When a few MAGA types in Wisconsin decided that 'enough is enough' with all this 'stay at home' stuff....they decided to waddle on down to the state capitol and protest. They also decided that it would help their cause if they showed up there armed to the teeth. I must be missing something.
Presenting their grievances as an 'armed mob' instead of doing so peacefully sent a message to the entire rest of the country....and even the world. No sensible person can deny that appearing in the state capitol carrying assault rifles is a form of threatening the governor and the rest of Wisconsin. It is a very direct statement that if they don't get what they want, violent insurgence is--quite possibly-- going to be their response.
Never-mind that we supposedly live in a free democracy....if this single-digit percentage of the great American public doesn't get what they demand, in their minds it's okay to start shooting...at what or whom is not precisely clear just yet. It 's the behavior one would expect from thugs and punks, from people who have chosen as their 'Fuehrer' a man who clearly approves of this kind of threatened violence. He is on their side, and he has already made very clear threats himself, that if he's not re-elected this November, a second Civil War could be the response from the right. Of course, he always makes these kinds of threats as if they aren't coming from him. "I'm just telling you what I've heard.", spoken in a sly and almost whimsical manner. He's a slick one, oh yeah.
First of all, how is it okay for these knuckle-draggers to threaten the entire rest of America with violence if they don't get something they are demanding: the end of caution around Covid-19. They feel it's just too painful to continue making all the sacrifices Americans have made in order to slow and eventually stop the pandemic. So, to hell with what the scientists and knowlegable experts say, it's time to pretend all of this is not happening?
Right at 90,000 Americans have died as I write this. CDC has estimated that the death-toll will surpass 100K by the first of June. To put this in perspective, about 40 thousand die in auto accidents each year. Fifty-eight thousand died in our eleven year war in Vietnam, and 3,000 plus or minus, died on 9-11. About 2600 were killed in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, plunging America into the Second World War. Approximately 405,000 Americans died in that war, and the costliest war in our history was the Civil War, with a now estimated 750,000 dead from all causes, yes, three-quarters of a million.
So, the take-away here should be that Covid-19, taken as a single event, is one of the greatest disasters America has suffered over the course of her history. It shouldn't have to be pointed-out, by me or anybody else, that THIS IS NO JOKE. So, for a small percentage--estimated at well below 10%--to barge onto the public stage and make demands that are front-loaded with the threat of violence, is unconscionable, immoral, stupid and just plain despicable.
In plain language, who the fuck do these assholes think they are? Is it really possible that they are so incredibly dumb that they think their armed showing would persuade ANY-FUCKING-BODY to come around to their flawed and dangerous viewpoint? Is it really possible that they think it's okay to act this way because, "Hey, we're Americans and we have rights!!!"? Oh, bullshit. Nobody has the right to threaten the rest of the country that they will become violent if they don't get their way. No. They just DO NOT HAVE THAT RIGHT.
And, if they are so misinformed as to what their rights are under the Constitution, perhaps they should read it, yes, sentence by sentence, and maybe even come to realize that we ALL HAVE RIGHTS. And, one of the principle rights afforded all of us, is freedom from harassment, threats or anything else that degrades or prevents our right to, "....life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". I don't know about you, but I just don't think I will feel very 'happy', or free, if a bunch of thugs are waving guns around telling me what I can believe, do or support. Naw.
No statement about what these thugs are doing would be complete unless it at least mentions that the far-right in America is actually already committed to the idea that a second Civil War is coming, is, in fact, inevitable. They now wear Hawaiian Luau shirts and use the term, 'Boogaloo' to allude to this fact. The Boogaloo is their code-word for an all out race war....and, they have spent vast amounts of time and money preparing for it. Whether it is the numbers of assault-style weapons, ARs, and AK's, Mini-14s, SKS, M-1As, or other odds and ends, the amount of 'tacti-cool' combat gear that is sold each year, magazine holding vests, body-armor vests and the plates they hold, camo-combat uniforms, and on and on, you cannot understand the scope of how popular this life-style--for it is that--has become. Rural America is--without exaggerating--armed to the teeth. And, a whole lot of these people believe that Boogaloo is on the verge of happening.
Once again, it's time to remind you that November is out there....headed right this way. And, unless you consider yourself to be a victim and a passive observer in our society....it's time to
GET THE VOTE OUT. That means not merely voting yourself, but being willing to put some energy into persuading every person you know to vote Donald J. Trump....the hell out of office. That will at least be a start towards fixing all the damage he and his picaresque cronies have done.
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