Politicians And Pundits Called For An Armed Revolution, So The Millers Finally Tried To Deliver One
Following every mass shooting in recent memory, the gun lobby has struggled to deflect blame onto to everything except the availability of firearms, not to mention the U.S. gun culture the NRA helped to manifest. After Sandy Hook it was video games. After Aurora is was mental health. After Virginia Tech it was a movie. But today, we’re told by the same pro-gun people that pointing out Alex Jones’ influence on Jared and Amanda Miller is just crazy talk.
Strange how that works. I suppose we could just default back to the availability of guns or the unwillingness of Congress to act upon the will of 75-90 percent of voters who want stricter gun laws, but that’s out of the question, too.
In the case of the Las Vegas shooting, you’d have to be utterly blind to not see the influence of Alex Jones lurking transparently beneath the surface, immediately below the shooters themselves and their firearms. The Millers were deeply ensconced in the anti-government conspiracy subculture where Jones is the kingpin — the Svengali for millions of paranoiacs who are each convinced through systematic indoctrination that a revolution is coming.
Sorry, but rap lyrics or a Japanese horror movie don’t exist anywhere near the same marketplace, nor are they operating in the arena of serious political discourse, telling us that our constitutional rights shall not be infringed, or else. It’s about your rights and your liberty, they say. A talk radio host, presenting what he claims are legitimate documents and expert testimony regarding how our government, by means of the NSA or juice boxes or so-called chemtrails in the sky, is seeking to control every aspect of our lives is so vastly different than the rather trivial nature of a fictitious shoot-em-up video game. But I get it, there are some people who have trouble discerning fantasy from reality, but Alex Jones and his copycats don’t deal in fantasy. They have all the evidence. They know. This is really, really happening in the dark corridors of power in Washington. So get ready!
Did they really believe they could talk like this for so long and at such an urgent fever-pitch, encouraging armed revolution and Second Amendment solutions, and believe that no one would act upon the nonstop join-or-die hype? It’s not just Alex Jones, either. We’re also told by our elected leaders — those we’ve tasked with passing laws and safeguarding our liberty — that we should seek Second Amendment Solutions against domestic enemies.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN):
“I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax, because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told us having a revolution every now and then is a good thing. And the people — we the people — are going to have to fight back hard if we’re not going to lose our country.”
Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS):
“We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it does seem like a waste of good ammunition.”
Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL):
“I am convinced that the most important thing the Founding Fathers did to ensure me my First Amendment rights was they gave a Second Amendment. And if ballots don’t work, bullets will.”
Former Senate candidate Sharon Angle:
“People are really looking toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying, my goodness, what can we do to turn this country around? I’ll tell you, the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out.”
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By: Bob Cesca
Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go
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Esteban Rey June 10th, 2014 at 13:06
Republican politicians are stochastic terrorists. Most of these people are all talk and are just screaming hate for money, and most of us know this. But Sometimes a teabagger idiot will take them seriously and start planning mass shootings and ricin attacks.
Esteban Rey June 10th, 2014 at 13:06
Republican politicians are stochastic terrorists. Most of these people are all talk and are just screaming hate for money, and most of us know this. But Sometimes a teabagger idiot will take them seriously and start planning mass shootings and ricin attacks.
Shootist June 10th, 2014 at 15:49
Politicians And Pundits Called For An Armed Revolution
Which politicians. Which pundi (If Alex Jones is a pundi, then so is Art Bell)? Names, now.
arc99 June 10th, 2014 at 16:07
the article provided direct quotes from several politicians.
Alex Jones earns a living by expressing his opinions. that sounds like a pundit to me.
Shootist June 10th, 2014 at 16:12
I have no issue with opinions. But to label someone a pundit indicates they might know a little something, like George Will, Gwen Ifill or HL Menchen.
Besides, the essay’s narrow focus should enlarge itself to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqiEKKFTv0Q
Shootist June 10th, 2014 at 15:49
Politicians And Pundits Called For An Armed Revolution
Which politicians. Which pundi (If Alex Jones is a pundi, then so is Art Bell)? Names, now.
arc99 June 10th, 2014 at 16:07
the article provided direct quotes from several politicians.
Alex Jones earns a living by expressing his opinions. that sounds like a pundit to me.
Shootist June 10th, 2014 at 16:12
I have no issue with opinions. But to label someone a pundit indicates they might know a little something, like George Will, Gwen Ifill or HL Menchen.
Besides, the essay’s narrow focus should enlarge itself to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqiEKKFTv0Q
greenfloyd June 11th, 2014 at 01:26
I feel numb. Today yet another shooting, at a local high school here in the Portland, Oregon area. One student killed, a teacher injured, the shooter dead either at their own hand or the cops, it’s still unclear at this point… Details from this and all the other recent acts of domestic terrorism ricochet around my brain. Trying to make sense of the senseless, amid the pools of blood, hysterical parents and this damn numbness.
The Millers’ have no political credibility, they lost that the moment they resorted to violence to address whatever grievances they might have had. However there may be a silver-lining to all these dark clouds. If in some twist of fate their “revolution” actually got lawmakers off the dime and truly honored the victims, including the two law enforcement officers gunned downed by the Millers’ and pass sensible gun regulation, improve and expand access to psychiatric care, drug treatment and public safety reporting.
The only person making sense is US Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who represents the area where today’s shooting took place. He spoke on the floor of the House, holding back tears he held up a wooden bow-tie students gave him and called for a moment of silence.
Of course, after that… politicians and pundits.
floyd[@]greenfloyd.org June 11th, 2014 at 01:26
I feel numb. Today yet another shooting, at a local high school here in the Portland, Oregon area. One student killed, a teacher injured, the shooter dead either at their own hand or the cops, it’s still unclear at this point… Details from this and all the other recent acts of domestic terrorism ricochet around my brain. Trying to make sense of the senseless, amid the pools of blood, hysterical parents and this damn numbness.
The Millers’ have no political credibility, they lost that the moment they resorted to violence to address whatever grievances they might have had. However there may be a silver-lining to all these dark clouds. If in some twist of fate their “revolution” actually got lawmakers off the dime and truly honored the victims, including the two law enforcement officers gunned downed by the Millers’ and pass sensible gun regulation, improve and expand access to psychiatric care, drug treatment and public safety reporting.
The only person making sense is US Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who represents the area where today’s shooting took place. He spoke on the floor of the House, holding back tears he held up a wooden bow-tie students gave him and called for a moment of silence.
Of course, after that… politicians and pundits.