At the same time this nation has a long history of vigilantism,terrorism and active rebellion against the government
. For instance for 20 years before the Civil war there was the Slave Fugitive Act which allowed for terrorists in the guise of slave catchers to steal people from the north and sell them into slavery. After the Civil War there were groups that actively terrorized minority communities. in the South and in the territories. Also there was the very active lynchings in the South and midwest through the 1930's. Then during the 1870's through to 1890 there were quite a few cases where Indian villages and clans were massacred by non government groups. I could go on but you get the idea. More recently there has been various extreme right and left wing groups that have been actively attacking things that met their ire, for instance a few years ago an FOE sub group destroyed nearly a 100 cars and SUV's in a dealer's lot in western Washington. And we all know about groups such as the Army of God and its campaign against women's health clinics. Moreover the open carry people as far as I can see is only a few steps away from violent revolt. Right now there are quite a few people and groups (such as Larry Klayman and a number of fright wing christianist talk radio hosts) that are advocating active rebellion against the current administration. Its been getting to a point where some are wondering whether this nation is in for a second civil war, it appears that things are that polarized right now. On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > It could be, Larry, but I like to think otherwise. There is a big > difference, I think, between grumbling about violent insurrection and > actually doing it. There is a segment of our society that has a > fundamentalist world view and shared cultural values (overwhelmingly white, > evangelical christian, and conservative) that believes that "our country" > is being lost. That is powerful and could push things over the edge, but I > think that the roots of democracy are still strong and that our shared > history as a country with significant generational evolution will be enough > to prevent that. > > Our country has evolved through many socio-political conflicts that has > deeply divided us. Only once has it come to armed insurrection. Could it > again? Yes, of course. I'm an optimist, however, and I don't think it will > come to that. I see too much positive change and new consensus building > taking place along side the strife to think that we are yet that broken. > > Dissent is good. Hopefully the energy and passion of the Tea Party can > engage areas where there is common ground to be found, such as > strengthening and renewing our commitment to civil liberties. The current > leadership of the party is opposed to compromise and common ground, true, > but they've been on a winning streak, so that's not surprising. If we can > wind up our wars, get the economy moving ahead a bit better, and settle in > on some of the major changes that happened around the end of the Bush > admin/beginning of the Obama admin, perhaps we can end up in a more > functional place. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Give them time Judah, they will get pretty violent when its obvious how > > much the country has ignored them for their extreme positions. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368376 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
