The AR15 is just cute if it comes to battling the US armed forces. Anyone thinking they can have an insurrection by not taking over the army, but instead having civilians with AR15’s fighting the US armed forces (or even the police forces) is just… Cute. Also, again, insurrections require less weapons and more planning, connections, popularity, that sort of thing.
Remember the middle east? Remember vietnam? A bunch of poverty stricken farmers kicked our asses. And with a US rebellion, you can bet theres going to be at least a few traitors in the military
Remember the middle east? Remember vietnam? A bunch of poverty stricken farmers kicked our asses ground themselves against superior firepower, eeking out enough casualties to make an apathetic American public demand an end to the conflicts
Just want to set the record straight because the idea of “Kicking the ass” of the US army with a whole lot of of the smallest weapon they issue is disillusional. The vast majority of casualties in the GWOT were IEDs
MK19 grenade launchers do. They beat that. The Ukrainian defenders in Kherson can attest to what happens to the rifles behind the grass. They didn’t get backed up because the commander was either incompetent or helping the Russians, and the Russians fucking slaughtered them. This isn’t 1776. You can’t take a shot and run. You just get highlighted on a thermal camera and tracked to your meeting point. Which I hope isn’t your family’s house because then a missile is going to come say hello.
This idea of AR-15’s being some kind of effective anti-tyranny device needs to die in a dumpster fire. It will not work.
I keep seeing the argument that going up against the government is the only reason anyone would own an AR-15.
But, call me crazy, there are just oodles of white supremacist civilians running around. Do you think there is no possible scenario where good, ordinary people might have to defend their loved ones against those kinds of shitheels? Do you think such a fight is unwinnable, or immoral? Do you think it’s more or less likely than columns of tanks and missiles flying into houses on American soil?
Because I think the scenario you outlined is ridiculous. But even if it happens, unwinnable fights must still be fought. You can’t just roll over belly up for tyranny.
What are YOU gonna do if Trump wins and becomes a tyrant?
See, you had a good argument and then you veered into martyrdom ideology. At any rate there’s plenty of weapons you can use to defend yourself that aren’t semi-automatic rifles with external magazines. Like Semi Automatic rifles with internal clips, or revolver rifles, or shotguns, or semi-automatic pistols in a brace, or baseball bats and 50 good friends, or a nice bit of Tannerite buried on the driveway with steel balls imbedded in it. The list goes on.
No the right thing to do is to not have the fight in the first place because we all actually got our shit together. Having the fight at all is a failure that’s at least as likely to balkanize this country as it is to result in one side winning.
The Iraqi insurgency was run by ex
-Baath party members who used to run and be the army when GW dismissed them to “nation build.”. They went home and took their weapons with them. However, many, many died. They were also supported by Iran.
The military stacked bodies in both of those conflicts. I know it’s cool to run around yelling that we got beat by farmers but the reality was very different. The South Vietnamese government fell because the people wanted it to fall. We were the only thing holding it up. The minute we left the majority of the people made their will known. The same thing occurred in Afghanistan. People want to think the Taliban were hiding in caves and fighting us with farmers. But they acted and operated as a government in exile with their base in Pakistan. They had professional fighting units that infiltrated along the mountains and came down to fight anywhere in the country. (Sounding familiar yet?) Then at the end it turns out we were again, the only thing holding the government up. The people were literally just waiting for us to leave.
And in both conflicts the US military consistently won their engagements. This is not something you’re going to win on the battlefield. This is something you win with massive movements of people.
Really? If you bring up thosez are you also going to bring up the casualty list on both sides? Because i can guarantee you that that is slightly skewed.
The US army sucks at keeping conquered territory, especially with make friends from enemies.
But waltzing in and burrying you under your own shit? That’s pretty much a specialty. Can the likes of you be an annoyance at that point? Sure you can. You’ll bleed like a mofo, for each kill you make you’ll lose a humdred on your side… You’re cute.
And again you’re missing the point that ar15 rigkes and just all fucking guns in the US cause irreparable harm, every single day.
And again you’re missing the point that most of these ar15 owner “but the government is tyranny” types are exactly the ones voting for a tyrannical government
Remember the middle east? Remember vietnam? A bunch of poverty stricken farmers kicked our asses. And with a US rebellion, you can bet theres going to be at least a few traitors in the military
Remember the middle east? Remember vietnam? A bunch of poverty stricken farmers
kicked our assesground themselves against superior firepower, eeking out enough casualties to make an apathetic American public demand an end to the conflictsJust want to set the record straight because the idea of “Kicking the ass” of the US army with a whole lot of of the smallest weapon they issue is disillusional. The vast majority of casualties in the GWOT were IEDs
Even today, nothing beats a rifle behind every bush.
MK19 grenade launchers do. They beat that. The Ukrainian defenders in Kherson can attest to what happens to the rifles behind the grass. They didn’t get backed up because the commander was either incompetent or helping the Russians, and the Russians fucking slaughtered them. This isn’t 1776. You can’t take a shot and run. You just get highlighted on a thermal camera and tracked to your meeting point. Which I hope isn’t your family’s house because then a missile is going to come say hello.
This idea of AR-15’s being some kind of effective anti-tyranny device needs to die in a dumpster fire. It will not work.
I keep seeing the argument that going up against the government is the only reason anyone would own an AR-15.
But, call me crazy, there are just oodles of white supremacist civilians running around. Do you think there is no possible scenario where good, ordinary people might have to defend their loved ones against those kinds of shitheels? Do you think such a fight is unwinnable, or immoral? Do you think it’s more or less likely than columns of tanks and missiles flying into houses on American soil?
Because I think the scenario you outlined is ridiculous. But even if it happens, unwinnable fights must still be fought. You can’t just roll over belly up for tyranny.
What are YOU gonna do if Trump wins and becomes a tyrant?
See, you had a good argument and then you veered into martyrdom ideology. At any rate there’s plenty of weapons you can use to defend yourself that aren’t semi-automatic rifles with external magazines. Like Semi Automatic rifles with internal clips, or revolver rifles, or shotguns, or semi-automatic pistols in a brace, or baseball bats and 50 good friends, or a nice bit of Tannerite buried on the driveway with steel balls imbedded in it. The list goes on.
You’re right, it’s stupid and immoral to use the best tools for the job. The right thing to do under tyranny is to hobble your ability to fight.
No the right thing to do is to not have the fight in the first place because we all actually got our shit together. Having the fight at all is a failure that’s at least as likely to balkanize this country as it is to result in one side winning.
Fantastic! I’m glad you have figured out how to change the minds of fascists, as a pacifist. Please hurry, we are short on time.
Looking at gaza right now, like yeah you can fight a government but it don’t look great. If a government wants to kill you it will kill you.
The Iraqi insurgency was run by ex -Baath party members who used to run and be the army when GW dismissed them to “nation build.”. They went home and took their weapons with them. However, many, many died. They were also supported by Iran.
The rest, as they say, is history.
Do you think that there aren’t plenty of former military people that are on the political left?
The military stacked bodies in both of those conflicts. I know it’s cool to run around yelling that we got beat by farmers but the reality was very different. The South Vietnamese government fell because the people wanted it to fall. We were the only thing holding it up. The minute we left the majority of the people made their will known. The same thing occurred in Afghanistan. People want to think the Taliban were hiding in caves and fighting us with farmers. But they acted and operated as a government in exile with their base in Pakistan. They had professional fighting units that infiltrated along the mountains and came down to fight anywhere in the country. (Sounding familiar yet?) Then at the end it turns out we were again, the only thing holding the government up. The people were literally just waiting for us to leave.
And in both conflicts the US military consistently won their engagements. This is not something you’re going to win on the battlefield. This is something you win with massive movements of people.
Really? If you bring up thosez are you also going to bring up the casualty list on both sides? Because i can guarantee you that that is slightly skewed.
The US army sucks at keeping conquered territory, especially with make friends from enemies.
But waltzing in and burrying you under your own shit? That’s pretty much a specialty. Can the likes of you be an annoyance at that point? Sure you can. You’ll bleed like a mofo, for each kill you make you’ll lose a humdred on your side… You’re cute.
And again you’re missing the point that ar15 rigkes and just all fucking guns in the US cause irreparable harm, every single day.
And again you’re missing the point that most of these ar15 owner “but the government is tyranny” types are exactly the ones voting for a tyrannical government