I mean, it’s your fault, but you’re not going to like it.
See, we were cool with the status quo.
Yeah, we wanted abortion to go back to the states. Yeah, we wanted gun rights expanded. Yeah, we wanted our kids safe from LGBTQ indoctrination.
But it wasn’t enough to fight about.
We thought you were like us, that we could argue and make small gains and lose some ground but everything staying fairly level and levelheaded.
But boy, were we wrong.
Because while we were copacetic and just going along to get along, you were pushing.
You pushed abortion. From “legal, safe, and rare in these specific instances”, you pushed now to the point of post birth abortion on demand for any reason.
You pushed gun control. From “background checks and gun free zones” to now “red flag laws” which deny due process.
You pushed “the rights of gay marriage” to now the “right of LGBTQ teachers telling kindergarteners about their sex life.”
And during all of this, you pushed disagreeing politically to calling us Nazis and justifying violence against us, justifying harming our families and our jobs.
So now, we push back.
We pushed back with Trump.
We pushed back with state legislators.
We pushed back with school boards.
And we haven’t even begun to push back, kiddo.
We’re going to push abortion back to the “rare” side in many states.
We may give you a timeframe like 12 to 15 weeks, about what your beloved “other industrialized nations” give.
We may not.
We’re going to push back on gun control.
We’re not going to accept your offer of “you can keep some guns until we decide to get rid of them.”
We’re going to elect legislators to make ownership easier. We’re claiming our rights back.
We’re going to push back on the LGBTQ agenda.
We’re going to make your lives miserable when you try to get our kids to question their gender.
We’re going to remove the power you think you have and put it in the hands of the parents.
You had a chance to call a truce.
You had a chance to be in control and be happy.
You had a chance to just leave us alone.
You didn’t.
You pushed and prodded and provoked.
And you’re threatening to commit violence now?
Good luck with that.
There’s a saying about the danger of making people who want to be left alone get involved.
You’ve made us get involved.
So all of it, from here on out, is squarely on you.
Enjoy the whirlwind you have so deservedly reaped.
The group once dubbed the ‘silent majority’ by Spiro Agnew just might be angry enough to save us.
Come at me, bro!
John FisherJune 27, 2022, 3:56 AM
My son has referred to ‘never piss off the people in the woods’ in the past. It clearly was the factor in the Virginia election here last year. People in red areas turned out in numbers never seen for a state election before (and the turnout in those areas surpassed most presidential elections). The are angry and the anger isn’t going to die out any time soon.
ghostsniperJune 27, 2022, 4:07 AM
I’m not hopeful.
I believe it will require a lot of pain to eradicate all the evil.
Nothing in this world worth having for a man comes without pain. Whether it is a beautiful woman, some daring and reckless adventure, or Liberty, it will cost. Always in blood, sweat, toil and tears. Sometimes the price will be the man’s life.
JackJune 27, 2022, 6:17 AM
And more often the price will be the life of the antagonist. I am pretty certain that these dicks have no concept or idea of just how angry most of us are and by most of us I mean grown men and women…not our children
So Mike, I have not seen any posts from you recently. Have you started the bike trip you were planning?
Thank you Ghost and Mike! I try to update regularly. Right now I am typing in in the woods in Kansas while camped around a lake. I am using a tablet, which makes things a bit tricky as I am not used to such a small keyboard. I am going to acquire another external battery as well.
I miss very much reading Gerard and his commenters, and then commenting myself, as much as I used to.
I will be staying here for a few more days, and then heading West. I hope to be in Colorado in two weeks or so.
Hi Gerard, hope you’re well. Guess it’s been a minute.
So this person’s saying it was a bad idea to try to compromise with these folks? Huh. Who might have guessed…
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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The group once dubbed the ‘silent majority’ by Spiro Agnew just might be angry enough to save us.
Come at me, bro!
My son has referred to ‘never piss off the people in the woods’ in the past. It clearly was the factor in the Virginia election here last year. People in red areas turned out in numbers never seen for a state election before (and the turnout in those areas surpassed most presidential elections). The are angry and the anger isn’t going to die out any time soon.
I’m not hopeful.
I believe it will require a lot of pain to eradicate all the evil.
Nothing in this world worth having for a man comes without pain. Whether it is a beautiful woman, some daring and reckless adventure, or Liberty, it will cost. Always in blood, sweat, toil and tears. Sometimes the price will be the man’s life.
And more often the price will be the life of the antagonist. I am pretty certain that these dicks have no concept or idea of just how angry most of us are and by most of us I mean grown men and women…not our children
So Mike, I have not seen any posts from you recently. Have you started the bike trip you were planning?
Of course, Mike does a fine job of answering questions himself, so let me just say that I follow his bike progress closely: https://mikeaustin.org/great_north_wester.html
Thanks! Marked, and I’ll be watching. Go Mike (A)!
Thank you Ghost and Mike! I try to update regularly. Right now I am typing in in the woods in Kansas while camped around a lake. I am using a tablet, which makes things a bit tricky as I am not used to such a small keyboard. I am going to acquire another external battery as well.
I miss very much reading Gerard and his commenters, and then commenting myself, as much as I used to.
I will be staying here for a few more days, and then heading West. I hope to be in Colorado in two weeks or so.
Have a ball bro, & hope you reestablish your whiskey supply!
Woods? In Kansas?
Yup… down along the rivers.
A wise man once said to an unwise man, “you don’t want to be someone we remember.”
All of you here have at least one “someone you remember.”
Don’t forget.
Hi Gerard, hope you’re well. Guess it’s been a minute.
So this person’s saying it was a bad idea to try to compromise with these folks? Huh. Who might have guessed…
http://web.archive.org/web/20131208082715/http://www.agoyandhisblog.com/2009/09/01/compromising-with-moral-adolescence-a-losing-strategy/