Monday, December 12, 2005

Viva la Revolucion!

Every once in a while a liberal writes a column that comments how if things are getting any worse, the proletariat will rise up and overthrow our corrupt regime. Instapundit is highlighting another load of this sort of BS.
At a certain point in the near future, if the current oligarchy cannot be removed via the ballot, direct political action may become an urgent and compelling mission. It may then be necessary for many people in many walks of life to put their bodies on the line.
Am I the only conservative laughing at this? Hey, we liberals are going to put our bodies on the line. We're going to remove this corrupt regime by force if necessary. Viva la revolucion!

Except here's the thing. The conservatives? We have guns. I even own some with super-scary bayonet lugs. And I have the bayonets for them too. How many neo-Marxists have you run into at the local shooting range? About the only time I see a leftist holding a gun is when they are taking credit for banning that particular flavor of firearm. And even then they aren't holding it properly.

Of course this is all somewhat of a misstatement. The writer is supporting general strikes ala Europe and massive sit-ins ala Tiananmen Square. Except that union labor doesn't have that kind of power over here and "the large public squares" in the US are deep in the heart of the Democrat controlled cities.

What is really sad is that his major complaints are about the government subverting the protections of the US constitution. It is a valid problem. I would love to see a real conservative government in power so we could see the constitutional restrictions on government restored to what they were before FDR entered office. But this guy is a liberal! They built the uber-state and were willing to step on all sorts of constitutional toes to do it. They forged the weapon that is being used against them. Haven't you liberals learned your lesson yet about concentrations in power?

No I guess not.

UPDATE: Joe Carter is also disdainful of this new activism.

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