Amash denounces armed protests in Michigan

[enhanced_deficit]

That is a guaranteed losing strategy.

BTW, on 2nd amendment/red flag laws/due process etc, whose stance you find more anti-Constitutional, Amash's or Trump's?

 

[Sammy]

What in the actual $#@! is going on with Amash? His actions are bewildering and I can't make any sense of it. I can't tell if hes showing his true colors or if he's being blackmailed.

He is trying to appeal to the woke left.

 

[trey4sports]

He is trying to appeal to the woke left.

My bet is that he is really trying to be more "moderate" than libertarian. A strategy that just might pay dividends.

 

[dannno]

BTW, on 2nd amendment/red flag laws/due process etc, whose stance you find more anti-Constitutional, Amash's or Trump's?

False equivalent.

 

[dannno]

My bet is that he is really trying to be more "moderate" than libertarian. A strategy that just might pay dividends.

Who collects these "dividends"?

Joe Biden or Trump?

 

[Voluntarist]

He is trying to appeal to the woke left.

… or maybe the mainstream middle

 

[Krugminator2]

My bet is that he is really trying to be more "moderate" than libertarian. A strategy that just might pay dividends.

You are equating libertarian with being a moron. Amash clearly makes the distinction. Nothing to do with being moderate.

Here is the liberty position on protesting.

The forcible occupation of another man’s property or the obstruction of a public thoroughfare is so blatant a violation of rights that an attempt to justify it becomes an abrogation of morality. An individual has no right to do a “sit-in” in the home or office of a person he disagrees with—and he does not acquire such a right by joining a gang. Rights are not a matter of numbers—and there can be no such thing, in law or in morality, as actions forbidden to an individual, but permitted to a mob.

The only power of a mob, as against an individual, is greater muscular strength—i.e., plain, brute physical force. The attempt to solve social problems by means of physical force is what a civilized society is established to prevent. The advocates of mass civil disobedience admit that their purpose is intimidation. A society that tolerates intimidation as a means of settling disputes—the physical intimidation of some men or groups by others—loses its moral right to exist as a social system, and its collapse does not take long to follow.

 

[oyarde]

Since Collin's thread title can be interpreted as Amash denouncing protests, here's the actual Amash quote:

"Everybody has the right to protest and I think the governor overreached in a lot of ways. I denounce and condemn the nazi symbols that were used in some protests and I think it's a terrible idea to come in with weapons, as it might be perceived as intimidation of legislators. Everyone has the right to protest and we're a state that cares about our rights and our freedoms."

well , he is pretty fucked up if he thinks the legislators do not need intimidated, lol

 

[oyarde]

I notice Amash does not seem upset that people may feel intimidated by the legislature posting armed police to stop the people from speaking with the legislators.

The lesson, your armed neighbor is a bigger threat than what happens at the Capital.

ya . thats how i see it

 

[oyarde]

What in the actual fuck is going on with Amash? His actions are bewildering and I can't make any sense of it. I can't tell if hes showing his true colors or if he's being blackmailed.

i am starting to think something is very wrong

 

[oyarde]

Yeah, just another reason for me to dismiss this guy.

Of course that's the purpose...just like mere act of displaying a firearm is many times all it takes to intimidate and discourage a criminal attack.

When a poohbah or ruler gets up on a podium and announces that "my new rules are such and such and so and so" and if you don't comply you will be harshly punished, and behind them are a whole phalanx of scowling, stern faced cops, keen to bust heads and force compliance...what the fuck is that but "intimidation"?

correct

 

[AngryCanadian]

I have being noticing more and more Amash moving to the left rather then being a centrist or staying libertarian.

 

[PAF]

WTF is with all the Amash hate? The bloody world is falling apart & y'all are booing & hissing over Amash?

Looks like the old game of taking everyone's eye off the mark so TPTB can finalize our prison.

^^^^

 

[shakey1]

Yeah, just another reason for me to dismiss this guy.

Of course that's the purpose...just like mere act of displaying a firearm is many times all it takes to intimidate and discourage a criminal attack.

When a poohbah or ruler gets up on a podium and announces that "my new rules are such and such and so and so" and if you don't comply you will be harshly punished, and behind them are a whole phalanx of scowling, stern faced cops, keen to bust heads and force compliance...what the $#@! is that but "intimidation"?

Agreed... ‘‘twas not but an exercise of 2nd amendment rights as the forefathers intended.

 

[Krugminator2]

In which Justin Amash explains to glue sniffers that just because you have the right to do something in a free society doesn't mean it is smart.

 

[KEEF]

In which Justin Amash explains to glue sniffers that just because you have the right to do something in a free society doesn't mean it is smart.

THIS!

 

[oyarde]

Michigan probably needs armed glue sniffers keeping an eye on the senate . I am starting to think Justin's real problem is he is a lawyer and a lawmaker after a few years the combination of the negative of that is bound to start to cloud your judgement .

 

[Swordsmyth]

Unbelievable. Thread after thread for a few years now, what is it going to take for Amash to be removed from "Defenders of Liberty" and some people here continuing to support this traitor.



Effectively comparing any protester carrying as being a Nazi. Exactly the narrative the news media and the far left want to represent which he continues to carry water for. This is indefensible.

^^^THIS^^^

+Rep

 

[John-G]

In which Justin Amash explains to glue sniffers that just because you have the right to do something in a free society doesn't mean it is smart.

This is my position too

 

[Swordsmyth]

You know what? I kind of agree with Amash. I do support these guys right to bear arms. I would never support any law that takes away that right. But honestly did you really need to show up with an AR15 strapped to your back? It just freaks out the liberals and dilutes your message. If you really feel a threat to your safety carry a pistol concealed. If the day comes when it gets bad enough we need to open carry long guns for our safety, I will be there alongside you fighting.

In which Justin Amash explains to glue sniffers that just because you have the right to do something in a free society doesn't mean it is smart.

THIS!

This is my position too

Go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.