Oh the things I miss reading boring history books. Shortly after the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, I was informed about his incredible menace to democracy called the New Black Panther Party. The breathless way in which this threat was discussed made me think there must be something to it right? Well, after sifting through some google hits, I found out that there were two guys standing in front of a polling place in Pennsylvania and one of them had a baton or something. People walked in and out without any problems. Then there were no actual complaints about voter intimidation during the nonevent. But, of course on fox news where big, scary black men are always about to break into your home and rape your wife, this was a big deal.
Now, I am not convinced that these two chuckleheads aren't on fox's payroll or some other scam, but they resurfaced with $10,000 to bounty george zimmerman's capture after Treyvon Martin was murdered. Which was good, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson can only scare the only mostly-true believers so far. There needed to be a good new black boogieman to scare quiverfull children with.
Anyway, the NBPP should be on fox news' payroll if the amount of coverage they get on that propaganda masquerading as news channel is any indication. Google it for yourself, these two dorks may have big mouths but nothing can rile up both the fear factor and self-righteousness glands in right-wing authoritarian followers like scary looking black guys. The rest of us are left wondering what all the fuss is about.
Speaking of glands and their dysfunctions, there is a scary organization out there that constantly works with glassy-eyed fervor to make our society less safe. It is called the NRA. This merry band of vigilantes keeps racheting up fear to sell its merchandise, pull in donations and membership fees, and pays nothing in taxes for marketing murder. According to one site (cached) they take in $237 million a year but spend next to nothing to lobby government. The fear they peddle is enough to bring the faithful to the polls to defeat evil, gun-grabbers. Evidence to the contrary that no one is coming for their guns no matter how much we the people may plead for it. Really, when was the last time a Democratic candidate campaigned on gun control?
Fear is just cover for approved aggression in the minds of authoritarian followers. Isn't that what all the "castle doctines" and "stand your ground" laws are for in the end? Giving "responsible gun owners" permission to shoot any "suspicious and/or threatening" characters around them?
I take a lot of criticism for my extreme stance of, you know, not wanting to get shot. So, in order to deflect the coming screams of how "anti-gun" I am let me clarify. I do not hate guns, I hate people, the kind that think they get to be judge, jury, and executioner for stepping on their lawn or "acting suspicious."
While you chew on that, find any fox news article talking about zimmerman's arrest. Read through some of the comments. These are the people you are defending when you say it is perfectly reasonable to have these enabling laws on the books. These are the people holding the gun. And if you are not 100% "one of them" (and believe me, they come up with reasons to disqualify people more and more frequently) you will be staring down the barrel. You will live or die based on these highly reasonable and respectable "responsible gun owners'" feelings that day.
Good Luck Folks!
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