People need to understand what is going on.
Here is some context for you!!!!
I see people are getting all bent out of shape because of a diary on the list talking about black folk taking guns to these townhalls.
Look what happened when black men did decide to carry guns in 1967 to a public demonstration (emphasis mine):
Introduction
"How to Stage a Revolution"
Two hours before their departure from Oakland early that morning, one member of the group had called ahead to announce their arrival. "Call the television stations and tell them we’re the Black Panthers," Huey Newton had instructed. "We’re coming from Oakland, we’ve got our leather jackets on, we’ve got our rifles, and we’re going to walk into the legislature with guns. See what happens." [7] What happened was exactly what Newton had predicted – the carefully orchestrated public display attracted incredible media attention on the local and national levels, capturing the fantasies of both black and white Americans amazed at the spectacle of black men with guns parading through the state capitol. However, it was not the actual headlines and photographs of the next day’s newspapers which held the most significance for the future of the party, but rather the interpretation and meaning given to the words and symbols by the various subjects and audiences of the media and publicity. For most whites, Sacramento had been "invaded" by "evil black desperadoes," [8] while to the black community, the act was a remarkable and unprecedented demonstration of defiance.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/...
NOw we have white folk showing up with guns at townhalls in 2009 and this is called freedom??
This is bullshit!!!
Lets see them come out again today and see how these GOPER a-holes will respond.