“Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets; and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionally decided, there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.” - Abraham Lincoln in May of 1858

The ballot is stronger than the bullet because the majority will convict the folks who attempted to override the ballot with violence. If we don’t respect our own democratic rights then we are prey for any gangster.

LOL - So they're obsessing over me again?

You know how they hate it when people challenge their narrative. Most of them are indeed very frightened people. That's why so much of the Republican narrative is based on fear-mongering, it's what they respond to. So immigrants are all murders and rapists and Keri Lake is telling us we need guns to defend ourselves from scary bad people. Notice how often they make references to military vets. That's a mental security blanket for them. They think all vets are on their side and that they can actually tap into the power of the military.

The problem with that is that vets don't have access to the intelligence systems, air superiority and multi-billion dollar budgets that sets the U.S. military apart. Without all that, vets armed with rifles are only as effective as the garden variety terrorist. In fact, between a Syrian terrorist and an American vet, I would bet on the Syrian simply because they don't get the chance to get soft.

It's a shame these OPP conservatives get so wound up by all this fear and delusion because at the bottom line, you're right... I "do" have the same tradition that many of them purport to have.

It's not *your* thread. You may have started it but you don't own it.

If you're going to post your opinions on the Internet for all to see, you should expect to deal with contrary opinions from those reading it.

If what you are posting is nasty... such as implying that fellow members want to see Trump murdered, then you should expect a little heat.

Personally, I like the humorous route, which is why I said Trump's murder would spoil the fun of watching him destroy himself.

If that kind of response get's you so riled up that you feel compelled to insult others, maybe don't post such antagonizing messages to start with. As they say, if you can't take it, don't dish it out.