So, Liberals are discovering......Prepping? - Granite Grok

So, Liberals are discovering……Prepping?

LIberal PreppersThere is a maxim that is floating around a lot since it became evident that Trump was going to be our next President and the result of Obama’s Imperial (“Pen and a phone”) Presidency and tremendous expansion the Oval Office’s power:  “Remember, you won’t have that Power forever and then the other side will have that Power”.  Obama expanded that Power – and now the other side has it.

And the Liberals are now discovering something that a lot on the Right did a while ago – Prepping.

Liberal Preppers Stock Up On Guns, Food As Trumpocalypse Looms

Heh!

With Trump on the horizon, the survivalist movement — long a pastime of the right — is picking up progressive converts fast

…Colin Waugh bought a shotgun four weeks before November’s election.

An unapologetic liberal, he was no fan of firearms. He had never owned one before. But Waugh, a 31-year-old from Independence, Missouri, couldn’t shake his fears of a Donald Trump presidency — and all of the chaos it could bring. He imagined hate crimes and violence waged by extremists emboldened by the Republican nominee’s brash, divisive rhetoric. He pictured state-sanctioned roundups of Muslims, gays, and outspoken critics.

“I kept asking myself, ‘Do I want to live under tyranny?’” said Waugh, who supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary and later backed Hillary Clinton. “The answer was absolutely not.”

Hmm, I guess my definition of Tyranny is far different than their’s (I think) and is best summarized by:

The Bigger The Government, the smaller the citizen.

With Trump now days away from assuming the White House, Waugh’s preparing for the worst. He’s made “bug-out bags” stuffed with ammo, energy bars, and assorted survival gear for his wife and their three cats. He’s begun stowing water and browsing real estate listings in Gunnison County, Colorado, which he’s determined to be a “liberal safe-haven.” Last month, Waugh added a 9mm handgun to his arsenal.

His advice to others on the left fearful of the next four years? “Get ready. Pay attention. Keep your wits about you.”

Really?  A Bernie Bro?  Umm, that tells me a Big Government that is more and more Statist – ever intrusive (as well as costly).  As Government gets bigger and bigger, the ability of an individual to make their own decisions about their own lives.  To me, the lack of that freedom, is Tyranny and not just the fear of FEMA camps or black helicopters.  But this is rather amusing (the “liberal” take on prepping?):

Occasionally, posts on the Liberal Prepper seem to veer close to parody. One debate thread last week centered around the merits of stocking up on recycled toilet paper rolls versus buying Angel Soft, a brand produced by Koch industries, a notorious climate change foe. And in another discussion, vegetarian and vegan members talked about the best meat- and dairy-free food supplies to have during a sustained crisis.

Ah yes, can’t let the important stuff get in the way of ideology.

 

(H/T: Vocativ via The Truth About Guns)

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