Idiot.

A Facebook post calling on Johnson Countians to arm themselves and prepare for conflict with the Left this election season has sparked a swift backlash online, with some commenters concerned county Commissioner Mike Brown is calling for a new civil war.

In the message posted to his personal Facebook page Sunday morning, Brown writes about the “drums of war” he says he hears in the social unrest that has followed the police killing of George Floyd in May. In a litany of “thumps” meant to evoke drums, Brown lists street violence, violence against police officers, looting and vandalism as signals of a “coming war.”

He then calls on his followers not only to vote this November but to “buy a firearm and ammunition and take a class now to learn how to safely use it to defend yourself and your property, know what’s happening around you at all times.

“This is not a joke nor is it hyperbole. It is a real fight for control of America… and control of you. Here is another thing that isn’t a joke or hyperbole; I’d rather fight and die than live in their dictated world,” the post reads.

It ends with this message:

“And right now I’ve got my own war drum — and I’m waiting for the other side to give me reason to pound on it. And I will. Say when.”

Later Monday, the post could no longer be publicly accessed, suggesting it had either been removed from Brown’s page or the privacy settings on Brown’s account had been changed.