Mohandas K. Gandhi was a a lot of things to a lot of people: A leader, a teacher, a philosopher, an inspiration, etc. It was through a practice Gandhi referred to as Satyagraha to which he and other Indian natives peacefully resisted British rule over their country. Ever since Gandhi was killed, the world has been searching for another Gandhi. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I think we've found him!
Meet Adam Kokesh. Adam is 31 years old, a political activist, and attempting to organize a gun-rights march protest in this nation's capital on Independence Day.
When asked how he and the other marchers should respond if they are blocked from crossing into Washington, D.C., Kokesh responded, "With Satyagraha."
Does this mean that like with Gandhi, violence is unacceptable according to Kokesh?
To that, he wrote, "Only if absolutely necessary in defense of life or limb."
On Adam's Facebook page regarding the coming event, he wrote that the march "will become violent if 'the government chooses to make it violent.'"
He also added this - "We will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny."
Insinuating that violence is necessary at times, all the while marching with a loaded rifle on his back? Yeah, that's what Gandhi would do all right. Perhaps Adam forgot rule #979 of Fight Club, which is, don't ever compare yourself to Gandhi, unless you wanna sound like a complete idiot.
Rumors has it that in his next interview, Kokesh is going to compare himself to Jesus and say, "I'm going to lead the march in this nation's capital on Independence Day and do what Christ would do - sacrifice myself for the sins of Washington, and shoot every motherf***er that tries to stop me, before ultimately falling to my inevitable death, and rising again three days later with a pair of AK-47s in my hands."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/activist-adam-kokesh-has-history-of-rabble-rousing-and-self-promotion/2013/05/13/95a0ddcc-b986-11e2-bd07-b6e0e6152528_story.html
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/15/2012951/kokesh-washington-gun-march/
Meet Adam Kokesh. Adam is 31 years old, a political activist, and attempting to organize a gun-rights march protest in this nation's capital on Independence Day.
When asked how he and the other marchers should respond if they are blocked from crossing into Washington, D.C., Kokesh responded, "With Satyagraha."
Does this mean that like with Gandhi, violence is unacceptable according to Kokesh?
To that, he wrote, "Only if absolutely necessary in defense of life or limb."
On Adam's Facebook page regarding the coming event, he wrote that the march "will become violent if 'the government chooses to make it violent.'"
He also added this - "We will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny."
Insinuating that violence is necessary at times, all the while marching with a loaded rifle on his back? Yeah, that's what Gandhi would do all right. Perhaps Adam forgot rule #979 of Fight Club, which is, don't ever compare yourself to Gandhi, unless you wanna sound like a complete idiot.
Rumors has it that in his next interview, Kokesh is going to compare himself to Jesus and say, "I'm going to lead the march in this nation's capital on Independence Day and do what Christ would do - sacrifice myself for the sins of Washington, and shoot every motherf***er that tries to stop me, before ultimately falling to my inevitable death, and rising again three days later with a pair of AK-47s in my hands."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/activist-adam-kokesh-has-history-of-rabble-rousing-and-self-promotion/2013/05/13/95a0ddcc-b986-11e2-bd07-b6e0e6152528_story.html
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/15/2012951/kokesh-washington-gun-march/
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