Solomon2
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Confront them in open debate.How would you handle democratic America if New York TV talk shows were openly supporting and condoning neo-Nazis?
That's what the Second Amendment is meant for. The example of King James II, who (most Englishmen feared) tried to use his office to impose "Catholic" rule was instructive. America's Founding Fathers therefore did not vest the safety of the people wholly in the hands of the State.What if (God forbid) Congress and president utterly fail to stop neo-Nazis and ex slave holders rounding up jews and blacks and killing them?
Nevertheless, it took a century after post-Civil War Reconstruction ended for the federal government to once again step in, end legal segregation, and stop institutions like the Ku Kux Klan from wielding oppressive power through government and extra-legal means in the South. That happened first because American society in general - white society, that is - couldn't tolerate such a system and worked to oppose it publicly and undermine it secretly (see Superman vs. the Klan.) Politicians then grabbed at the trend and stepped to the fore. Some, like Senator-for-life Strom Thurmond, changed sides completely. Hence the importance of grass-roots movements to get the ball rolling.