a self-fulfilling paranoia

We are told again and again by various right-wing fantasists and push-button death machine fetishists that the oppressive near-fascist-marxist-Islamist-Freemasonist dark-complexioned devil in their White House will be sending out his jackbooted-New Black Panther Party-hoodie wearing-thugs to pollute our precious bodily fluids with fluoride seize everyone's precious, precious constitutionally-protected guns. Probably from their cold, dead hands, even. And so to stick it to The Man and show the world just how very small their penises are  brave and patriotic they are and that the Black Man in the White House is not the boss of them, these 'responsible gun-owners' have decided to show up at gun-control rallies and fast-food restaurants and coffee shops armed to the teeth. Not with the intention to intimidate anyone, heavens no! They are just exercising their God-given constitutional rights as Americans!

Now, you might think I have a problem with this kind of behaviour, but you'd be wrong. Thinking in terms of the long game, I think it is terrific that these ignorant redneck weapons fetishists brave souls are taking their AK-47s to Starbucks. Because sooner or later, one of these assault-rilfe toting nitwits  is going sufficiently startle the wrong 7-11 clerk or run into the wrong armed mall cop or armoured-car guard and shots will be fired. And then there will be a massive armed response from North America's over-militarized police and a whole bunch of people are going to get dead. And then maybe, just maybe the gun people will start realize they don't need to go around armed to the teeth all the time.......or they will decide that the great second civil war of patriotic citizens against the oppressive socialist government that wants to give all their hard earned money to the moocher class is finally at hand and take up arms against The Man, at which point the U.S. Army will pretty much wipe them out, so y'know...win/win.

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