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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants...
Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia ^ | November 13, 1787 | Thomas Jefferson

Posted on 01/07/2021 4:47:21 AM PST by scpolitician

The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. We have had 13. states independant 11. years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
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1 posted on 01/07/2021 4:47:21 AM PST by scpolitician
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To: scpolitician

The only blood that’s being spilled is patriots’.


2 posted on 01/07/2021 4:53:12 AM PST by Fido969 (,i.)
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To: scpolitician

What the powers that be have been doing to U.S. is unforgivable and a million times worse than what the British were doing before 1776.


3 posted on 01/07/2021 4:55:02 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: Fido969

So far.


4 posted on 01/07/2021 4:55:43 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: scpolitician

So tired of hearing the blah-blah-blah about the Tree of Liberty. Until someone on our side loses their fear of “getting in trouble” or being banned on Twitter / Facebook, and does something other than post comments on Internet message boards, that’s all it is.


5 posted on 01/07/2021 5:05:27 AM PST by AFB-XYZ (Option 1 -- stand up. Option 2 -- bend over.)
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To: scpolitician; HighSierra5; Fido969

I’ve seen this 50 times the past month.

If you feel that way, then act.

You people that post it don’t need our approval

I’ve seen This and quotes from military people in history.

If one feels this is the way to go, then organize locally and decide. once you are organized, what you want to do next.

This isn’t the place to discuss details but what’s MOST likely to happen is we’ll all be here typing for FOUR years.

The destroying of statues was HUGE!!

The south’s history was being erased.

And no one went to protect them.

The southerners and midwest folks like to make fun of the northerners.

Well at least Italians grabbed baseball bats and a few had guns and they protected the Columbus Statues.

Anyone who’s been on this board often the past month knows The Tree of Liberty quote by heart.

Either do. Or don’t.

That’s it at this point.


6 posted on 01/07/2021 5:05:42 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: AFB-XYZ

Yep talk is cheap


7 posted on 01/07/2021 5:06:10 AM PST by FreshPrince (P. )
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To: Fido969

Yes. Thus far there have been Repub Senators assaulted and put in the hospital, accosted on the street by angry mobs, had their houses besieged by a violent mob, Repub representatives have been shot and unarmed Trump supporters have been shot down in the street. Not a single Dem politician has even had to face a single hostile interview, let alone force. The left are the thugs yet they accuse us of it. I am so fed up with the lies.


8 posted on 01/07/2021 5:09:12 AM PST by nhbob1
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To: HighSierra5

Very true. Time to spill tyrant blood.


9 posted on 01/07/2021 5:15:06 AM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: HighSierra5

Our forefathers would be shooting by this time.


10 posted on 01/07/2021 5:16:02 AM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: Kevmo

The handwringing even on FR about yesterday’s occupation of the People’s House, shows how even most conservatives don’t understand the gravity of what occurred in the past two months.

Not just a stolen presidency, but at least 4 Senate seats and enough House races to have turned over the House. All this with a sitting Republican President, Republican controlled Senate, a DOJ lead by a Republican appointee, smoking gun video evidence of blatant, orchestrated voter fraud, and a US Supreme Court that supposedly had 5 solid constitutionalists.

Anyone who thinks that America can be saved by waiting for the next election is not paying attention. A government that is now totally controlled by Democrats, who know the courts will do nothing to stop them, can now rig the system to turn states such as Ohio, Texas, Florida. Republicans will NEVER win another Presidential election, and will NEVER retake the House or Senate. You are now permanently a one-party state, with a President who is completely compromised by Communist China, with the full support of the corporate traitors on Wall Street, the Deep State, the Military brass, MSM and Big Tech.

The Republic has fallen.


11 posted on 01/07/2021 5:37:21 AM PST by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants...”
Truer words have never been spoken, that young woman who was brutally murdered in the “people’s house” will be remembered as a martyr. The protesters exercised their 1st amendment rights, which we still have, although under attack. We are on the cusp of being a full scale banana republic. When a free and fair election is taken from us, when the courts refuse to exercise their sworn duty, when the FBI, and CIA become an outlet to persecute and frame individuals, when the politicians bring false charges to remove a duly elected President, etc. We are a banana republic. There will be more protests and God willing they will be successful. We are seeing so called conservatives politicians cow towing to gain favor with the commie left blasting the President, a pox on their house. Remember, the the Revolutuionary War, only 30% supported Washington, 30% the King, and 30% supported no one. God bless those who protest the high jacking of our democracy.


12 posted on 01/07/2021 5:43:42 AM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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To: littleharbour

The republic suffered a fatal blow when SCOTUS refused to do their job... in 2007 with Berg vs. Obama. This is just the secondary convulsion of its death throes.

“So America gets what America deserves — the destruction of its constitution” ~ Leo Donofrio, 6/1/09


13 posted on 01/07/2021 5:44:02 AM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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To: littleharbour

Correct. And I might add, the next “election” will be nothing more than window dressing, as they are in all dictatorships.


14 posted on 01/07/2021 5:46:47 AM PST by workerbee (==)
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To: scpolitician

Wrong target: the hardened and ruthless Washington constabulary.

Better focus: the soft-bellied, coddled sell-outs in the media.


15 posted on 01/07/2021 5:47:54 AM PST by tsomer
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To: AFB-XYZ

Don’t worry. Things are happening fast.


16 posted on 01/07/2021 5:49:59 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: littleharbour

The Republic has fallen.


Just like that crazy russian said it would.

From within


17 posted on 01/07/2021 5:55:13 AM PST by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: scpolitician

Are you advocating the violent overthrow of the US? Or the killing of politicians?


18 posted on 01/07/2021 5:56:00 AM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: littleharbour

“The Republic has fallen.”

If you think this is the first time a presidential election had a corrupt outcome, you are not a student of history.


19 posted on 01/07/2021 5:57:52 AM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: dp0622

“The south’s history was being erased.”

The history will be erased when there are no generations to remember it; if southerners breed, their history lives on.

“Well at least Italians grabbed baseball bats and a few had guns and they protected the Columbus Statues.”

Much more importantly, a lot of Italians still breed. The tribe of Columbus had grown enough to protect his legacy.


20 posted on 01/07/2021 5:59:56 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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