mikesouth |
04-29-2015 12:57 AM |
This whole thing in Baltimore bothers me.
On the one hand I applaud revolution. The militarization of police forces across this country is an appalling occurrence, and it pleases me when the citizens stand up and say for one thing you are no longer going to trample my rights and for another you seem to be forgetting who works for whom. I am tired of the police serving their masters in government and acting as intermediary toll collectors. It has gotten to the point that I would have more respect for the cops that took a bribe and used it to better their own lives, instead of those of their masters.
But is that what is happening here? Sadly it isn’t. Whatever good message they may be propagating by their civil disobedience is eclipsed by the animals that are stealing and destroying the property of the very own neighbors. While Dr King had it right in that change should be instigated by peaceful means Chairman Mao also got it right when he said change must come through the barrel of a gun.
Unfortunately we have allowed our politicians to usurp our constitutionally recognized rights in the name of wars on drugs, terror, poverty, crime…pick one or all of the above. Just as those rights had to be taken by force they will now have to be reclaimed by force.
What we have happening in Baltimore is more just an excuse for a bunch of animals to act like savages than it is to bring any real change.
That’s just sad.
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