Lion in Winter

Ignorant *****. Wtf? How is this "freedom"? Those are not police brandishing those weapons.

Pulaski

I don't see any "brandishing". It looks more like "carrying" to me.

Lion in Winter

A distinction without a difference.

I wonder how London would react to having armed civilians dressed up like soldiers - because it makes their genitalia feel bigger to them to dress that way - escorting a fascist march down the street.

No respect for any of it.

Pulaski

The irony is that those carrying weapons were peaceable, and death and mayhem was wrought by a lunatic in a car.

tom169

Except these men were likely within their rights to carry the firearms. In London they wouldn't be.

Lion in Winter

That isn't "except". That is "precisely". And nobody would consider themselves less free.

tom169

And as such there is no point wondering how a Londoner would react. We know that the typical Londoner would react with horror to the firearms - due to the fact it's illegal.

As for nobody considering themselves less free... That's a naive statement to make.

Lion in Winter

I wasn't referring to the killing. I was referring to having armed civilians - not law enforcement - protecting an openly fascist march on public streets. That is not an act of peace, or freedom.

History, people.

They are all despicable.

Pulaski

On what basis do you presume to speak for everybody?

Lion in Winter

Common sense.

Nutek

Oooh they look tough. LMFAO What a bunch of wankers.

Pulaski

It has become increasingly clear to me during the years that I have lived in the US that "freedom" to left-leaning liberals, means only "freedom to think and behave like they do", not in any sense freedom to think differently.

To be clear, I am not a member or supporter of the idiots marching in Charlottesville today, and my "arsenal" is confined to one 20-guage shotgun which I bought ten years ago for dealing with snakes. (So far I have fired three practice shots and not yet shot a snake. ) However I am tolerant of those who act peaceably and within the law, even laws that don't meet the criteria of "common sense", and no matter that they do, indeed, look like a "bunch of wankers"(™, Nutek).

zzrmark

Marching peaceably with a bunch of Confederate flags is not something I fully understand getting riled over, however, when you fly a large Third Reich style swastika in the midst of them and the marching dixie brigade see no problem with that then it is perfectly understandable, to any sane onlooker, why the snowflakes are melting.

Aww, bless his little white cotton socks...

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Pulaski

Here's some more WTFery over flags - when people carrying (certain) flags made fellow marchers feel "unsafe", and the flags were "triggering" people.

Flags are a bigger deal than I think I will ever understand.

dc koop

Beats me why anyone finds it necessary to dress up in Kevlar and carry an assault weapon when attending a demonstration Who were these idiots trying to impress in the first place ?

I've come across the same cro magnons in Idaho, dressed up as soldier boys and running around in the backwoods, preparing for "that day when the war comes between black and white"

America at it's most idiotic.