San Francisco Board of Supervisors designates NRA domestic terrorist organization

[Tabasco]

Two years and change. Cant wait.

Regarding this insanity....and that's what it is...I am troubled by the political left's further descent into madness. I have lefty relatives who believe preposterous, provably false nonsense about Trump, Republicans, etc. And they get frothing at the mouth enraged during discussions of current events and issues. Voltaire's admonition becomes more and more relevant every day....about those who can make you believe absurdity, can make you commit atrocity.

Here's an article which reflects on the passions you mentioned:

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/geor...-with-passion/

GPF is a subscription site, but you get 2 free articles per month. I subscribed a few months ago, and really like George Friedmans' writing, along with their news analysis FWIW.

My favorite quote:

"There are those who love passion. For many, life without lurid colors and lurking monsters is bland and boring. Make no mistake, there are monsters that stalk the world and must be defeated. But the urgent need to have monsters, which itself often creates them, makes it impossible to see the real monsters, who thrive as we hurl ourselves against irritants that we have reinvented, making them vastly more important than they are. But that is the nature of the passionate."

[JRB]

This really pisses me off.

I've bored arms in service of my nation for my entire adult life. I have always stood for the anthem and the pledge of allegiance. I love my country and the principles it was founded on. Now I am a terrorist in the eyes of the primary city by which I live?

I hope SF reaps a whirlwind from this act.

...For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot...

I feel you my friend. My own Mother, in her lefty Facebook hugbox of fellow retired teachers, saw fit to post a diatribe on why it's okay to kneel for the Star Spangled Banner... two days after I deployed about a month ago. It's been a struggle to talk to her since.

[CS Tactical]

Imagine being an NRA member shopping at a Walmart in San Francisco...

[Suvorov]

Imagine being an NRA member shopping at a Walmart in San Francisco...

Of course WalMart is not allowed in SF despite their virtue signaling.

[CS Tactical]

Of course WalMart is not allowed in SF despite their virtue signaling.

They'll probably be invited now...

[TGS]

They'll probably be invited now...

Not quite yet......first they need to fire the white man CEO and hire the purple haired social justice warrior chick from Episode 8 that ruined Star Wars.

[Suvorov]

For some reason this lyric has been sticking in my mind as of late:

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

[OlongJohnson]

Wow, this could be twisted in so many ways, in my opinion. Grounds for termination, steering of contracts, etc..

This.

It's not virtue signaling, it's economic war. SF now has some legal basis, however shaky, for canceling any financial relations with anyone who is in any way connected with the NRA. And frankly, it's not the NRA they really hate, it's conservatives and conservatism in general. The NRA is just a fairly effective proxy net that will catch many they seek.

They are doing to the right what Western nations are doing to North Korea and Iran.

I'd eat some popcorn to see any and all manufacturers and distributors of arms and ammo with any ties to the NRA simply cut off SF. IANAL, but breech of contract vs. being declared terrorists would be an interesting court battle.

[blues]

Wow. Unbelievable--well actually totally believable.

With Trump spreading harmful disinformation on the right, and these clowns doing the same on the left, hopefully the country will come to its senses and elect reasonable, intelligent leaders who value the constitution and the rule of law. But where are these people? I miss President George HW Bush.

"Finally! Now I can rest in peace."

[RevolverRob]

I’d love to see SF attempt to backup their talk by actually canceling contracts with people who associate with this “domestic terrorist” group. I see that ending poorly for them. Like slapped hard by SCOTUS for violation of free speech poorly.