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Originally Posted by Willravel
Come to think of it, Keith Olbermann recently apologized for past comments that might have been needlessly inflammatory. I believe his quote was, “violence, or the threat of violence, has no place in our democracy.” I certainly agree with that sentiment. |
I think that it is an important part of our democracy.
If that kind of rhetoric or language isn't allowed or frowned upon by society, then the 2nd Amendment has no teeth to it.
Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams saying, "To attain all this (universal republicanism), however, rivers of blood must yet flow, and years of desolation pass over; yet the object is worth rivers of blood, and years of desolation." - September 4, 1823
We cringe when people die. We cringe when it becomes reality. When the words turn into action and something actually changes in the world to make a new day that is different than "same shit, different day."
I say this because it is important to understand when the right time is to take up arms against your country, then the right time is to take action against an oppressor. It just isn't always the right time because then nothing happens, nothing may change, and that action may have been in vain.
This wasn't an action to start a change, it was simply a person who had their own agenda and issues. It was not the conspiracy of the right or the left. It wasn't the doings of the liberal or conservative media.
The media is it's own machine. It only manufactures what is consumed. If it is not consumed it changes it's product to something that does.
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