You are not going to get a lot of disagreement the media is biased as all get out. Most of us have known that for the past half-century at least. The problem arises when you want to use the blunt instrument of Big Government to exact revenge for you. Find another way to fix it, one that won't empower the next leftist in charge.
Years ago I was a delegate to a platform committee meeting for my State's Republican party. At the time it was chaired by someone that nobody knew at the time, but who is now the governor of our State.
There was a two day discussion about what to put into the State's party platform, and as my group was mostly focused on gun rights, I proposed that we urge the State Legislature to issue licenses so that the public could carry concealed weapons.
OMG! You would have thought I had proposed cutting off the heads of puppies. A bunch of virtue signaling delegates immediately rose to proclaim their undying opposition to any such proposal, because "By God! People have a *RIGHT* to carry guns, and don't need PERMISSION from the State Legislature to do so!"
I pointed out that while I may agree with them on this, neither the public, the legislature, nor the law enforcement people were ready to acknowledge this right, and so therefore that is a non starter from the git-go.
They were having none of it. They wanted all or nothing. They absolutely refused to accept any notion that required any official act from the state. This went on and on for about an hour, and I finally outsmarted the stupid F***ers.
I said "How about this verbiage? "We urge the State Legislature to find a means by which law abiding citizens can lawfully carry firearms."
They all found that language acceptable, and the proposal was passed and incorporated into the platform.
I immediately said under my breath: " And the way the legislature is going to do this is by issuing licenses."
My state passed such a law two years later, and the governor I helped elect at that time signed it. Members of my group were present at the signing ceremony and we still have the pictures.
I understand the principle involved, but I also recognized the reality of the time period. Nobody was going to accept unrestricted carrying of weapons without some sort of over sight, and people could bitch all they wanted about their rights under the second amendment, but doing what they wanted was simply a bridge too far for the public to accept.
My thinking at the time was that establishing the actual practice of carrying weapons would have a long term good effect on society, and more firmly establish the idea in the public's mind that this is acceptable.
It turned out well.
Now you may think this has nothing at all to do with the current discussion, but you would be wrong. Once again I see people refusing to deal with the reality of a situation, and instead they are piously quoting cliches about how much they are against something when they could instead be suggesting any other method for resolving the problem.
"Virtue Signaling" is not helpful. Yes, we all know how much you all dearly love our rights and our principles, but waving the flag ignores the fact that we are in a dire situation and we need to get out of it.
Toss out some ideas.
