Human Iterations

On The Right Of Kings To Rule Undisturbed

Murderers are meeting to conspire. Generals are meeting to plan our defeat.

But first they mean to stage a photo-op.

This summer an entire army of politicians and sycophants will descend on two American cities. There they will laugh, boast and parade their troops before the entire world. In one city they will fly a red banner, in the other a blue one. What unites both as a single army is their complicity.

Every member of the political class, from bloggers to politicians, is an active participant in the terror and destruction that is state power. Every urge to vote one way or another is a call for violence. Because every action the government takes ultimately happens at the end of a policeman's baton. Every call for sanction, taxation or military action is an assertion of authority over the lives of millions never met.

To most Americans Freedom of Speech is an end all, an absolute line in the sand. And rightfully so. In a society of dying ideals, our defensive entitlement to such a basic liberty is both refreshing and commendable. But like all ethical ideals, individual instances cannot be examined in a vacuum. Context matters.

In the broader picture an attack upon the generals' planning session is not a violation of their right to freely assemble, but ultimately a defense of those they would subjugate.

In the face of those who--as a matter of course--default on coercion and violence to implement their every wish we cannot be expected to simply stand back and craft persuasive arguments. Their operations must be countered, their social mechanisms directly impeded. We must disrupt their ability to wage war on our freedoms.

The RNC and DNC are not even planning sessions. The planning has long been finished. At best they're press conferences. Twin spectacles announcing the further intent of our politicians to deprive us of liberty. Spectacles paid for by wealth ripped out of our pockets at gun point and attended by those who openly desire to rule us.

The question is not whether throwing a pie at their photo op is a violation of their rights, but whether abstaining from disruptive action would leave us complicit in their violations.