Oath-Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was on FOX’s Bill O’Reilly today, and he was asked about the Oath-Keepers pledge that members of the organization will refuse unlawful and unconstitutional orders such as enforcing martial law on American streets, and forcefully taking guns from law abiding citizens in a state of national emergency or in the event of a natural disaster.
O'Reilly actually brings up some good points about the role and influence of authority in society. But the real threat to law and order and the American people does not come from disobedience by active and former military officers and policemen, but from obedience to immoral and dictatorial orders. The events of Nazi Germany showed that every man in uniform needs to trust his own inner judgment and follow his moral conscience rather than carry out orders simply because they are orders.
