Kurt Saxon coined the term survivalist about thirty-five years ago. Everyone knew what it meant as soon as they heard it. Survivalists were the people who spent the time and money to insure that they survived. There may have been some who didn't like guns; but I never met one. There may have been some who were liberal; but I never met one. The people I did meet were planning to survive, and were willing to see the elephant if push came to shove.
Of course, the media hated us. We were all White, predominantly male, and much worse for them, informed and intelligent. They've tried to smear us since the Carter years; but we're still here, older, but generally richer and even better informed.
Now we hear about preppers. They buy extra food, start a garden, and worry about the world. They seem to either not buy weapons, or to be a bit apologetic about it. All they really seem to wish is to make survivalists appear to be psychotics.
I first read the term prepper in a liberal news article. This article and many others that followed were mildly approving of preppers, particularly in comparing them to survivalists. It's as if the media and their academic and government allies are tying to co-opt survivalism, replacing survivalists with pseudosurvivalists, thereby destroying the former.
It's not a conspiracy. It's simply liberal minds liking the same thing. It's also liberal minds disliking the same thing; and they really dislike a group noted for arms, a fair degree of wealth or the ambition to get it, and most of all, for not needing the government or believing the liberal media.
The survivalist should be very suspicious of the individual calling himself a prepper. If you ask him why he prefers that term, you won't like the answer, not if you're a survivalist planning to survive.
Of course, the media hated us. We were all White, predominantly male, and much worse for them, informed and intelligent. They've tried to smear us since the Carter years; but we're still here, older, but generally richer and even better informed.
Now we hear about preppers. They buy extra food, start a garden, and worry about the world. They seem to either not buy weapons, or to be a bit apologetic about it. All they really seem to wish is to make survivalists appear to be psychotics.
I first read the term prepper in a liberal news article. This article and many others that followed were mildly approving of preppers, particularly in comparing them to survivalists. It's as if the media and their academic and government allies are tying to co-opt survivalism, replacing survivalists with pseudosurvivalists, thereby destroying the former.
It's not a conspiracy. It's simply liberal minds liking the same thing. It's also liberal minds disliking the same thing; and they really dislike a group noted for arms, a fair degree of wealth or the ambition to get it, and most of all, for not needing the government or believing the liberal media.
The survivalist should be very suspicious of the individual calling himself a prepper. If you ask him why he prefers that term, you won't like the answer, not if you're a survivalist planning to survive.