A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium for heckling legislators.
If this was in Idaho, odds are pretty good that most of the people at that meeting are Nazis.
So why show up under armed? Firearms make everyone equal. You think those thugs would have dragged this woman out if they had force being presented? Not a fucking chance.
No, I think they would have killed her on the spot.
I think that a show of force is useful, at times. (And if you read through my comments, you’ll see that I’m very supportive of individuals in minority groups arming themselves.) I think that large groups of armed protestors that protest peacefully help keep things peaceful. I think that groups like GBGCs showing up to protect Drag Queen Story Hour is a great way to display force. I think being armed is a great way to be able to fight back when someone is threatening to do serious physical harm to you. But in a situation where you’re surrounded by hostile people, I think that discretion is perhaps a wiser course. At least, it is if you want to be able to protest another day.
And honestly, I’d rather read a headline about a woman having her right violated than a headline about a women being killed at a town hall because she flashed a gun.
I’m going to shoot myself if I have to read that. Stay strapped.
What is up with the large number of people here suddenly refusing to read… barely more than a paragraph? Like, this is a text-based site. If you don’t want to read, why the hell are you on Lemmy?
OK Rambo, I agree with your basic point about everyone in the fight against fascism knowing how to use a firearm, but anyone who draws in this meeting is gonna get gunned down by one of the 40 other people who are carrying. It’s Idaho. She got roughed up but at least everyone is still alive.
Still worth a try. Would be really funny