I agree with your sentiment. But I think our populace, on the whole, has become so accustomed to out-sourcing everything, they're not mentally capable of handling their own emergency.
I think most folks are so insulated from the realities of life (food production, energy production, safety and security, etc.) they don't even consider resolving their own problem. Only a few generations ago, if your house was cold, you split some wood and built a fire. If you were hungry you slaughtered an animal, or harvested food from the garden. If you were threatened, you pulled the 12 gauge out.
Now, I know adult men who have never changed their own oil in their vehicle, or fixed a leaking faucet, let alone slaughter an animal. If they have a crisis, their only real recourse is to pick up the phone and hope someone else will fix it.
Oh, but her “profession” is “security”…
From the Atlantic piece:
“Run, hide, fight” has been the guiding principle in my profession—security—for decades.”
Almost as pathetic as her expectations that others will protect her children (rather than encouraging them to do it themselves), is her view of herself as a “security professional” after being a bureaucrat in Homeland Security, and then moving into academia.
From her bio at the end of the piece:
“ Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, is the faculty chair of the homeland-security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.”
Boy- that’s who I want to learn from when it comes to dealing with violence in person.
Not @SouthNarc or someone else less experienced in the ways of the world.
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I think you'd find few supporters of 2A rights for all citizens stauncher than Clusterfrack. (I'm sure your intent was not to imply otherwise, but I don't want that fact to be lost in the ether...since he was answering a specific post and topic in the quote above.)
There's nothing civil about this war.
Yes!!! Thank you, and i was indeed agreeing with Clusterfrack, not at all contradicting. My lament was directed at the, seeming, large group of our citizens who just don't seem to be concerned about taking responsibility for, or developing the ability to, defend themselves, whether we are talking about criminals or regimes.
Thanks for the opportunity to be more clear, I appreciate it!
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