{"id":729,"date":"2019-08-18T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=729"},"modified":"2019-08-19T07:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T11:48:10","slug":"the-gun-grabbing-government-expanding-republican-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/the-gun-grabbing-government-expanding-republican-blues\/","title":{"rendered":"[#GunControl] The Gun-Grabbing, Government-Expanding Republican Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do you people keep trusting your political parties to do what they claim they stand for?<\/h2>\n
\n\"Democrats\n<\/div>\n

I have always said that “If anyone takes our guns away, it will be the Republicans”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama had eight years to do it, and never did. Why?<\/p>\n

Because you were expecting it.<\/p>\n

\"Waiting
Obama never took your guns, because you were expecting it. But you weren’t expecting to be detained indefinitely, did you?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Everyone was ready to raise hell at the first sign of it happening. But they know when a Republican does this (or Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants, or add more government agencies, etc), Republicans will just quietly whimper and accept it. Instead of getting mad as hell and threaten to not support those candidates next election.<\/p>\n

“I am not happy that they took away bump stocks<\/em><\/strong>, but at least they didn’t touch silencers<\/em><\/strong>”<\/p>\n

“I am not happy that they took away silencers<\/em><\/strong>, but at least they didn’t start endorsing Red Flag Laws<\/em><\/strong>“…<\/p>\n

“I am not happy about Red Flag Laws<\/em><\/strong> , but AT LEAST THEY DIDN’T SHOVE THAT 14-INCH DONALD TRUMP-SHAPED DILDO COMPLETELY UP MY ASS AND, THANKFULLY, STOPPED JUST SHORT OF THE PART WITH THE SPIKES<\/strong>“…<\/p>\n

Listen America, you need to start getting mad about your rights being slowly stripped away. While you were so busy worrying about Barack Obama announcing on TV that you had to “hand in all your guns… or else,” he was busy continuing the work of George W. Bush’s Government-expanding extravaganza by stripping even more of your Fourth Amendment rights, with even MORE spying, Civil Asset Forfeiture, detaining citizens indefinitely (NDAA), and drone-bombing the living shit out of innocent people in the middle east… all in the name of “Keeping America Safe”.<\/p>\n

You had already signed off on this when Dubya was starting this breakdown on your privacy, because “MUH 9\/11!” “MUH PATRIOTISM”.<\/p>\n

You don’t seem to understand there is ONE government, with two parties that know how their supporters work.<\/p>\n

Like a Snake Oil Company with two salesmen with two completely different sales pitches…<\/strong>
\nOne of them will make the sale.
\nBut the Company will keep on doing whatever it wants.<\/p>\n

They know the Democrats take an 8-year nap when their guy is in the White House.
\nThey know Republicans will NEVER vote for the other side…<\/p>\n

… because Republicans believe Democrats will take their guns away, and make the government even bigger…?<\/p>\n

Morons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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