"Failure to prepare to survive is a decision not to survive." - C.L. Hendricks
I believe this.
Increasingly, however, the people in my political group are afraid of the word "survival". They don't like me using it.
They think it's "extreme".
They are prepared to talk glowingly about the Constitution, to write letters to their Congressmen, to elect better politicians, to be outraged at accusations of racism, to attend Tea Parties.
But they don't want to hear about Survival, or Resistance, or Guns—those crude and indelicate things.
They don't even want to hear about Food Storage. Too weird. Too "extreme". Too scary.
Too "survivalist", I guess.
Too freaky, scary "militia", I presume.
How can I relate to these people? I don't think me as leader is going to work for long. Thank goodness I was smart enough to draft a leadership committee...who are all cooler heads, more patient—still willing to work within the system—who are taking over running the group.
Me....I WANT to start a Militia
Of course, I may just be going crazy....infected by too much fantasy fiction about heroes and saving the world, too much disgust and rage about what's happening to our country...and not enough nicotine in my brain to keep me quiet, compliant and complacent.
Everything's changed since I quit smoking.
Of course, I know that's not true. Only I have changed.
But that means my relationship with "everything" has changed...and that amounts to the same thing from my perspective.
I admit, I'm not sure what everything has changed to. I just know it's a lot more fierce...and dangerous...and immediate.
More to come...
The Gunslinger
Me....I WANT to start a Militia
Of course, I may just be going crazy....infected by too much fantasy fiction about heroes and saving the world, too much disgust and rage about what's happening to our country...and not enough nicotine in my brain to keep me quiet, compliant and complacent.
Everything's changed since I quit smoking.
Of course, I know that's not true. Only I have changed.
But that means my relationship with "everything" has changed...and that amounts to the same thing from my perspective.
I admit, I'm not sure what everything has changed to. I just know it's a lot more fierce...and dangerous...and immediate.
More to come...
The Gunslinger
Face it, you're in Cali. Frankly I'm surprised that you've gotten together enough people to even form a group.
ReplyDeleteAs you once admonished me, baby steps here Gun.
I'm pretty sure that at the onset of violence in any civil war (i.e.,total break-up the social fabric),that there's a moment of disbelief:"Has it REALLy come to this point? I used to buy pastries from this guy,and now he's trying to kill me!").These situations turn on a knife's edge. It is what makes "historical events" that are spoken of by latter generations the pivotal moment that mattered for the freedom struggle of humankind.Methinks that this has occcured many times in the minds of those who were lare lauded as heroes.This current crop of evil shits DEPEND on us playing "fair" and timid,while they steal and destroy and undermine our values...just sayin'....
ReplyDeleteI meant to type "later lauded as heroes". Pedantic/redundant clarification, I know...
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ReplyDeletego here now. find like minded folks.
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Send them over here when they get squeamish about "survivalists" and maybe they will see that it's about coping with whatever comes.
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