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Gun fearing socialist pussies everywhere, relax: my favorite African-American, Kim du Toit, is closing The Other Side of Kim, having gotten tired of shouting the ugly truth into the faces of people who have an ideological commitment to not hearing it.

When he started, he was one of the few strong advocates for the crazy idea that ordinary American citizens, men and women regardless of creed or color, were competent to run their own affairs, even in matters of life and death. He started the idea of National Buy a Gun Day, as a part of his Nation of Riflemen campaign, aimed at re-arming the militia of which the Second Amendment speaks, the unorganized one.

He has also been a tireless critic of communism, socialism, nannyism,and big government generally.

He was one of my very first daily-read bookmarks when I myself realized that the Second Amendment imposed much the same duty as the first: to actively participate in the nation’s political process in ways far beyond mere voting. (What, you thought the First Amendment was all about Freedom From Religion, and your right to buy, sell, and make child pornography?)

He put his money where his mouth is, nearly suffering financial ruin when his employer discovered he, uh, Spoke Real Truth to Real Power, and fired him. So great was his distress that he actually sold off some of his substantial collection of firearms to make ends meet. (And you may judge the size and value of that arsenal by the fact that selling off only a part of it actually made a difference in the finances of a family, including teenagers, who had recently purchased a new home in Dallas.)

He has also taken dozens of people, men, women, and children, Off to the Range, and taught them how to shoot. Fittingly, one of his last posts today was about one such excursion.

All Americans can be proud that when he escaped from the hell hole of South Africa he chose to come here; all Texans can be proud that when he abandoned Mayor Daley’s fiefdom to its own rot, he came here. He came not for a free handout, but to do his part in holding the line in the world’s Last, Best Hope for Liberty.

He, a foreigner, has been a better American than I, a native; indeed, a far better American than almost all of us, including especially many of those who now hold elective office. He took an oath to become one of us, he meant it, and he’s done his level best to keep it.

Thank you, sir. Thank you very much. Please enjoy having a private life again; you have already done more than your share.

From just about everywhere:

[Update] I should note, this campaign was specifically targeted at Mexico, not the U.S.

I’ll also note that many commenters have said, wow, don’t Mexicans drink tequila? Exactly the (commercial) point of the campaign: trying to increase market share in a region where there is only a small one now. Can’t fault them for that.

Q&O has a couple of even more provocative, conversation-inducing ads from the Absolut World this map seems to have escaped from. (NOTE: these are parodies. The Aztlan map is real.)

Me, I’m wondering what the response would have been if the Mexican campaign had been balanced by an American campaign with a map showing most of Mexico, say down to the narrow waist just above Guatamala, being taken over by America, although that would have taken actual cojones, instead of Neuticles .

I mean, heck, that would pretty much take care of the immigration problem, it would be a lot easier to defend the border, and maybe–just maybe–conditions in the area would rise to American standards rather than California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, etc, falling to Mexican standards. I’m sure Mexicans would be better off under the American Bill of Rights than whatever passes for the Mexican constitution, even given the many encroachments our government has made on it. (Again, even if you don’t agree with that, the question is, can you imagine Absolut remotely thinking they could get with such a campaign? )[/update]

[updated update]Absolut’s mealy-mouthed non-apology here.I’ve posted a comment there similar to the above rant.[/updated update]

Below the fold is a bunch of stuff I’ll never drink again, from a list posted by Ted Twombly on Absolut’s customer comment site:

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I am, in general, not in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants.

However, when I read about unbelievably stupid bureaucratic asshattery like this, I can’t imagine why anybody would bother to try to do things correctly.

[I've tried to find a good excerpt. Can't find one. No one incident communicates the smothering, arrogant, idiocy involved. Read the whole thing.]

The criminal and lazy get rewarded, while the honest and hardworking get shat on. Unbelievable.

Oh, and tell me again: Why, exactly, do you think you can trust your health care to these tyrannical leeches?

And why do you trust them to be the only ones with the guns?