Theres a surprisingly large "WoKe" market for firearms and accessories. I'm all for it. And armed minority is harder to oppress. It's the reason why cops don't break up MAGAt protests like they do with others (that and they wouldn't want to potentially hurt your fellow officers).
100% they were the best collection of men and women I've ever met. Very "gay neighbors protect their weed plants with guns" type people for the most part.
Given my upbringing in deep red country, it's still a bit weird (as in "I'm not used to seeing this", not "ew gross") to see gay couples arming up and being affectionate. Bet you've never seen a blue-haired NB with a rifle slung over one shoulder kissing their rainbow-clad girlfriend (also with a rifle and sidearm)before.
There were two trans women who joined, and they LOVED it when the rebublicunts called them female-gendered slurs. I mean, I'm not a fan of calling women gendered slurs, but I can see why they might take a little satisfaction in it. You wouldn't know anything was different about them unless they told you, and of course that just can't compute to a right-wing cultists.
Sorry I'm rambling, I'm enjoying a smoke on my day off and I don't get to talk about them often. Great group, but we just didn't really keep in touch as we moved away.
Honestly next time I'm in town, I may drive by to see if they're there, and ask if they'd be okay with me getting a picture with faces blocked out
I'm certain there's plenty all over, especially in purple areas.
The guys I know of don't have any official affiliation as far as I know.
Most of the group I accompanied a few times has moved out of state, but a couple still have a strong group going.
I don't think they even have a name for themselves, I know the vibe was more "nah no need to name us, then we become a structured target for the alphabet squad" a few years ago.
I just moved to a new area, but I get the feeling it's still pretty purple here too. I know of a few clinics nearby that get protesters, and I might try to see if there's a similar collection of people here.
Honestly I don't see what's so far-fetched about the idea of a group of people wanting to protect a vulnerable demographic from rabid cultists.
Is it still legally binding should such joke events occur?
Also yes.
If I say "this company is not liable for any damages caused by sudden laser eyes (unless the laser is TRUE yellow)" well then, if someone suddenly develops yellow laser eyes using my product.... Guess who's on the hook for damages.
The moment a comment that shows them people perceive them as anything but flawless, those cracks break and their facade can't hold back the shitty human underneath.
When my wife's 11-year old niece said "Grammy isn't as nice as she thinks she is" loud enough to hear, that was a shit show and a half.
There's a group of guys near me who all look like bikers, body builders, ex-cons (pretty much just imagine "large and imposing"), some with more ink than a printing press, several with huge beards, and a couple clearly do piercings as part of their job... So basically, about 3/4 look like a stereotypical 80s gang. Not all are large, not all are muscley, not all are men. But they're all intimidating, for sure.
When called, they gear up in pads, vests and plate carriers, arm themselves (gotta say, I never thought I'd see a Trans flag on an AR-9 but it looked rad AF) , and they escort women to nearby clinics and stand guard outside if anyone if protesting that day.
Oddly, the MAGAts are a lot quieter when they show up and never get in anyone's faces...
At this point, I'm almost positive that a republican US president could sign a treaty with north Korea, China, Russia, and Fucking Thanos, and everyone launches nukes, and world leaders and media outlets alike (that survive the ensuing shit show) would STILL beat around the bush and ask "What's all this, then?" like things aren't glaringly obvious.
"Well we can't report reality, or we might get accused of bias..." is getting old.
It took me a week, but I scrambled every comment and post with lorem ipsum and bee movie scripts, deleted the comments, then after verifying I could no longer find any of my original content on any search engine outside archive sites, I deleted the account.
It took so long because r*ddit started limiting API access when they realized people were automating their profile scrubbing.
As I've said before about certain countries, if you're doing everything you can to prevent people from leaving [THING/PLACE] then you might just be shit.
"Russia might continue interfering in international politics while supporting a Russian asset they've interfered with international politics before to support"
I know things like this should be pointed out at ANY AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY, because apparently people have short attention spans..... But holy shit reading stuff like this just makes me think the average person is so out of touch with reality that they literally need daily reminders that one of the shittiest people they know is still shitty.
The only people who don't think Russia has something on Trump that makes him an asset that they can use to destabilize politics in a rival country at any and every opportunity, are people somehow ignorant of the last decade of history, useful idiots, and people being paid to think that.
In the tiny amount of time we have to comprehend our impending doom should the sun explode (we will know in 8ish minutes, the force arrives very shortly after that), they would report "SUN APPEARS TO EXPLODE, WHAT COULD THIS MEAN FOR FUTURE ELECTIONS?"
I'd love to see a version of this map with river accesses, but I imagine it would be a cluster fuck to compile and make visually appealing, unless it's an interactive map.
Well, it HAS been about a generation since we invaded. Gotta do something with this overinflated budget.
What? No, we can't afford Healthcare. Shut up.