The extreme right wing is now exercising the full extent of their legal rights to oppose Obama -- that is their right.
It is time that progressives and Democrats do the same in support of Obama!
With the exceptions of the extremists who have violated our laws, most of the opposition to Obama has been legal. This fact cannot be disputed.
It is legal, in numerous jurisdictions, to openly carry a firearm at a rally in support of one position or another. The extreme right is only doing it for attention -- almost certainly most all of them would never do harm.
Most of the people who I know who would attend these "open carry rallies" would never fire their gun in anger at another human being. They are just exercising their rights to the fullest extent of the law and for some reason this is news. Not once has anyone ever suggest -- NOR SHOULD THEY -- that the guns be shot in anger.
Now it is time for progressives and Democrats to exercise their rights at the fullest extent of the law. Whether this involves lawfully openly carrying a firearm or not is an interesting question, but I suggest NO.
I, like many of you, are deeply concerned by Nate Silvers projections that the Democrats may lose over 50 House seats in November. Why do we allow the media to represent our positions as a minority position? We need to show that the extreme right wing with its haters and bigots is the extreme and a very small minority at that.
The arguments of the extreme right wing are so simple. When a right winger says "I support free markets" how come no one ever asks what does that mean? When they say "we are losing our freedoms" why not ask which ones? When they say "I am taxed too much" why not ask if their taxes aren't actually lower under Obama?
By not responding with greater numbers and with peaceful assembly we are allowing the right wing extremists to control the dialogue. One person legally, but foolishly, carrying a gun down the street may draw attention, but so does 10,000 people marching down the streets!
So now, it is time to begin to have our own rallies in support of Obama, to have our own rallies in support of health care, to have own rallies in support of equality, etc.
If the progressives and Democrats allow the extreme right to be the only ones who exercise the full extent of their legal rights what Nate Silver projects will likely happen!
What do you think?