There’s a lot to unpack here. I’m happy to vote for domestic drilling and foreign oil sales, any and all private interests getting kicked out of schools in favor of teaching STEM related courses and sending kids home, most “anti-woke” policies in general, more favorable trade agreements et cetera.
Am I ready to run in to a grocery store with guns blazing over the price of beef? No.
Am I ready to go on a shooting rampage over dudes in dresses? Also no.
Now if I vote for laws banning sexual content, field trips an other exposure in public schools and win but special interest groups continue on regardless of the winning vote I am absolutely ready to join a militia and get active - assuming legal recourse isn’t working or possible.
Regarding the original comment, I recognize we live in a democratic republic and wouldn’t consider losing on general policy a boot. Begin challenging the inalienable rights in context of the thread and sure, go hot.
To what degree does the government have to challenge those inalienable rights in order for you to ‘go hot’?
Does it have to be a direct contradiction, or just a minor infraction of it? Say Hate Speech laws, or Censorship of the media?
Those are surely infractions of the 1st amendment.
If I lived in Michigan and was thrown in jail for calling a man in a dress a man as an example, I’d be at my line most likely. I doubt it would look like a crazy, lone gunman shooting whomever but I’d actively seek out action based militia activity and start working towards a scenario either reworking law or moving towards a legitimate civil war.
You said if you vote for things re: sexual content and win, but other people continue trying to fight your decisions, you’re ready to join a militia, if legal recourse isn’t working.
I understood your point. I just don’t believe you are as badass as you believe yourself to be. You have a big ranch in Texas and the coolest light-up massage bed ever, but I don’t take almost anyone seriously who posts on an anonymous weightlifting forum that they’re locked and loaded for Civil War 2.0.
Absolutely not, but as stated earlier militia activity would follow a failure of legal recourse and challenges. So far the hate speech I’ve seen prosecuted, aside from wonky Michigan law, are actually threats. I’m unaware of people using gay or racial slurs being prosecuted for crimes in any serious scope.
That was Alex’s call. You asked me. So far I haven’t been arrested for words, but would absolutely be looking for more resolution than resignation if so.
Instead of sequestering one-off q & A’s over projected individual self doubts, and to broaden scope, I see society at a splitting point of no return in general.
We no longer disagree on the best way to solve common problems but have two distinct groups who approach the world with completely different paradigms.
One will rule the other vs essentially managing shared problems differently, and at every point in history this has led to violent power struggles as common bonds and olive branches break down.
I personally don’t give shit who bangs who, who wears what, who gets high, who gets drunk and on and on, but for me joining a side and using force to bring change would be along the lines of old fashioned and commonly defined tyranny as it relates to the constitution and more specifically the bill of rights. If that’s hard to believe so be it I guess. Sort of an example of the softening of America as also discussed on these forums and par for the course I suppose.
Kind of. I still see political and legal action as a viable alternative to violence at this time and would place violence as a response at a higher escalation point. If that wasn’t clear when I said it earlier I apologize.
Edit, to this end I am politically active and financially support 2 special interest groups aligned with my views, fwiw.