File this one under "That can't possibly go badly" with all due sarcasm.
The Washington Independent and Matthew Yglesias are reporting on the latest in right wing reactionary insanity.
A Mr. "Pale Horse," 26, apparently the leader of the Ohio Militia would like to organize the Million Armed Militia Man March on Washington, D.C. on July 4.
No, really. Watch this if you have a strong stomach.
If you don't want to invest the minute and a half of your time, here's the gist. This loser, who is disgusing his voice, wants to rally one million militia types (ten million would be better) to march on Washington. So far, not too awful.
Unfortunately, Mr. Pale Horse wants all of these people to be fully armed. The good news is that he doesn't want any of the participants to actually fire or have loaded weapons.
From the video: "No shooting. No one gets hurt."
My reaction: My ass.
I've watched the video twice and I am still not sure what they will actually be protesting, but it is probably a potpourri of issues a la teabagging that is actually code for the fact that a Black Democrat is president. They want to come to my town/the Nation's Capitol on July 4 (a Saturday) with their guns and knives and whatnot. And they're not going to cause any trouble? Right.
All it will take is for one deluded punk to come to DC, load and fire. Then all hell breaks loose.
Look, assholes. DC has handgun restrictions for a reason. We don't want your guns, we just don't see any need for you to bring them here. Come on down and protest. We've seen it all. We're just not keen on protests that get locals and tourists killed. Some of us actually live here, by the way.
Will they actually do it? I kind of doubt it. As of the writing of this diary, the video has less than 1,500 views and two are mine. I assume that Yglesias and his readers account for a few more.
Looking at the comments, however, indicates that some people are considering it. They have such grown up names as SmutFi, 64novasuper, twhitamore and wingnut4427.
Her's one of the mature exchanges:
RedFoxRadio:
You need to check what guns are allowed with no license required. As far as i know Washington has no guns allowed but if black powder guns are allowed i would say go with that it better than nothing. If you go with guns that are not allowed there will be war no dout.
OhioMilitia:
They cant arrest everyone!
"Mature," of course, being a relative term in this case.
And just a little more about Pale Horse from OhioMilitia from his YouTube page. He (I assume this is a he) is all of 26 years old and lives in Sandusky. He is "self employed" and his hobbies are "protecting our freedoms" (presumably by convincing the city residents to stay home on July 4). His favorite movie is Red Dawn and his favorite book is Behold a Pale Horse. I'm assuming that it is this bookabout UFOs, the Secret Government, and the JFK assassination.
Oh, and he has a MySpace page (how precious) that indicates he is married has has at least one kid (creepy) and is virtual friends with Ron Paul (That's about the only thing that makes sense in this whole story.)