Each and every day, the news is filled with gun violence stories and tales of gun owners and wannabe terrorists gone wild. With everything from a crazy man firing an AR-15 in an airport terminal to thirteen year olds conspiring to create chaos in their schools, we are inundated with tales of terror to convince us that an increased police state and a heightened surveillance state is necessary to protect us.
This is what the slow creep of fascism looks like. It is also the same propaganda other aspiring empires have used to fool the people into the silent surrender of its citizens.
The writing is on the proverbial wall. We have already been down this road. We were there in 2002 after 9/11. To fail in recognizing this ploy for what it is should serve to remind us all of that old adage: "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Or, in the words of those who stood on Capitol Hill condemning true patriots standing against the blatant attempts to negate our Constitutional rights (as if it is what this once great Nation needs more of) - "Shame on You!"
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