[Yardstick]

The stack of military awards, medals, and citations I've been awarded suggest otherwise. I didn't literally shed blood for this country to see it go down the crapper.

Hence the sad irony of prepperism. It is patriotism undermined by defeatism.

Like I said to JR, the basic impulse is good but it gets warped and winds up being counterproductive.

[JRandomFreeper]

Nothing defeatist or counterproductive in living in a self-sufficient manner. It's a pretty conservative idea, being able to take care of yourself, and those you care about, regardless of circumstances.

Can't fight liberals when you are standing in line waiting for bottled water and MREs.

/johnny

[yorkiemom]

That said, it’s your forum and you set the tone. I will hereby bit my tongue and avoid these sort of threads.

You said this in post #73 and 20 posts later you are still at it.