"When large numbers of citizens begin arming against their own government and are ready to believe even the silliest rumors about that government's willingness to evade the Constitution..."

"... there is a problem that goes beyond gullibility. This country's political establishment should think about what it has done to inspire such distrust � and what it can do to regain the trust and loyalty of many Americans who no longer grant it either."

Wrote Instapundit in a 1995 op-ed titled "Up In Arms About A Revolting Movement," which he linked to today in a blog post about that Ta-Nehisi Coates piece "Nonviolence As Compliance," which we talked about here.