My sister lived there for a year in a fairly well-to-do neighborhood. She hated the dirty hippy nature of the city. Although she did like the beer aspect of the townAfter trudging around Portland, OR for a couple days, I really like that city.
Although the homes were a little haggard and every other yard had a BLM sign in it... Other than that it seemed pretty rad.
I have a buddy from highschool who moved up there about 10 years ago. He's loved every second of it and is pretty much not a dirty hippie. Although, I have to admit he doesn't live IN Portland, he lives in one of the surrounding suburbs.My sister lived there for a year in a fairly well-to-do neighborhood. She hated the dirty hippy nature of the city. Although she did like the beer aspect of the town
Without Portland, we wouldn't have Deschutes. And a world without Deschutes is a world I don't want to live in.Screw Portland.
I was just trolling anyways.Without Portland, we wouldn't have Deschutes. And a world without Deschutes is a world I don't want to live in.
Americans will never use their guns to overthrow the government. They are far too divided and apathetic to ever do such a thing...."supporting the natural rights of self-defense, resistance to oppression, and the civic duty to act in concert in defense of the state."
Why America needs guns. We're just a different culture of people compared to England. If Trump turns out to be a Hitler type, you're going to be damn glad guns are legal in the country because your'e going to fucking die without one.
The military would not slaughter their brother, sisters, mothers, fathers, cousins, friends, etc. They would rather turn against the government.Which is exactly why the "bigger" guns are not on sale for civilians. Also an ak47 is no match for a mig, or a nuclear bomb. It's just increasing local violence in the name of rights.
If it ever got to the point that we did that, I'm pretty sure most people would be on board with it. It would have to be a major flub in our government in order to create that kind of resistance, but the people will realize that the government is VASTLY outnumbered by the citizens in terms of armaments and sheer manpower. It could be done very easily.Americans will never use their guns to overthrow the government. They are far too divided and apathetic to ever do such a thing.
Most people would have to be on board for you to get to that point. That's my whole point of why it won't happen.If it ever got to the point that we did that, I'm pretty sure most people would be on board with it. It would have to be a major flub in our government in order to create that kind of resistance, but the people will realize that the government is VASTLY outnumbered by the citizens in terms of armaments and sheer manpower. It could be done very easily.
This is an interesting topic. Soldiers will fire on whomever their commanding officer orders them to. Vietnam was a classic example of this, Nazi Germany as well.The military would not slaughter their brother, sisters, mothers, fathers, cousins, friends, etc. They would rather turn against the government.
If the gvmt started rounding up muslims into concentration camps, I can bet there'd be a huge uprising. And with Trump in office, that's not a far fetched idea.Most people would have to be on board for you to get to that point. That's my whole point of why it won't happen.
None of that pertains to the point I'm making. In Vietnam (and many other wars), soldiers were not killing their own people. Nor were they doing that during the civil war, nor the war of independence.This is an interesting topic. Soldiers will fire on whomever their commanding officer orders them to. Vietnam was a classic example of this, Nazi Germany as well.
The real issue is, if there's gonna be a revolution, what generates a rebel fighting force?
We've had several revolutions here. Sadly, and also gratefully,there was no problem getting people whom had recently been countrymen to fire on one another.
I bet there won't be an armed overthrow of the government.If the gvmt started rounding up muslims into concentration camps, I can bet there'd be a huge uprising. And with Trump in office, that's not a far fetched idea.
Of course they were killing "their own people" in the civil war. A week before, they were all Americans. Just because you change the writing on the sign to CSA doesn't make it any less tragic.None of that pertains to the point I'm making. In Vietnam (and many other wars), soldiers were not killing their own people. Nor were they doing that during the civil war, nor the war of independence.
There would certainly be an armed resistance, and it would be so until whoever put the orders in place was ousted and replaced by someone who reverses those orders. It may not be a complete revolution, but it would be an armed uprising.I bet there won't be an armed overthrow of the government.
None of that pertains to the point I'm making. In Vietnam (and many other wars), soldiers were not killing their own people. Nor were they doing that during the civil war, nor the war of independence.
The civil war, yes. The revolutionary war... meh... that's kind of a stretch. Sure they were turning their weapons to their own countrymen, but as far as their own families... probably not. Especially since a LOT of immigrants came from various other countries such as Scotland, Ireland and Germany.Of course they were killing "their own people" in the civil war. A week before, they were all Americans. Just because you change the writing on the sign to CSA doesn't make it any less tragic.
Same to a lesser degree during the revolution. On July 3, 1776 we were all British subjects.