Former Michigan GOP Spokesman: ‘Is Armed Rebellion Now Justified?’

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There have been a lot of truly deranged responses to the Supreme Court decision from the wingnut crowd today, but this has to be in the top three: Former GOP Spokesman: ‘Is Armed Rebellion Now Justified?’

The former spokesman for the Michigan Republican Party sent out an email�that questioned whether armed rebellion was justified over the Supreme Court ruling upholding Obamacare.

Matthew Davis, an attorney in Lansing, sent the email�moments after the Supreme Court ruling to numerous new media outlets and limited government activists with the headline: “Is Armed Rebellion Now Justified?”

Davis added his own personal note saying, “… here’s my response. And yes, I mean it.”

“There are times government has to do things to get what it wants and holds a gun to your head,” Davis said. “I’m saying at some point, we have to ask the question when do we turn that gun around and say no and resist.

“Was the American Revolution justified?”

When contacted, Davis said the key word was “justified.” He compared armed rebellion to a situation where the government cannot get your money by way of liens or seizure of bank accounts is coming to arrest you for not paying an unconstitutional tax.

“You can’t have people walking with lattes and signs and think the object of your opposition is going to take you seriously,” Davis said. “Armed rebellion is the end point of that physical confrontation.”

(h/t: jaunte.)

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42 comments
1 Kragar  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:17:43pm

The answer being no. Next stupid question.

2 Shvaughn  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:18:53pm

At least he's "former" -- I'll get worried when anyone in any position of power within the GOP starts calling for armed resistance.

3 Targetpractice  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:19:15pm

That question was answered on May 9th, 1865. Only the truly ignorant don't know the answer.

4 Kragar  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:20:20pm
If government can mandate that I pay for something I don't want, then what is beyond its power? If the Supreme Court's decision Thursday paves the way for unprecedented intrusion into personal decisions, then has the Republic all but ceased to exist? If so, then is armed rebellion today justified?

I don't want the government to pay for quite a few things they currently use my tax dollars on. Is that an abuse of power and intrusion into my personal decisions?

5 HappyWarrior  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:20:47pm

Armed uprising to the USSC upholding people getting health care? This is what angers you Davis? You're a sad, sad man.

6 nines09  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:21:11pm

Matthew Davis, an attorney in Lansing......Sounds like he has his head on straight. I suggest he grab a weapon. Then shoot his dumb ass.

7 Obdicut  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:21:47pm

Armed rebellion isn't justified, because this was a law passed through the Democratic process and upheld by the Supreme Court, and does not disenfranchise anyone or do anything unconstitutional.

#treatingwingnutslikeadults

8 AK-47%  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:21:49pm

Remember the central image of the Tea Party: armed insurrection against a tyrannical usurper.

Which perfectly describes a legally and fairly elected Congress and President who pass3ed the bill and a legally appointed Supreme Court that upheld it.

We reserve the right to take up arms against anything we disagree with!!!

9 jaunte  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:23:07pm

I like the first commenter's response:

Dave Gershman · University of Michigan
Thanks for posting, but as Woody Allen said, "excuse me, I'm due back on planet Earth."

10 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:23:40pm
11 Lidane  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:23:52pm

re: #3 Targetpractice

That question was answered on May 9th, 1865. Only the truly ignorant don't know the answer.

The truly ignorant still think it's a valid question.

12 jaunte  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:24:32pm
You can’t have people walking with lattes and signs and think the object of your opposition is going to take you seriously,” Davis said. “Armed rebellion is the end point of that physical confrontation.”

Why is it always lattes with these people?

13 Eclectic Infidel  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:25:00pm

Sighs.

This came to mind.

I mean, seriously!?! This is healthcare, not the Chinese system of regulating how many kids families can have. WTF is wrong with these socon kooks?

14 goddamnedfrank  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:26:07pm

I love how Republicans think they're the only one's with guns. No matter how many guns a person owns they've only got two hands to hold 'em.

I have enough in the house to equip a ragtag platoon if it ever comes down to that, and a there's a much smaller percentage of people on the liberal side of this issue restricted to Hoverround navigable terrain.

15 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:26:44pm
16 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:26:48pm

re: #11 Lidane

The truly ignorant still think it's a valid question.

The truly ignorant don't know how to google and refresh their memories.

17 Shvaughn  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:26:56pm

re: #12 jaunte

Why is it always lattes with these people?

They have an irrational hatred of lattes. Also, they probably drink them all the time.

18 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:27:50pm

re: #17 Shvaughn

They have an irrational hatred of lattes. Also, they probably drink them all the time.

It sounds fwench and the ghey to them.

Most don't even know what it is. Even Starbucks isn't everywhere yet.

19 blueraven  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:30:04pm

Hey where's rwmofo?
Crying at some wingnut blog I imagine.
You know he would be here if things went the other way.

20 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:31:06pm

re: #19 blueraven

Hey where's rwmofo?
Crying at some wingnut blog I imagine.
You know he would be here if things went the other way.

Buck was here when it was breaking, but appeared to depart rather quickly after that.

21 erik_t  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:31:42pm

re: #19 blueraven

Hey where's rwmofo?
Crying at some wingnut blog I imagine.
You know he would be here if things went the other way.

Just don't say it three times in a row.

22 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:31:52pm

Well, you know, he's just posing the question..... //

23 blueraven  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:32:28pm

Uh oh

24 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:32:47pm

betelguese

25 Patricia Kayden  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:32:52pm

Well, Justice Roberts is no liberal, so the Republicans can go as crazy as they want. A Bush-appointed Judge helped the President out today. And of course they're threatening violence -- do they ever do anything else when something doesn't go their way?

I guess they can put away all the celebrating and whooping and hollering they planned to do today. Too bad for them.

26 AK-47%  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:33:03pm

Germany is about to lose to Italy in the European Cup soccer semifinals. Is armed intervention justified?

27 wrenchwench  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:33:42pm

re: #20 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Buck was here when it was breaking, but appeared to depart rather quickly after that.

The Buck stops here, but only briefly.

28 Targetpractice  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:33:47pm

re: #19 blueraven

Hey where's rwmofo?
Crying at some wingnut blog I imagine.
You know he would be here if things went the other way.

Yeah, I imagine we'd be inundated with wingnuts right now had it been struck down. Socks and sleepers galore, dancing around and laughing.

29 Romantic Heretic  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:34:21pm

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

I love how Republicans think they're the only one's with guns. No matter how many guns a person owns they've only got two hands to hold 'em.

I have enough in the house to equip a ragtag platoon if it ever comes down to that, and a there's a much smaller percentage of people on the liberal side of this issue restricted to Hoverround navigable terrain.

I won't say Republicans since there are many who are as appalled by this sort of thing as anyone.

But the wingnuts, which this guy is, bear a remarkable resemblance to the Axis back in WWII. "They're weak, effete liberals who haven't got the balls to fight. We show up, they'll shit themselves. Then they'll either run away or surrender. If the latter we'll kill them where they stand. They deserve it."

We all know how accurate that prediction turned out.

30 Bulworth  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:34:30pm

A bill was passed that I did not like and that bill was sent to the SCOTUS for review and the court ruled in a way I didn't like. Is armed insurrection justifiable? /

31 Lidane  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:34:36pm

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

I love how Republicans think they're the only one's with guns.

Or that the only people in the military and/or law enforcement are Republicans who agree with them about armed rebellion being justified.

32 Targetpractice  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:35:17pm

re: #30 Bulworth

A bill was passed that I did not like and that bill was sent to the SCOTUS for review and the court ruled in a way I didn't like. Is armed insurrection justifiable? /

Yes, because Ron Paul said that judicial review is invalid!

//

33 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:36:43pm

Speaking of Laup Nor -- The apple doesn't fall . . .

34 Sionainn  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:37:05pm

re: #14 goddamnedfrank

I love how Republicans think they're the only one's with guns. No matter how many guns a person owns they've only got two hands to hold 'em.

I have enough in the house to equip a ragtag platoon if it ever comes down to that, and a there's a much smaller percentage of people on the liberal side of this issue restricted to Hoverround navigable terrain.

LOL. I'll just go to my liberal father's house and borrow one. I do know how to load and shoot. ;-)

35 blueraven  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:37:37pm

Dems bolting en masse from capitol as contempt vote is taking place.

36 erik_t  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:37:55pm

re: #26 Expand Your Ground

Germany is about to lose to Italy in the European Cup soccer semifinals. Is armed intervention justified?

Have you seen the way the Italians play soccer?!

I say yes.

37 Mattand  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:38:02pm

re: #27 wrenchwench

The Buck stops here, but only briefly.

He's Canadian, right? Does he have a huge problem with their health care system?

38 Daniel Ballard  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:38:16pm

I'd like to see exile revived as a punishment for those who make statements like the above. Boot his ass out, see if Ecuador wants him.

39 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:39:40pm

re: #35 blueraven

Dems bolting en masse from capitol as contempt vote is taking place.

[Link: www.c-span.org...]
Looks like 17 dems voted for it so far

40 teresa  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:46:47pm

It is the lame fallback solution for all conservatives, if you disagree with us, and if we lose an election, a supreme court decision, etc we immediately suggest there will be armed revolution, to bully our way back into power. It isn't even a good troll anymore, I can't even bring myself to be outraged, because it is just so predictable.

And that my friends is the sign of a party that is slithering along the road to obscurity. I say that because they they seem to be adopting a more libertarian, anti-human platform, and often invoke the use of violence if they don't get their way, and it makes me believe there will be a time when the majority of normal people will reject them in entirety. It can't happen soon enough.

41 Destro  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 1:49:29pm

Republican president Lincoln answered the question if "armed rebellion" against the USA is justified.

42 labman57  Thu, Jun 28, 2012 3:11:21pm

To demonstrate their commitment to our sacred U.S. Constitution, many conservative pundits and politicians strive to eliminate those Amendments that conflict with their ideology, simply ignore other sections that they find inconvenient to honor, and to pick and choose which SCOTUS rulings they deem worthy to uphold.

And if all else fails, they can always resort to "Second Amendment remedies".


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