Here is what to do and what not to if you’re so inclined to fight for constitutional America. I’ve felt disturbed watching the aftermath of the January 6 ‘riots’ these past six plus months. As details emerged, it’s become almost certain that the small number of ‘leadership’ for the Capitol intruders were led and directed by the FBI and proxies in yet another Witmer-style sting operation. The larger number behind them ranged from over-zealous, stupid, but otherwise benign patriots, to many who were virtually invited in by Capitol police. In the aftermath, all of them have been treated in a manner befitting a communist gulag, many with indefinite detentions awaiting indefinite trial dates. In contrast, progressive anarchist burned federal, state, and commercial property across the United States and most of them are being released with greatly reduced or dismissed charges. The disparity isn’t accidental, in fact, it was a successful strategy to signal favor to anarchist and to keep all conservatives out of the streets and from protesting, indefinitely. It’s working.
Most conservatives are too mild mannered or fearful to even speak up to their friends, their Facebook feed, or co-workers much less go to the streets. We need to find a way back. While it’s becoming increasingly likely that the progressive juggernaut will ultimately fully impale themselves legislatively and culturally, out of hubris, stupidity, incompetence, and our dumb luck, this is not guaranteed. The deep state that effectively neutralized a whole wing or subset of conservatives could yet finalize their suppression of America-first people and priorities.
The Capitol riots were an incredibly stupid tactical move, but that assumes they were actually conceived and directed by radical right-wingers. That is now in more serious question than ever. Nevertheless, that’s not what would have been needed to rectify a stolen election or stick it to progressive radicals. While working through conservative legislators are and should be the front line of activism, there needs to be a far stronger grass roots effort behind them, and a riot does not provide that.
Most people have no idea what goes on in Washington and even in their own state. Locally, we watch each other more closely. Our local schools are a hugely important battleground. County governance and judicial seats are as well. At a level even under that are the community and street level interactions that make the biggest difference. If trans-activists are planning to infiltrate your school’s female athletic teams, are there any that will stand up for the girls in that school? Has your church sympathized with BLM, a group with known racist, terrorist, and large-scale extortion operations? Do you know the individual specific teachers in your school that endorse critical race theory? Do you have friends that have suddenly gone woke, counter to their entire personal history of values? This is where action meets ideas, not just in the headlines from Washington.
Being an activist isn’t just reactive though. There’s a place to step in before your peers surrender their long-held values, before your small or mid-sized town embraces the same systems and practices that have destroyed such big cities as Minneapolis and Portland. You change the conversation before you’re invaded, not after you’re conquered. It’s learning and doing what the left had the patience to do while everyone else was sleeping.
We have to get back into street level activism on many levels. I’ve addressed this before, on a personal level and on a larger playing field. I’d like to add a few additional ideas, some on a middle level. We at some point need to understand how to get back into the street but without being scammed such as likely occurred on January 6th; to stay within the law, but also to anticipate that the Biden regime and their down line is already abusing the law in blatant political repression. As bad as it is now, we don’t want or need to sign up yet for any form of martyrdom; the goal is to win back constitutional America.
Here is an ongoing brainstorm toward that goal:
- Meme on. I’m a critic of over-meming, particularly for those that use it as their sole means of public communication and influence. Having said that, it’s a language and if a meme becomes ubiquitous, it’s because its effective. The culture war isn’t going to be won by memes….or maybe it would be.
- Stay within the law as defined by how your jurisdictions handles the actions of opposition groups like BLM. What is ‘legally tolerable’ in one city may not be so in another city.
- Remain decentralized – do not take orders from a leader – imitate what ‘leaders’ do, not what they tell you to do.
- If you’re in the class of people that have money and access to the legal community, don’t be afraid to sue every progressive institution advancing their culture war. Do so early and often.
- Do not join a conservative activist movement group; they’re probably infiltrated by the FBI.
- Do not have trusting conversations with people you met online.
- Do communicate with the friends you grew up with.
- Give money to every possible conservative candidate you can afford to – from the bottom up, starting with the smallest local office. Fund conservative dog catchers if you must.
- If you go to a protest and someone holds the door open for you, don’t go in.