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The United States is under siege by a disgusting and increasingly violent form of tribal politics. The worst of it was witnessed in Charlottesville over the weekend, when violent white supremacists met violent Antifa leftists, and a person was killed.
So where does that leave the rest of us? In a tweetstorm, NRA News Radio Host Cam Edwards tries to answer that question. This is really worth the read:
Since we seem to be regressing to tribal politics, I've been thinking about what tribe I belong to. It sure ain't antifa or neo-nazis. /1
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
I can't stand either group, and frankly, they can't stand me. /2
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
Antifa hates me because I believe in individual freedom and liberty, equality for all, and think socialism is poison. /3
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
The neo-Nazi's hate me because I believe in individual freedom and liberty, equality for all, and think racial superiority is bullshit. /4
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
Also, I dared to marry a white woman with bi-racial kids. Even worse, I love them. They're my kids too. Call me "Dad" and everything. /5
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
See, my tribe believes that MLK's hope of one day judging by character not color is a guiding principle, not an error. /6
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
I cannot subscribe to an ideology that demands I rank my kids in some weird hierachy based on skin color, gender, or physical attributes. /7
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards)August 14, 2017
My tribe doesn't burn crosses or American flags. Maybe a good cigar on the weekend. /8 pic.twitter.com/eg0RR6Zuvp
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
My tribe are the "live and let live" Americans who want to enjoy their own life w/o being forced to conform to someone else's ideology. /9
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 14, 2017
My tribe believes that the US has never been perfect, but it has been and remains a powerful force for good. /10
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe knows as long as Communism and Fascism has been around, there've been Americans trying to foist them on us. /11
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe knows there's one big commonality to both poisonous ideologies: the death of individual liberty& freedom. They are un-American. /12
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
Here's what my tribe thinks of authoritarians and totalitarians. /13 pic.twitter.com/ehH5tY8gFz
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe does not belong to the Butthurt Brigade; those Americans who exist to be offended. /14
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe tries to live without rancor, but admits it's a challenge these days. /15
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
Most days, my tribe would rather read a book than scroll their Twitter feed. And we do. /16
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe believes the freedom to learn, to read, and to listen is just as important as the freedom to speak, write, and opine. /17
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe believes #SelfDefenseIsAHumanRight /18
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe isn't interested in burning country and Constitution to the ground and hoping to rebuild utopia on the ashes. /19
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe thinks it's futile to expect government to fix us. Politics is downstream from culture. /20
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe doesn't pretend to have all the answers to all our problems. But we do have pretty good music. https://t.co/RnFDpYoFCI /21
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
My tribe has a big tent stocked with a bacon buffet, a gun range, and a library. Just leave your BS outside. 22/22
— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 15, 2017
You had me at bacon.
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