Why are you people trying to start a war that no one will win?

[Bigmack]

33. That's the problem with Liberals...

... they can generally see more than one side of a situation. The knee-jerk Right doesn't have any of that complicated-thought-process thing going on, so things are simpler for them.

I see:

1) A terrible situation if the Feds back off in any way. It encourages the nuts. They're slow, but they can learn. If the Feds backed down (in their eyes) because of a show of force, they'll use that tactic again and again until something big blows.

Speaking of "sovereign"... if the Federal government is not sovereign... that is... if it doesn't enforce the laws and control the fringe...well, it's not "sovereign".

In the Whiskey Rebellion, Washington rode at the head of the troops putting the rebellion down. With overwhelming force, the rebels disbursed.

2) A terrible situation if the Feds go in with force. Somebody is gonna get killed. The nutjobs will have their martyrs...and we lose some good officers.

So... this is a real shit sandwich. Fucked either way.

A possible way out..? I have an imperfect plan. Arrest everybody connected with this shit quietly. Send them to Fed detention centers spread across the country. The "plaid shirt" guy set up on the overpass has his name all over his picture on the web. Him first. 4AM...overwhelming force.

IRS them to death. Pressure employers. Child protective service them to death... kids are in danger with all that firepower. Any deadbeat dads? Traffic tickets? License tabs up to date? Anybody here want to assure me that shit like that doesn't already happen?

Weak...? Yup. Chickenshit...? Yup. Go ahead and tell me I'm fucked up. But. Have a realistic plan to put forward on how the government is supposed to act in dealing with armed thugs when you do.

Waiting for the "sovereign citizens" to get older and slower and more moderate just ain't gonna work. This is their hour... they think. The Feds are on the run!