I Hear Somebody Whistling Dixie... Seriously

I told someone- maybe it was you who read- that I fear an attempt at armed revolt sometime in my lifetime, and that not far off. When it comes I believe the government will win, but in the process most of our remaining liberties will be destroyed forever, or at least for the remainder of my lifetime. Those liberties will include privacy, free speech, free assembly, protection against unwarranted search and seizure, and the right to refuse to testify against oneself.

I do NOT believe the armed revolt will be justified. It will be led by demagogues who seek to retain certain privileges, such as the supremacy of their religion, their race, and their social and economic class. It will be fought by people who hate the very idea of government and who think they will prosper once namby-pamby regulations and laws are abolished once and for all. And it will kill hundreds of thousands of people who wanted nothing more than to be let alone by both sides to improve their own lot as much as they can.

Those of you who scoff and say, "Oh, that Overstreet, he's just a radical- pay him no mind," please read the following stories and tell me how delusional you really think I am...

29% of Americans Think Armed Rebellion Might Soon Be Necessary

Thousands of Paranoid Libertarian Gun Nuts Planning to March on D.C. With Loaded Weapons

Texas House Approves 12 Firearms Bills To Put More Guns In Classrooms And Defy Federal Law

South Carolina House passes nullification bill to make Obamacare a crime

Tea Party-Type Militia Leader’s Domestic Terror Plot Thwarted by Authorities

Civil war is coming, folks. And conservatives will be the ones pushing the bayonet into YOUR back, forcing you up against the guns of YOUR government.