Atomic Nerds

For those who have not heard, TJIC is a Massachusetts blogger. TJIC is something of a wookie-suiter, and is not fond of the po-po, authority in general, or much in the way of government. When Rep. Giffords was shot in Tuscon, TJIC opined “1 down, 534 to go.” After posting this, The Arlington, MA police declared him unsuitable to have 2nd Amendment rights, and ordered him to no longer own guns. No charges have been filed, this is simply “because we said so.”

I am of several minds about this.

First, for such an egregious violation of individual liberty, and such a phenomenal lack of understanding of the enumerated rights in the Bill of Rights, I feel that TJIC is wrong. It is not 534 to go, it is 534 + the entirety of the Arlington, MA police force. Such blatant petty tyranny is intolerable in a society where the right to say distasteful things is first protected among The Things With Which Government Shall Not Fuck. I would, without hyperbole, not shed a single tear if the tin-pot jumped up bully who issued the order for TJIC to turn ‘em in was sodomized to death with a toaster, while the toaster was running, and set to “dark.” I’d in fact consider sending a Thank-You card to the person who performed the act.

Of the shooting of congress-beings in general, I agree, for the most part, with Roberta. It’s rude. Beyond that, I am unruffled. I feel sympathy for Ms. Gifford’s family, and certainly for the family and friends of the other victims. I’d feel sorry for Ms. Gifford’s friends, but she is a congresswoman; I doubt she had any. The House and Senate have, for many years now, done virtually nothing that does not serve to reduce liberty, increase the tax burden on citizens, and at the bare minimum meddle pointlessly in places where no meddling was needed, and all of this for no appreciable benefit, and so I am not upset in the slightest that one was shot. I am upset that the shooter’s aim was bad, and that he did it because he’s bugfuck crazy, rather than a well-reasoned expression of principles, and because, as Ms. X said, it is rude for one individual to determine “This is gonna go my way” in such a manner.

Rather as the petulant lickspittle that ordered TJIC to divest of firearms did.

Beyond this, however, is where I begin to feel conflicted. There is a large dose of “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes” in this situation. As the saying goes, “don’t start nuthin’, won’t be nuthin’.” On the one hand, Travis knew he lived in the Volksrepublic. Saying anti-statist shit in statist-central is a stupid idea. On the other hand, if nobody speaks up, such idiocy goes unchecked, and that is certainly the worse option. On the one hand, if things are that bad (in MA, they certainly and obviously are), GTFO. On the other hand, one should not have to flee, anywhere, in the United States in order to find the liberty guaranteed to us by the Constitution. It is simply necessary that someone must stand up and fight these tin-pot bureaucrats with delusions of mental adequacy. That said, what a fuckin’ dumbass way to pick a fight.

Authoritarian dickwads, such as the needle-peckered Arlington, MA police, very rarely respond well to heated and vitriolic expression, whether correct in premise or not. Running around with a giant “Fuck the Gov’t and Fuck the Po-Po” banner as TJIC essentially often did, does not engender the sort of attitude in one’s philosophical opponent other than “Somebody squish this fuck, please,” which appears to be essentially what happened. I fully support people who want to pick a fight on behalf of liberty where it is clearly being infringed, and I support Travis’ fight to maintain his first and second amendment rights in a part of the US that would probably feel perfectly comfortable issuing him an order that he must provide housing for military staff. Given his history of opinion, however, I hold relatively little hope of success. Much lower hope than the case of Heller or McDonald, which did not begin with the plaintiff screaming “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.” As it turns out, stating it calmly was more effective. You catch more flies with honey, etc.

So there we are. I am appalled at the horrible infraction of Travis’ rights. I am appalled at the horrible infraction of JayG’s, Weerd’s and every other gun owner in MA’s rights. And if anybody in the Massachusetts law enforcement community feels I should no longer be allowed to own weapons, they can lip-strangle my penis-neck.

I am TJIC.

But if you’re gonna throw rocks at a hornet’s nest, at least have the fucking common sense to wear a long-sleeve shirt.

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