Tuesday, March 03, 2009

I Am Not "Nice"

Simply because I am not especially blunt and don't swear much, do not assume I am "nice" or that I will sit through damfoolery on your part with a smile, give you a pat on the head, a plate of cookies and a glass of milk when you are done and take your half-baked, half-witted notions seriously.

If you are horrified by the notion of private individuals owning, carrying and/or shooting guns, don't bother commenting here. If you think a repressive, one-party government with full control of the media is every bit as free and open as one with Constitutional limits to government protecting freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion and the right to keep and bear arms (among others), I am not interested in your opinions -- they are wrong, not just ill-informed, and you're a child at best, an idiot or an agent of totalitarianism at worst.

The Federal government of these here overly-United States has many faults and flaws; I'm not real happy with some of the things it has done in the past and I'm not pleased about where it appears to be headed. Bad as it is, it is still better than any other, in part because of the limitations upon it and because it includes mechanisms for peaceful change -- even when the change is as drastic as the recent Presidential election.

If you think Americans are scary, violent people, if our abrupt manners and exuberance offends you, avoid us. Don't come whining to me about it, because I am one of 'em.

Don't hector me about the horrawfulness of me carryin' a gun. I am armed. I will be armed. I will ignore your whining about it. While encountering people who are in the act of attempting to harm me is a low-probability event, it has happened to me twice in the past when I wasn't armed and it was bad. If there's ever a third time, I will have an option other than fleet feet and a bag of groceries to throw. (How long did it take the cops to arrive after shots were fired at me in the parking lot of a fully-occupied apartment building? Twenty minutes. That's a lot of bleeding -- I'm sure glad the criminal was a lousy shot).

It's a free country -- and you can get a free blog of your very own to express your hoplophobia, sing the praises of single-party systems, whinge about those with more than yourself or write of your deep and abiding lust for the capybara at blogger.com, among others. This is my blog and if you come here with that stuff, I'll argue with you, make fun of your ignorant prejudices, and if you persist, I'll tell you to leave. I may even ban you. (I've even banned people with whom I am largely in agreement 'cos they wanted to have big fights in my comments sections instead of on their own blogs -- this is my flower bed and I'll weed it as I see fit).

Clear?

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

I got your back.

New Jovian Thunderbolt said...

eloquent.

and that whole thing sounded 'nice' to me...

Anonymous said...

Well Said I could not agree with you more.

Anonymous said...

And when Roberta pins your ears back, the rest of us WILL point and laugh.

Denny Snyder said...

That is EXACTLY what I'm talkin about..........you sound like you should be on our pro staff.....I am ALL about promoting and PROTECTING the shooting sports we all love and enjoy.

Denny :)

www.usaoutbacktv.com.

Anonymous said...

You had me at "I am not nice..."

M

Anonymous said...

Amen, 100%.
-Popgun

Rustmeister said...

I guess I'll have to go elsewhere for my capybara fix....

tooldieguy said...

"nicely" said! 3 cheers for you!

BobG said...

*Thumbs up*

Crucis said...

Good on ya, Roberta.

Anonymous said...

So I guess the Cambodian chicken-shoot/humanitarian mission is right off, then? "Just when I'd spent the last piastre I could borrow..."

You'd feel nicer if Ro liked you.

Anonymous said...

I want to know more about these cookies you are going to give me? Are they those yummy nutmeg sugar cookies from Rene's?

Shootin' Buddy

Turk Turon said...

Define "Nice".

Jeffro said...

You are for sure more polite than I in similar circumstances.

Anonymous said...

To quote Al Pacino :

"Hoo-aahh!"


WV= hines

What kin' of sight do I'z got?

Anonymous said...

Standing and applauding here.
Rey B

Arcadia Iris said...

There a difference between being nice and being a person with so little ability, confidence and self-esteem that all you're good for is a doormat.

There should be a difference, anyway.

Anonymous said...

I totally agree with everything you stated.BUT..............Can I still come over for the plate of cookies and the pat on the head?

Comrade Misfit said...

Agreed. Other than coming from the other side of the political spectrum, I could have written the same thing.

(And did somebody mention "cookies"?)

Roberta X said...

Wellllll....if you kids are especially wel-behaved, perhaps some of the Rene';s cookies Shootin' Buddy mentioned could be made available. ;)

Ken said...

I missed this yesterday when I first read it, but the only other person I ever knew who used the word "horrawful" was a good friend and former co-worker who originally came from Donegal.