Re: Metaphor or deniability?
Todays issues are so devisive and uncharted that previously rational people start to see and hear what they want to in order to solidify their enemies in the mist.
It's not just the normal "us vs them". There is an unatural and false sense of urgency brought on by our leaders to pass healthcare (before Christmas), make consessions at Copenhaggen, implement cap and trade and find new way's to spend our money under the guise of economic stimulus.
You don't see the threat of violence there?
No I don't Robert. You don't honestly believe an insurrection would be fought hand to hand? Of course not.
For you the bayonet is a metaphor for violence. Is that much of a leap to see "fix bayonet" as a metaphor for casting your vote?
Like I said , we see what we want to see these days.