Wait, so Lebanon was an anarchy before the civil war? Huh. The things you learn.
Yes, I'm being sarcastic. It's what I have instead of a personality.
As for The Left is "careful of who it steps on" because we actually have respect for difference of opinion, you must know different Leftists. As a member of a political minority that gets in the neck from both sides of the fence, that respect doesn't seem to extend very far most of the time. Folks busy stabbing each other over who gets to wear the hob-nailed boot this time around seem to take it so personally when somebody suggests that maybe the boot's not the best way to organize society.
As for the Right "rising up", they don't have to now. They're already on top. They've got the guns, and a bunch of folks who promised to obey orders, and not all (or even most) of those folks seem to be able to recognize the difference between legal and illegal orders. Yeah, there's you and a couple other folks I know of, but how many of your fellow soldiers would say "Sir, I respectfully decline to obey that order becaue I believe it to be illegal" when it came to the real deal? Most of the grunts I know (and I know quite a few, current and ex-) would just shut up and soldier. That's what the training's for.
I dunno, maybe I'm just cynical. Studying history will do that to you.
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Yes, I'm being sarcastic. It's what I have instead of a personality.
As for The Left is "careful of who it steps on" because we actually have respect for difference of opinion, you must know different Leftists. As a member of a political minority that gets in the neck from both sides of the fence, that respect doesn't seem to extend very far most of the time. Folks busy stabbing each other over who gets to wear the hob-nailed boot this time around seem to take it so personally when somebody suggests that maybe the boot's not the best way to organize society.
As for the Right "rising up", they don't have to now. They're already on top. They've got the guns, and a bunch of folks who promised to obey orders, and not all (or even most) of those folks seem to be able to recognize the difference between legal and illegal orders. Yeah, there's you and a couple other folks I know of, but how many of your fellow soldiers would say "Sir, I respectfully decline to obey that order becaue I believe it to be illegal" when it came to the real deal? Most of the grunts I know (and I know quite a few, current and ex-) would just shut up and soldier. That's what the training's for.
I dunno, maybe I'm just cynical. Studying history will do that to you.