“There is a word for people who are kept safe, fed, clothed, housed and sustained fully by others, and that word is SLAVES.”

— Bill Whittle

What We Believe, Part 5: Gun Rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSiJ2Gp058 (November 4, 2010)
2010s

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