"Poll: 29% Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary"

[james_davis_nicoll]

Three in 10 registered American voters believe an armed rebellion might be necessary in the next few years, according to the results of a staggering poll released Wednesday by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind.

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[metahacker.livejournal.com]

I'll just link to this here.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

And this one.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Wow. Haven't read that in a LONG time. And now it seems strangely prophetic.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

It was accurate at the time, it has never failed to be accurate since. 30% of the USA is batshit nuts and will vote for "Satan, who wants you personally dead" as long as he has an R beside his name.

[nathan helfinstine (from livejournal.com)]

I would appreciate the honesty that Satan would bring to the political discourse. He's not going to waste our time claiming that the laws he proposes are "to save the children" and all that nonsense.

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

So all that "Father of Lies" stuff is just Jehovite propaganda? :D

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

See, there's the thing. Either he's not lying about being Satan and wanting evil laws for evil and thus you get an honest politician, or he IS lying and will be a great president who is good for everyone. It's win-win!

[thesaucernews.livejournal.com]

Satan believes in the literal truth of the vengeful Old Testament God, and rejects the oppression of big government bureaucracy (vis a vis the aforementioned OTG.) You might even consider him the ultimate small business entrepreneur.

Also some are aware of Satan's keen business acumen and knowledge of contract law. He's quite likely to be a strict Constitutionalist.

And finally, he'd have no qualms at all with an aggressive nation-building policy in the Middle East.

Really, if you think about it, Satan's a better candidate than anyone the Republicans have actually fielded.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Note, though, even that essay has a throwaway joke about the revolution coming at the end. It's obviously not meant seriously; it's a gag left over from the days when yelling about revolution was a thing on the left.

But I wonder how many of these people now grumbling about armed rebellion really mean it, and how many are saying it because it's what people like them are expected to say.

[thesaucernews.livejournal.com]

Well, there's revolution in theory, and revolution in practice. Revolution in theory makes for effective political campaigning. Revolution in practice looks a lot like the Boston bombing. Let these revolutionaries cry havoc from their armchairs all they like... that's where most of them will stay.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

Another interesting thing is that we now have a number of examples of substantially successful largely nonviolent revolutions (or, at least, revolutions in which the most violent tactics weren't the ones that worked in the end). That ought to affect the thinking of potential revolutionaries.

There was pretty clearly an effect on the Occupy people, though whether that accomplished much is open to question.

[thesaucernews.livejournal.com]

It ought to, and I hope it does.

[agent-mimi.livejournal.com]

My favorite conspiracy theory videos on YouTube lately have been the ones proving Obama is a lizardman shapeshifter.