’ve certainly spoken to a number of younger people at shooting events that would agree that it’s a class issue rather than a left/right thing, most of the people that I’ve run across do not see it that way. They have the simple view, “Republican good, Demonrats bad”. (BTW, I do tend to vote Democratic, because there are many things that I value that the Dems at least say they’re in favor of, even if they usually don’t act. Lesser of two evils, etc.)
Like enough fascism that it causes “good christian southern white folk”
Uh. Who, exactly, do you think the fascists are? Odds are pretty good that if you’re in a white SBC church, any megachurch at all, TradCath, or some other similar trash, you’re probably rootin’ for the fascists. As the saying goes, there’s no hate like Christian love.
In the meantime, I do plan on obtaining a firearm,
I’m down with that. Take some classes, and take classes from people that have a solid track record as competitive shooters, not some old fudd that kisses the NRA’s ass. (Ben Stoeger is the gold standard for shooting instructors; if you’re LGBTQ+, check Operation Blazing Sword or The Pink Pistols for LGBTQ+ friendly instructors.) Practice and train regularly, and compete. You don’t git gud shooting at slow firing at paper targets; you get good by forcing yourself to shoot accurately while moving and on the clock. Steel challenge is a good place to start, and then USPSA and IDPA. You don’t need a gucci gun, you just need something that’s accurate and reliable. Glock is the standard for a reason; you can run them for thousands of rounds without cleaning, while race guns (like Staccato) need to be cleaned every 750-1000 rounds or else they start jamming badly. In fact, for IDPA, you can’t use the gucci-est of gucci race guns; production optics is as fancy as it goes, and you’re going to have to be able to conceal it. Get a carry permit; you don’t have to carry–I don’t, because I simply don’t need to–but having the permit and knowing the laws on when you can carry, and when you can legally use lethal self defense is generally a good idea.
…And then hope to fuck that we can hold it together as a country, and turn this shit around without a class war, because US Civil War Pt II would be the bloodiest war in human history, and the world that would emerge after that war isn’t one that I’d want to live in, regardless of who “won”.
Are they aware that in doing so they will lose their democracy? Because if they are aware of that, I don’t see how sitting it out is morally defensible by any metric.
What do you mean exactly when you say that they will lose their democracy?
Trp will pack the courts and they will complete the dismantling of the American Democratic institutions.
They keep us a dollar chasing the hamster wheel . We are so worried about barely affording housing and food, we can’t focus on anything but what’s in front of us. I was wondering today if I will see a reset in our democracy.
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Even if leads to a revolution, the people opposed to fascism lose in a few days or weeks, because they’re the same people that have actively campaigned against the individual right to keep and bear arms for 40 years now. Dems refuse to accept that the freedoms they value are built on the willingness of the people–as a whole–to use violence as a tool. Republicans are more than happy to use violence to oppress.
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That is unlikely to happen. While I’ve certainly spoken to a number of younger people at shooting events that would agree that it’s a class issue rather than a left/right thing, most of the people that I’ve run across do not see it that way. They have the simple view, “Republican good, Demonrats bad”. (BTW, I do tend to vote Democratic, because there are many things that I value that the Dems at least say they’re in favor of, even if they usually don’t act. Lesser of two evils, etc.)
Uh. Who, exactly, do you think the fascists are? Odds are pretty good that if you’re in a white SBC church, any megachurch at all, TradCath, or some other similar trash, you’re probably rootin’ for the fascists. As the saying goes, there’s no hate like Christian love.
I’m down with that. Take some classes, and take classes from people that have a solid track record as competitive shooters, not some old fudd that kisses the NRA’s ass. (Ben Stoeger is the gold standard for shooting instructors; if you’re LGBTQ+, check Operation Blazing Sword or The Pink Pistols for LGBTQ+ friendly instructors.) Practice and train regularly, and compete. You don’t git gud shooting at slow firing at paper targets; you get good by forcing yourself to shoot accurately while moving and on the clock. Steel challenge is a good place to start, and then USPSA and IDPA. You don’t need a gucci gun, you just need something that’s accurate and reliable. Glock is the standard for a reason; you can run them for thousands of rounds without cleaning, while race guns (like Staccato) need to be cleaned every 750-1000 rounds or else they start jamming badly. In fact, for IDPA, you can’t use the gucci-est of gucci race guns; production optics is as fancy as it goes, and you’re going to have to be able to conceal it. Get a carry permit; you don’t have to carry–I don’t, because I simply don’t need to–but having the permit and knowing the laws on when you can carry, and when you can legally use lethal self defense is generally a good idea.
…And then hope to fuck that we can hold it together as a country, and turn this shit around without a class war, because US Civil War Pt II would be the bloodiest war in human history, and the world that would emerge after that war isn’t one that I’d want to live in, regardless of who “won”.
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