“An Armed society is a polite society”

Flu Klux Klan

“I’d just been a shirty little kid who wanted to be contrary, and in the process, I’d demeaned the rights and wasted a half-day of my father just because I wanted to show up the principal. And that wasn’t a good use of my rights.”

So a COVIDiot just posted this. I’m not sharing the name because fuck who it is, really.

‘An armed society is a polite society’ because of fear, nothing else. That’s the idea the whole concept hinges on. This entire demonstration is meant to be intimidation, because that’s the point of toting around weapons: to scare people.

Much respect to you and double that for your father.

Damn, this is a perfectly articulated case of how to not take advantage of your rights. Same goes for freedom of speech. Sure you’re allowed to say any shit you want, but you have a responsibility to deploy it in a beneficial way, not to just be an asshole at will. It’s that decorum of responsibility that is sadly…

Exactly - “shitty little kid who wanted to be contrary” pretty much sums these dudes up.

And when I protested that I was within my rights, as he himself said, he called me on my bullshit. Yes, I had the right to do what I did, but that was beside the point...I’d done that not because I had any principled objections to [anything]. I’d just been a shirty little kid who wanted to be contrary

They never evolved past their lizard brains.

“Look we have guns, but don’t be scared...or actually....be scared enough to buy your own gun. Buy a gun so you don’t have to be afraid of me. It’s your right! Don’t you want to be able to stop me?”

At least, that’s my take. They do this to intimidate the public into buying their own guns.

Home Depot/Lowes: Usually bigger parking lots with less traffic than Walmarts and food stores or malls and no mall security punks to deal with.

econobiker, thanks for your reply. What's special about the parking lots of a Home Depot or Lowes? Are these lots better than others?

Selling/buying motorcycles or cars I have met in a Homedepot or Lowes store parking lot for the test ride/drive and then gone to a nearby Fedex Office(the ol' Kinkos) which is camera monitored for the money transaction (less than $3000) which is good to be able to make photocopies of documents. Any more than $3k and I…

I completely agree with you. I'm more thinking of a woman bringing a friend along, since they are the ones who might be likely to feel less secure in a meeting up situation. I definitely don't recommend any guys try this unless the decision is to hang out as a group with a friend or two each coming along to make it…

Actually, if a guy I was going to meet for a date (or for craigslist or anything else) said he was bringing along another guy friend, that would send alarm bells a-ringing in my head. Considering, being female, a man is statistically the most dangerous threat I will encounter in my day to day life, I think it's fair…

I'm not scared of the world I just don't trust people I don't know. It is incredibly stupid to trust everyone, and you saying that just shows HOW naive you are.

If that's what you would think of someone wanting to bring a friend along to the first meeting of someone who's intentions they don't truly know, then that's your prerogative. To be honest, with how you immediately attacked me for suggesting a person who isn't sure of their personal security (remember, we could be…

I think that being okay with this in the first place can go a long way towards keeping everyone safe.