While learning all about the militia movement from the popular media, the usual liberal suspects are telling each other ghost stories. They are sort of like Casper the Ghost stories. At the same time the militia members are so crazy they were deserving only of ridicule and they are also the greatest danger the country has faced since the invasion by the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.
On one hand these people are making fools of themselves playing soldier in the woods. On the other hand they are just waiting the opportunity to overthrow the government of the United States. As their fear lies with the latter let us presume it is true.
If the latter is true and if they have sufficient numbers of about 3 million members ready to fight, then in fact they can overthrow the US government. That is something to be concerned about as the US Army would not be capable of stopping them once they begin guerilla warfare tactics and ultimately they will win.
There is something wrong with that equation even though by all experience with insurrection it is correct. It did work in Vietnam didn't it? The Vietnam equation is not the US equation as it had one other factor, the peasants of South Vietnam were disarmed.
And that is why the US is different. Even if their are 3 million citizens with their 12 million sympathizers ready to overthrow the US Government, there remain 85 million adults who will certainly take up arms against them and do with the US Army can not do, stop the revolution.
Is that not part of the genius of the citizen militia? That the people can decide for themselves whether or not a revolution can succeed? Those who are afraid of armed militias have no reason to be afraid the fearful greatly outnumber them. There is only reason to fear if they will not take up arms themselves.
And everything I read of the fearful indicates they simply have not considered that option. Not only have they not considered it, they want to turn in their guns so they do not have that ability. Noting of course that revolutionaries, like criminals, will not turn in their guns, only the victims will not have guns.
Yes, these people have reason to be fearful. They have given over every concept of their own safety to government agencies that can not protect them.
And their reaction these days is as funny as their portrayal of the militia movement when they are in the ridicule mode. Here are these self disarmed people trying to "frighten" these armed people. "Disband your militia or I with intimidate you a second time!"
Another thing they attempt to do is to "reason" with the people they think are the militia. They have some very strange idea that the people whom they identify as paranoid on one hand can be reasoned with on the other. Noting of course their idea of reason is to demand they do the liberal thing and call them stupid of they do not.
And then in the absolute height of stupidity, unparalleled since Marie Antoinette, they want the government to forcibly disband these groups. There is an old joke about paranoids, the worst thing you can do is to agree with them. So here they want to give paranoids enemies. Not very bright.
And here is the point, should the militia movement consider themselves provoked sufficient to actually start an insurrection, the only thing that can stop them are the usual liberals demanding other people protect them. They will be trying to "talk sense" into them, a method of unbounded success in Vietnam.
Rather than admit this, they will say that "two wrongs don't make a right," that they will not "contribute to making the US an armed camp," or they might even come up with something original for a change. But most likely it will be some threadbare liberal platitude they learned in gradeschool. They will certainly never consider doing the only thing that could work under such a circumstance, to take up arms against the insurrection themselves.
And as certain as night follows day, should a revolution start they will demand everyone be disarmed and they will be the first and only to turn in their arms. No one ever said liberals were very bright but they are self destructive. There is not the slightest expectation that they will see any need for them to protect themselves from a revolution than from street crime.
They will vote for the politicians that promise to do the most liberal thing, such as offer rebels surrender amnesty on condition they accept a rehabilitation program where they can learn to get in touch with their feelings. We have to realize there is no such thing as a bad militiaman there are only misguided militiamen.
We can expect to see Tabloid TV with guests telling us how to understand militiamen. Geraldo with transexual, lesbian ex-militiamen. Sally Jesse giving tips on how to cope with the stresses of a revolution. Donahue dressing in designer cammies on a bet.
Liberals are not equipped in the slightest manner to deal with a revolution. Witness their response today. They will not become brighter should there be a real revolution. They are doing the best they can right now.
If there are any people out there seriously considering creating a revolution for their own ends this country is a pushover. And it is those most afraid of the militia movement who make it weak.