Progressives are all about taking freedoms away either by having Bigger Government that makes the “right” decisions “for us” that they don’t ever believe we’d make or just outright taking things away completely so that we have no chance to make a decision at all. “You can only buy the healthcare we allow you to!” was their rally cry for Obamacare – their “justification” was that we all are too stupid to know what is good for us. “You can’t invest in that” for some industries or companies at all unless you are a “qualified” investor says Government bureaucrats (“we know your money better than you do!”).
US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is running for re-election against uber-Progressive Beto-O’Rourke and things are getting heated:
Beto O’Rourke protester yelling in town hall on gun control.
Texan man- “Come and take it!”
Beto guy, “We will!”
Then @tedcruz said, That exchange right there is what this whole campaign is about!
Crowd explodes. #2A pic.twitter.com/2LZW7ot992— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) August 29, 2018
Sure, Molon Labe rebutted with “yep, we’ll take them”. But really, this is about Liberty vs Statism, Freedom vs the incremental loss of such via “Safety and Health” for the “greater good”. It is about the Individual vs Collectivism. It comes down to this: who is in charge of you? The Founders said you; Progressives say “The State” and truly believe implementing the maxim of the 1930s of “Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state”.
it is well said that an armed person is a Citizen and not a subject. It is about independence from the State which the Beto O’Rourke supporter made perfectly clear that it cannot be allowed.
No, it’s not about guns – that’s simply a mere proxy for something far more precious: it is about standing up free or groveling in abject obeisance (the boot on the neck).
(H/T: Bearing Arms)
