I agree that there are way more disturbed people out there. I mean, I don't think that Sharon Angle is a nazi skinhead or anything and I have certainly run into those around these parts. But "I've seen worse" isn't much of a defense. You don't find it disturbing that a mainstream party candidate for Senate is talking sympathetically about armed revolt if elections don't go the way that some of her supporters want?
Judah On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:24 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree that her involvement in the political process is a good thing. >> On the other hand, I have a hard time looking at that quote and not >> seeing it as saying that if her supporters don't get the electoral >> result they desire, they will resort to armed revolution. Saying "I >> hope it doesn't come to that" isn't anywhere near the same thing as >> denouncing the entire idea of armed revolt in a functioning democracy. >> If you are pointing that out as a mainstream "meh" sort of point of >> view, I'm a bit worried. > > You haven't read/seen some of the truly disturbing stuff that I've > encountered then. Again, I refer back to the fact that she is willing > to work within the system. The true nutcases aren't willing to wait > for elections, seeing the government as having already far surpassed > the level of tyranny that a "Second Amendment Alternative" calls for. > > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325900 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
