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Originally Posted by Willravel
It's the only example I have. Every other opportunity for armed revolt in recent US history... well... nothing. Even when the government actually went from door to door stealing people's guns during Katrina, not one person fought back. Lotsa bark, no bite. I suspect it has a lot to do with the fact that everyone, even gun proponents, agree with me.
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so the video I saw of one elderly woman refusing to fire on 3 california highway patrol officers that tackled her with an unloaded revolver means that you're correct that nobody will fight the government? 
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Originally Posted by Willravel
It's not about vindication, it's about having a reason for the right at all.
We have free speech because it's a human right, the right to seek, convey, and receive free ideas, and without this right, we could not correct any system. As self-correction is a part of any successful and free state, free speech and free expression must also be. I could ramble out an answer for pretty much everything in the Constitution and the BOR, and I could probably cite specific examples of the rights being utilized for good.
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correction, without that right, you could not BEGIN to correct any system
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I'm really glad that everyone rose up against the British once upon a time, I really am, but it's not the 17th century anymore. Determined farmers with muskets would be unable to overthrow the US government should it become corrupt, especially considering that even when there was massive systemic corruption quite recently nothing happened.
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most records indicate that only 3% of the colonial population bothered fighting the british crown.
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