Today’s post begins with a fractal simply called Why? I chose it because I simply asked myself “why” when I read the article that inspired today’s rant. Read on and you’ll probably end up saying “why?” as well! WARNING: today’s rant will be fairly short and likely offend quite a few people (so read on at your own risk.)-
I read something in today’s (November 13) Press-Enterprise that really made me sad: in the week of November 3-9 gun sales skyrocketed in the Inland Empire. Still, before you start “dissing” the I.E. you should know that this happened all over the nation. Local gun dealers attributed this to the election of Barack Obama and other Democrats. Local gun dealers aid they hadn’t seen such a spike in sales since the Los Angeles Riots of 1993.
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Frankly, this surprises and saddens me: what are they thinking that would cause people to react like this. Are these idiots afraid that some Liberal is going to come into your home and redecorate it in the latest style, force you into a Gay Marriage, and teach your children evolution and political history? Are they truly afraid that their world is going to change so much they have to shoot to kill? Maybe they are afraid the police will come and (to paraphrase Charleton Heston) pry their guns out of their cold, dead hands? Come on people! (If y’all truly believe this maybe we should think about revoking your right to vote, drive a car and even feed yourself. You need a keeper--badly!)
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Lest any of my readers think I really mean that--let me go on the record as saying that that was intended to be a sarcastic observance of a social situation NOT an actual suggestion (although I do think this behavior is utterly insane.) I find it sad to think there are people who are that afraid and uneducated that they would choose behavior like this rather than simply accepting that the political landscape has changed and working within the new framework. No doubt the landscape will change again (I’m afraid sooner rather than later) and I doubt that the Democrats won’t be taking up arms. I don’t even know what to suggest here--other than that liberals and middle-of-the-road folks like me need to watch their backs.
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Think about it.
1 comment:
I got this comment from my friend Alison via e-Mail and she gave me permission to post it here. (If nothing else it mgiht spur some discussion...)
ANYway--here is her comment on my blog.
I had not heard this report about increase in gun sales, and have the same reaction as you, Ron. If anything, liberals had a right to go crazy buying defensive weapons in '04 when Bush stole another election--and continued to take away civil rights from average Americans. Of course that did not happen because progressives, and maybe even middle-righters, happen to believe the Constitution is a real, viable document that should be protected through existing systems (like voting, the courts, grassroots organizing, non-violent protests, etc.) and NOT THROUGH THE BARREL OF A GUN! This is a sad commentary on this group of Americans, that they are so threatened by a (finally) legal election of an extremely intelligent, educated, somewhat progressive president. I imagine these are the same people who immediately believed rumors that Mr. Obama was a socialist, terrorist, Muslim because he had a "furrin" name, and (gasp) he was black. One must question their motives for the gun reaction. Is it because they really think the liberals will take away their rights? (Funny, didn't Bush already do that? Oh, at least he did not take their guns.) Is it because the president elect is African American? (Racism has not died with the election results.) And do they mean to use these weapons defensively or offensively? (Remember Oklahoma City was an act of domestic terrorism by people who "shore loved" their guns.) Let's all hope Obama's apparent skills in bringing people together will diffuse some of this unease on the right. It's still not illegal to be a stupid redneck in the US.
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