Raw Democracy

by digby

Howie is going to Adam Schiff’s Town Hall today. If you’re in LA, click to link to get instructions. There are a lot of interesting wingnuts, egged on by talk radio, planning to attend so it should be quite the spectacle.

I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact that so many people think it’s just dandy to carry weapons to these things, though. Apparently, it’s a constitutional right to go to public political events, get red in the face and hysterically shout down everybody who doesn’t agree with you while packing heat. From what I gather from all the apologists on TV, no American should be intimidated by this and there’s no reason that anyone should feel this sort of thing keeps others from expressing their views.

I don’t think it’s legal to carry guns to public events in LA, so you probably won’t get shot at this one. But be advised anyway that if someone shows up with a gun strapped to his leg like he’s Wyatt Earp* with a sign talking about revolution, you shouldn’t feel that it’s a dangerous environment and be intimidated. He’s just expressing his views — emphatically. Nothing to worry about.

*As you probably know, Earp is famous not just for the Gunfight at the OK corral. He’s also famous for confiscating guns. But whatever …

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