The power of the dark side
Over R. Neal’s repeat of Nate Rau’s fabrication, metulj comments:
These bills, though, aren’t about guns. They are about being authorities. Guns are just the vehicle for that authority. This authority manifests itself in being able to correct and discipline people who “misstate” simple facts and, now, all the way up to laws. It is very interesting to unpack this. Think about it: An ostensibly “anti-Statist” movement institutionalizes itself, takes over the State, makes laws, sets up its own education system, and begins distributing its power to others. It manifests itself as its own media (gun blogs), its own political entities (the gun lobby and its client politicians), its own schools (HCP permit classes, the PhD of the gun world), people see themselves as being able to police others (HCP “badge” holders), etc.
And we’re the paranoid ones! I don’t know that we police anyone. I think quite a bit of the pro-gun laws (from the good ones to the silly and pointless Firearms Freedom Act) were largely a snub at the former Democrat power structure in general. And specifically to Jimmy Naifeh, who used to kill the restaurant bill every year with procedural maneuvers. I think it’s a way to, politically, let them know who’s boss now. And law-abiding gun owners benefit. Pretty much, the rest of the legislative session has been a bit embarrassing.
June 19th, 2009 at 9:54 am
That little echo chamber at Randy’s has some real puzzlers alright.
They need to look no farther than Naifeh to see why guns are the hot-button issue of this session.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Who the frak told metulj about our secret plan? Now we’ll have to issue all-new decoder rings.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Anti-statists taking over the state…yea that’s where his credibility ended.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:46 am
“…its own schools (HCP permit classes, the PhD of the gun world)…”
That might have to go on my resume.
I completely disagree that the 10th Amendment bill is “silly and pointless”.
It is a small but important first step toward restoring Tennessee’s rightful place in the crucial balance of power between state and federal governments.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:22 am
He’s redirected both those links to NRA.com. Damned white of him, I must say.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:24 am
That’s about normal for R. Neal. And gotten around in about 3 seconds.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Roberta, you mean Randy Neal is taking his Internet and going home? Quelle surprise.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I wonder if sticking his fingers in his ears and yelling ‘lalala’ was one of the methods he discussed at the APME’s roundtable on internet discourse?
June 19th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Maybe he’ll update his site rules so that big meanies who disagree with him aren’t allowed to link to his site.
June 19th, 2009 at 11:49 am
That round table, like many so-called panels, was a farce of shit. Brittany Fulmer? WTH?
June 19th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
I think he is correct execpt for the schools and going off the deep end with the “police others” part.
First you have to get rid of the Dems in office because they will not let the pro-freedom laws pass (anti-statists take over the state). Once done you can remove the restrictive laws the statists passed.
The foolish part is that the “schools” were more than likely created by the statists themselves. Anti-statists would want schools to be optional, not manditory. Wonder how much screeching would occur if the legislature tried to get rid of the requirement for the concealed carry classes?
The badges and policing thing is so wrong it is just funny.
June 19th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Wow. That dude needs to put a little less crazy in his coffee in the mornings…
June 20th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Sure, our mere existence polices people. If there weren’t armed bogeymen sneaking around society, then he would be a rude nihilistic asshole 100% of the time.