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has me wondering just how everyone came up with these fantasy ideas of what they think it will look like.
Seriously, where is all this shit coming from?
The right thinks they're going to be kitted up in plate carriers and laying down fire from their AR platforms in some urban street battle against antifa, which while it is not impossible, sure seems unlikely to me.
The left thinks that government agents will be rounding up
conservatives at their homes, and at roadside checkpoints, working from a list of shit posted on twitter and FB over the last decade, and that any resistance will be dealt with by SWAT teams and drones (as though the SWAT guys and the drone operators are not the least bit concerned about murdering fellow Americans, and totally forget that they and their families live here, too.)
My personal opinion? I think it's going to look a lot like Northern Ireland did, just with more advanced tech....
I think there will be a lot of "lone wolf" attacks, simply because they are the hardest to prevent and interdict. And they have a huge return on investment in time, materials, and effort.
Remember these guys?
-Chris Dorner
-Micah Johnson
-Tim McVeigh
-Gordon Kahl
-Mark Anthony Conditt
Go look up how much damage they did, and I don't just mean KIA's, look at how much money was spent trying to deal with them, how many lawsuits were part of the fallout, how much insurance money was paid out, etc. Look at how many cops were taken off the board, never returning to duty after being injured.
Now imagine the city you live in having a Chris Dorner, a Micah Johnson, and a Tim McVeigh doing their thing all in the same city on the same day..... does that sound like fun?
Suppose the targets are DAs and judges rather than cops?
Or IRS agents, EPA inspectors, Health department personnel, political campaign offices, or how about a truck bomb at the door of an ER (or every big ER) in your city?
Imagine a few thousand (or even a few million) Gordon Kahls out there refusing to pay taxes to a government they don't recognize, and being willing to shoot the guys who show up to confront them over it?
Suppose there is another Metcalf Sniper attack on the grid at the same time? Suppose there are a dozen such attacks?
Suppose every police car that is left parked for more than a few minutes gets either it's tires slashed, it's brake lines cut, or gets set afire? Or all 3?
Suppose every street and traffic camera get shot out?
It costs money to replace all these cameras, repair or replace all these cars, and fix the grid...... who is paying for that?
I just think that all the folks talking about this stuff don't have any real idea of how this is going to look. I do think the left is going to have it a lot worse than the right if for no other reason than they are all concentrated in cities, which makes them much more vulnerable to both direct and indirect attacks.
I also think people are forgetting that all this shit will cause regular violent crime to go way up, as well. Because the crazier shit gets, the less the cops are going to be able to address any of it...... everyone is too busy taunting their political opposites to consider the ramifications.
Seriously, where is all this shit coming from?
The right thinks they're going to be kitted up in plate carriers and laying down fire from their AR platforms in some urban street battle against antifa, which while it is not impossible, sure seems unlikely to me.
The left thinks that government agents will be rounding up
conservatives at their homes, and at roadside checkpoints, working from a list of shit posted on twitter and FB over the last decade, and that any resistance will be dealt with by SWAT teams and drones (as though the SWAT guys and the drone operators are not the least bit concerned about murdering fellow Americans, and totally forget that they and their families live here, too.)
My personal opinion? I think it's going to look a lot like Northern Ireland did, just with more advanced tech....
I think there will be a lot of "lone wolf" attacks, simply because they are the hardest to prevent and interdict. And they have a huge return on investment in time, materials, and effort.
Remember these guys?
-Chris Dorner
-Micah Johnson
-Tim McVeigh
-Gordon Kahl
-Mark Anthony Conditt
Go look up how much damage they did, and I don't just mean KIA's, look at how much money was spent trying to deal with them, how many lawsuits were part of the fallout, how much insurance money was paid out, etc. Look at how many cops were taken off the board, never returning to duty after being injured.
Now imagine the city you live in having a Chris Dorner, a Micah Johnson, and a Tim McVeigh doing their thing all in the same city on the same day..... does that sound like fun?
Suppose the targets are DAs and judges rather than cops?
Or IRS agents, EPA inspectors, Health department personnel, political campaign offices, or how about a truck bomb at the door of an ER (or every big ER) in your city?
Imagine a few thousand (or even a few million) Gordon Kahls out there refusing to pay taxes to a government they don't recognize, and being willing to shoot the guys who show up to confront them over it?
Suppose there is another Metcalf Sniper attack on the grid at the same time? Suppose there are a dozen such attacks?
Suppose every police car that is left parked for more than a few minutes gets either it's tires slashed, it's brake lines cut, or gets set afire? Or all 3?
Suppose every street and traffic camera get shot out?
It costs money to replace all these cameras, repair or replace all these cars, and fix the grid...... who is paying for that?
I just think that all the folks talking about this stuff don't have any real idea of how this is going to look. I do think the left is going to have it a lot worse than the right if for no other reason than they are all concentrated in cities, which makes them much more vulnerable to both direct and indirect attacks.
I also think people are forgetting that all this shit will cause regular violent crime to go way up, as well. Because the crazier shit gets, the less the cops are going to be able to address any of it...... everyone is too busy taunting their political opposites to consider the ramifications.