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Originally posted by pteridine
Patriots, March if you choose but do not go to Washington, armed. The leaders of these kinds of movements want martyrs and they don't wish to personally volunteer for the position.
Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
Did you follow the thread? The person who mentioned being armed is a congresswoman. That is what this thread is about.
Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
I'm all for going to the marches and even doing things that would be considered risky in their optimism, but to say that I applaud someone who is calling for Americans to arm themselves in opposition to a government that she herself did nothing to stop in the first place is insane.
Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
Like I said earlier, why hasn't she been on the house floor fillabustering these bills that have ransacked this nation? Why hasn't ANYONE?!
Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
The only thing that will stop this in its tracks is a clear message by the people on the streets. BUT NOT WITH WEAPONS!
Michele Bachmann is a crazy whacked right-wing-nut off the skids completely batty idiot
Originally posted by Jay-in-AR
I don't need a lesson on the 2nd amendment. I understand it quite well.
Dereliction of duty
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In the U.S. Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), dereliction of duty is addressed within the regulations governing the failure to obey an order or regulation. It means that one willfully, through negligence or culpable inefficiency, fails to perform one's expected duties. Ineptitude is a defense against the charge. The maximum penalty in the U.S. is a bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of pay and six months confinement. Acts which are derelict may be charged under more specific offenses such as missing movement, noncompliance with procedural rules, misbehavior, malingering, self-injury with intent to avoid service, or straggling.
Civilian dereliction is usually classed in common law as criminal or civil negligence, recklessness or malpractice.
Treason
en.wikipedia.org...
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Outside legal spheres, the word "traitor" may also be used to describe a person who betrays (or is accused of betraying) their own political party, nation, family, friends, ethnic group, religion, social class, or other group to which they may belong. Often, such accusations are controversial and disputed, as the person may not identify with the group of which they are a member, or may otherwise disagree with the group leaders making the charge. See, for example, race traitor.
At times, the term "traitor" has been levelled as a political epithet, regardless of any verifiable treasonable action. In a civil war or insurrection, the winners may deem the losers to be traitors. Likewise the term "traitor" is used in heated political discussion – typically as a slur against political dissidents, or against officials in power who are perceived as failing to act in the best interest of their constituents. In certain cases, as with the German Dolchstoßlegende, the accusation of treason towards a large group of people can be a unifying political message.
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
Who the hell ever said anything about marching to Washington armed? That's idiotic.
I would say it was hastobemoretolife, the poster with the line drawing of a SIG for his avatar:
"If people go marching to Washington DC armed to the teeth that sends the message that we are serious and prepared to use force if necessary, but we would rather this go down without blood shed. It is basically using our 2nd amendment right, in the capacity that it was written."
And the "leaders of these kinds of movements" — let's just call it what it is, Revolution — are not looking for martyrs.
Leaders always like martyrs to their cause and will manipulate the unwitting to get them.
The next revolution will take place on our doorsteps, with individuals defending their homes and their families and property against unconstitutional search and seizure. It will be up to every individual to weigh his freedom against the "peaceful security" of the totalitarian state.
This sounds like a lot of shootouts, to me. The rest of your speech made it sound as though the true patriots should decide when enough was enough and be ready to die for what they believed in. This brings up the problem of the bather and bathwater. If the water slowly gets hotter and hotter when will the bather know to get out? When will the rebels decide to act and what will they do? Ask yourself when you would sacrifice your life and the lives of your family without the nagging doubt that maybe you were premature and would die in vain.