MLK, the Fight Against Fascism via Nonviolence and the Question of the 2nd Amendment

It is the day we honor Martin Luther King Jr. He was a man who believed in nonviolence. If he hadn't been assassinated, he could very well still be alive today and 97 years old; that's how recent in history everything he fought for is. I don't feel we're especially close to his dream--Hell, I feel we are farther than we've even been in the time I've been alive (holler at all my 80's babies). King thought we could achieve peace through protest and not being violent. Is that still true?

To slightly change subjects, but everything will eventually come back together, let's look at 2018--a bit of time ago. I made a post that resulted in a bunch of angry comments from people who stumbled across my blog and didn't agree with my very succinct title. That title was, "Fuck the 2nd Amendment." I discussed how, as long as we had a 2nd amendment, it would be impossible to ever have common-sense gun control. I said the idea that we would need to take up arms to defend ourselves against a fascist government was absurd--this is America! Well, I should've said that more like Childish Gambino in, "This is America," because it is 2026, and what do you know, the worst people at one moment in time made the right point about the 2nd Amendment.

Those annoying far-right survivalists who told us how someday the government would, "Tread on us," were correct. The MAGA movement and Donald Trump are using agencies such as ICE to disregard the rights of citizens and kill innocent people in the name of protecting us from the combination strawman/boogeyman that are, "Criminal illegals." Anyone with an accent, a bit of color on their skin, or, "Ethnic," features can be harassed by Trump's personal army. Even a white woman was murdered in broad daylight by an ICE agent and instead of the government saying he was a bad employee who would be investigated, they doubled down and said Renee Good was some kind of far-left domestic terrorist, despite what we all saw. They worked overtime to smear her and bring up her sexuality and politics because they couldn't pull the usual, "Dangerous illegal," gimmick out their ass. MLK would see what's going on and tell us to go against it, but not violently. John Lewis, another civil rights pioneer and former politician who passed in 2020 would tell us to make, "Good trouble." The government isn't after one or two demographics, however, it is after everyone who dares to question it. Every single person. Half the United States seems blind to this and cheers while having rights snatched away. Can we make good trouble when the government doesn't allow any challenge, period?

Certain people kept telling us the fascist government would come for us, and the people who said it were assholes, but they were right...even if they are oddly pleased at the moment for the very tyrannical government they warned us against. MLK would stand against basically everything in this administration, and they'd probably label him a domestic terrorist, too, even if he preached peaceful demonstrations. Trump and his ilk don't stand for any challenge, peaceful or otherwise.

I doubt the government would stand for leftists suddenly taking up arms to defend ourselves from when Trump's Gestapo decides to kick in our doors. I mean, Ronald Reagan and the NRA were suddenly very for banning open carry when the Black Panthers patrolled the streets and made it clear they wouldn't stand for police brutality against people of color. The 2nd Amendment is supposedly a right for all, but when the, "Wrong," people want this so-called inalienable right, the people who scream how we'll pry it from their cold, dead hands get equally cold feet.

Some people tell me things will get better. The nation is a pendulum that swings left to right. Well, it has swung off the hinges and is flying into the stratosphere. Peaceful protestors are being attacked by a Federal Government that wants them to be complacent while Trump flouts banning midterms and invading Greenland--a nice step on the road to pissing off NATO and moving us closer to some form of World War III. I hate guns and personally have no desire to own one. That said, it is 2026, and I see why the worst people once made the right point--our government could very well turn against us.

A great article, read it here.

You can tell me I'm overreacting, but they've been saying that about Trump, and he keeps pushing the line that everyone insists he won't cross further and further. Congress is under the control of the GOP, and they never stop him. By the time he gets that list of Jews in America and suddenly anyone with Jewish heritage loses their citizenship, or they attempt to round up anyone with Autism and take them to mysterious farms, those who backed Trump will shrug and go, "Who could've predicted it would go this far?" All of us with a brain who realize he wants a stupid and submissive population did, ya moron! People like you spent decades saying we needed to be armed, so the people could stand against tyranny and fascism, so why did you go from the aforementioned, "Don't tread on me," to, "Yes, ICE, here are all my papers, please tread on me harder and let me lick your boot clean!"

The pointless gun violence doesn't stop in America, and lately, neither does the fascism. Congress is powerless, our States and cities are doing their best. Many people are protesting and fighting against this horrific Federal government. So yeah, the 2nd amendment might end up being more important than we thought because when they're, "Done," with the so-called illegal immigrants and want to go for those who are Jewish, Black, LGBTQ (already being heavily persecuted too), or anything but a Aryan white dude, things are only going to get uglier. Watch Trump try to claim the Insurrection Act to stop elections. Watch his party let him get away with further crimes. Watch as the supposedly, "Weak," demographics everyone mocks suddenly start packing heat, and instead of hurling peace signs at ICE they hurl bullets. I want nonviolence to be the answer and believe it could be. I wonder if enough people feel that way too or if things are going to only get ugly.

I don't want a civil war to break out in America, but I can see it happening. I detest guns, but I see how they'll be in high demand. Things are only going to get worse before they get better, and I intend to hunker down and keep my family as safe as possible whilst our Nation tears itself apart. I said how I hate guns and thought the 2nd amendment was outdated. I still hate guns, but fuck, the 2nd amendment has made the reason it exists quite clear with the way our Government is going. Props to you, worst people, you were right about something--a bit like a broken clock being accurate twice a day. I just hope the other thing you always predicted--a new civil war--isn't the second thing you call correctly. I hope that MLK was right and justice will prevail. Martin Luther King Jr. wouldn't have wanted us to have a gun to use against our fellow humans. He wouldn't have wanted things to get to that point where the government is shooting people or people are shooting back. It is 2026, however, and while MLK once had a dream, we are living in the American nightmare. I pray that at some point, enough people wake up.