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Dangerous Time and Dangerous Precidents

 Let me start off by saying I actually do get some weird joy watching leftists get pepper sprayed and taken down on camera, because, well, I don't like commies. Likewise, I don't like Letitia James - I think she is on the far left and has tried pressuring banks into not working with gun manufacturers (let alone her prosecution of a political opponent).

BUT - I have to be honest. Its all getting to be a bit too much. The indictment of Letitia James, James Comey, and the upcoming indictment of John Bolton (who I also actually don't like) are a little tyrant-y and are setting us up for some dangerous times.

Are these powers the president should have in a free society? Are we under the illusion that when the left regains office (which will happen again, maybe in 4 years, maybe in 8... but we'd be fools to believe it won't) that they won't go on arresting sprees of their own in revenge? 

Then there is the national guard and ICE pushing back protesters and slamming people to the ground. Are we to live in the illusion that this force can't someday be turned against the Christian community or peaceful gun owners? I get a weird joy watching commies get slammed, but I have to be honest that I'm afraid of what it will mean for me in the future.

I'm writing all this because I've realized that I don't want to sit and do nothing... even if doing something is writing a blog post nobody will read. Every fiber of my being knows that for us to continue as a free society and to have the liberties to live, and own property, and to worship how we choose we have to speak up and limit the authority and action of the executive branch - even if it is fun to watch commies get slammed. Even if John Bolton is a war monger. Even if I don't like Letitia James. IT WILL COME BACK TO BITE US.

Its important for those of us that are libertarians (even right leaning libertarians such as myself) to speak up and say something, because nobody is going to listen to the whiny people with colorful hair, even if they are on to something. We don't have to agree with them (and I don't) but we have to be the ones to say something as the voice of reason.

We need to limit the political use of the justice department (on both sides). We need to limit the aggressiveness of federal law enforcement. We need to limit the use of National Guard and the military in localities that don't want it (not long before National Guard is used to beat you up for not wanting a drag show at your children's elementary school). We need to support liberty, even if we oppose those with voices we disagree with.

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