Originally posted by: jpeyton
I would laugh, but after that story about the blogger getting visited by the SS, I would probably unlink the image.
Unfortunately, we live in tough times as far as civil liberties are concerned.
Meh, while that was put forth jokingly, the 2nd Amendment was written by men who acted on the statement "When all else fails, shoot from cover at their bright red coats." And while I believe that America is, realistically, no where near that point, and while I do not advocate or plan on acting out the sentiment expressed on that T-shirt, I do not disagree with it.
Besides, the Secret Service alledgedly (when I went into that thread, it was just someone's word on a website, without any external sources to back it up) talked to that girl. That's all, talked. If the Secret Service wants to sit down for a chat with me, fine. I have no plans, serious or otherwise, to assassinate the POTUS. But our country was founded by people like Jefferson, who wrote this:
"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion. The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty....
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."
-Thomas Jefferson
I will, however, edit my earlier post slightly.