The right never fucking meant it. They wanted the stockpiles as a way of virtue signaling to each other and a way of signaling to out-groups (POC, liberals, uppity women, LGBTQ+) the not-so-veiled threat of that stockpile.
Also, they wanted that stockpile so that when some shitty fascist government - like this one - gives them the go-ahead to join up with death squads, that’s they already have the arsenal for it.
All that freedom and liberty mumbo-jumbo - just so much bullshit.
The right never fucking meant it. They wanted the stockpiles as a way of virtue signaling to each other and a way of signaling to out-groups (POC, liberals, uppity women, LGBTQ+) the not-so-veiled threat of that stockpile.
Also, they wanted that stockpile so that when some shitty fascist government - like this one - gives them the go-ahead to join up with death squads, that’s they already have the arsenal for it.
All that freedom and liberty mumbo-jumbo - just so much bullshit.