Earlier today, I pointed out that conservative media figures have recently been ramping up discussion of possible civil war and armed revolt. Conservative blogger Bob “Confederate Yankee” Owens, who was recently hired by the Washington Examiner, stated that nations that have supposedly collapsed as far as ours have the need to either “reform or replace their governments,” and “reform increasingly seems to be a fleeting option.” Perhaps to prove my point, Owens now says Media Matters should “feel threatened” by him, and even suggests that violence will be necessary.

In a new post titled “Closer to Midnight”, Owens responds to my earlier post by writing: “They portray it as a threat when 'Conservative media figures openly discuss armed revolution.' I hope they do feel threatened.” He adds that our “feigned ignorance” and “mockery” in the face of “peaceable protests” means that “perhaps it will take a serious review of our capacity for violence to get them to realize we shall not surrender our individual liberties to their lust for power.”

We have moved “closer to midnight” not because of any singular act , but because of inertia of a political class that does not respect or enforce the laws, or this nation's sovereignty. We have diametrically opposed views of how our nation can and should be run, and it appears that there is very little room left for negotiation.

Propagandists for the elitists at Media Matters seem troubled by A Nation on the Edge of Revolt. They portray it as a threat when "Conservative media figures openly discuss armed revolution."

I hope they do feel threatened. Attempts at peaceable protests have been met at turns by feigned ignorance, then mockery, then attacks on the character and motives of those would not sit quietly by. Perhaps it will take a serious review of our capacity for violence to get them to realize we shall not surrender our individual liberties to their lust for power.

I have not yet been swayed to the point of view that an armed conflict is inevitable, TN_NamVolunteer. But we are close enough that one would be wise to prepare for a possible conflict, just as one would prepare for any coming storm.

I wonder what the Washington Examiner's policy is for employees who openly speculate on the need for politically motivated violence.