So, apparently a new horror movie is coming out, and some jackass decided that Louisville ought to have an event that commemorated the idea of the movie. Apparently, in the movie, there is a period of time every so often where all laws are suspended, meaning that people can rape, rob, murder, and loot to their heart’s content, and everyone is responsible for their own defense. For those of us who don’t live in Detroit or Oakland, this is supposed to be scary.
Anyway, a Twitter post saying that Louisville ought to have their own ‘purge’, and the media has picked it up and is running with it like their hair was on fire. To tell you how shrill the alarmists have been, a football scrimmage and a minor league baseball game are being changed so that they don’t coincide with the 8PM to 6 AM period when people are expected to lose their damned minds and burn the River City to its foundations.
So, because some twit decided to slash a photoshopped DVD cover on social media, the newsies and city fathers are cautioning people to be vigilant. Irish Woman, who normally has a very good head on her shoulders, has asked me to make sure that the shotgun and pistols are ready to go, and when I jokingly asked if I could get the AR out of the safe, she told me that was a good idea.
What can we learn from this? Well, we now know that you can get at least a small percentage of Americans to freak out if you can get ominously threatening Twitter posts to go viral. Imagine if a terrorist organization wanted to mess with us at almost no cost. All they would have to do is have a few people drop warnings that on Wednesday at 8 PM Eastern, something bad was going to happen. They could then pop a bag of halal popcorn, sit back, and watch people get spun up. Do that a few times, and the populace will become indifferent to them. Then, you issue the warning, and actually do something. After that, all it will take is a hint of something on social media, and the country will lock itself behind doors and order pizza.
People, we need to get a grip. My guess is that, at most, we are looking at a few goobers in cheap plastic masks going booga-booga downtown. There might be some vandalism, and they might mixed up with the normal bands of roving ‘youths’ who spend their warm summer nights knocking over liquor stores and old ladies.
As for me, I’ll be at home, enjoying my pizza, and doing a function check on the AR, just to make my wife feel better. After that, I’m going to have a discussion with her about risk management, and go to bed.
If I’m wrong, I’ll see you all on the national news.
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