Originally posted by: Steeplerot
Originally posted by: nutxo
Sigh. No it wasnt steeple. It was to keep the people free from an oppressive govt.
Duh, and who was the opressive govt back then we just won our independence from, barely.
One that we used militias for. Its a crock, and the ones who are the rabid gun owners are on the side of the newest empire anyhow. The whole thing has been perverted.
Gun nuts are not on the side of the sons of liberty as the current regime trashes the constitution, the only reason the second is still around is the government knows whos side the wingnuts are on, theirs.
If people rose up to stop this regime they know damn well gun toting rednecks would be loyalists. God bless 'murica.
Same as it ever was, the ones who overthrew the british rule were just a idealistic group in this country, there was a huge part of the population that sided with the king, same deal nowdays.
Meet the new king george, same as the old king george.
God save the king ===
god bless america, same sh1t different era, same sellouts.
Modern conservatism is just a fancy word for what they called
Tories.
"Approximately half the colonists of European ancestry tried to avoid involvement in the struggle ? some of them deliberate pacifists, others recent emigrants, and many more simple apolitical folk. The patriots received active support from perhaps 40 to 45 per cent of the white populace, and at most no more than a
bare majority."
Some things never change.