Posted on 01/07/2021 11:01:07 PM PST by Hildy
During any protest there are bad apples. Yesterday was a peaceful protest for the most part. But Republicans just can't wait to throw their own under the bus. This is why we will not win any more elections. We are on a battleground. The Republicans show up with their Bibles and Constitutions and eloquent op-eds. The Democrats show up with their lawyers, corrupt judges and brass knuckles. Trump showed up with his lawyers and brass knuckles and that is why he was so successful. You get what I am saying? We will always lose that battle. And yesterday we lost with the help of the swamp Republicans who think they still matter. They will soon realize that the base is gone.
It is. And "the left" is the GOP and DEM parties working in cooperation.
Not much reason needed. I see the reason as simply wanting to share a point of view or opinion, speculation maybe.
The elected puppet actors have trashed people who voted for them. Loeffler's example is just more obvious that most. None of them is worth spit, all of them are crooks. Congress and the US government has sold out the public. It doesn't matter what puppet actor is put in, same result.
Just curious - what kind of “fishing industry” is in Arizona?
We don’t even know who the actual invaders were. I’m smelling democrat infiltrators BIG TIME! The treachery of democrats knows no bounds.
I’m afraid you are right - will fight for the next 2 years and if that’s a bust, we may as well disband and scatter.
My point is that we are tired of giving our blood sweat and money to people who betray us. I worked During the tea party movement and it was exciting and we saw real change and in less than 12 years it’s been squandered. Yea, I am emotional. Sue me.
The country is in a freefall and you are taking pride in your predictions. What are you doing to help? Do you not think Ashli is a heroine? Take your cynical predictions and stuff em.
You’re wrong.
You are making a moral equivalence between the responsibility for the actions one person takes vs. the responsibility that an entire group of 100k+ people have for the actions of every individual in that group.
Bravo! You just earned your SJW logic badge for the month.
Wear it proudly, snowflake.
No doubt.
Maybe Linseed Graham’s “task force” will identify them all and the media will report the backgrounds of all the Capitol trespassers. (I crack myself up!)
What can I do? In the face of the coming storm, what constructive actions can we take to conserve what works and protect ourselves? Here are a few actionable solutions anyone can adopt at a personal or local level.
Find your tribe. Network, meet in person. Social media can’t censor what you say in private. This also helps you emotionally, since you’re meeting with people who support you instead of mistaking the digital lynch mobs for what matters.
Preserve conservative institutions like churches, schools and clubs. Fight social justice infiltration or pressure to submit to liberal political demands like, “you really need a BLM lecturer in here, you’ll be good if you throw up our political symbols”.
Educate. Teach your kids your values at an early age, by reading stories that share your values. Don’t let the kids go to drag queen story time or social justice story time. Protest if the school or daycare does this, or if you’re not able to do that, take your kid out and discuss the protest with other parents. Abilene Paradox – people wrongly think that the official dictate is what everyone agrees with because no one says anything against it.
Buy books that explain the conservative worldview and defend it like those by Dennis Prager. Buy books that explain why liberals and conservatives are different without demonizing them like Jonathan Haidt’s works. And start book clubs reading these books. Hello, tribe!
Fight any attempt to add social justice to codes of conduct. For example, the National Association of Realtors just implemented a policy where you can be fined or expelled for “hate speech”, public or private. Other organizations have weaker versions of this, but expect it to ramp up.
Law, medicine and social work already have rules regarding this, equating trust and respect and empathy to liberal values - so you can’t get licensed if you don’t agree. Fight this, if you don’t want to be kicked out of professional organizations if you don’t pass the liberal political litmus test.
Hire conservatives, because businesses are firing them. Assist those who have been fired for their beliefs.
2ndvote.com allows you to find conservative and neutral businesses that share your values.
You can even sort by category (restaurants, groceries, hardware, retail) or values (pro-life, 2nd amendment).
Do you like the local or national conservative talk show hosts? Buy the stuff they’re hawking, and especially use the reference or discount codes they provide. This will tell sponsors that this sponsorship is financially important to them. And that helps keep these shows on the air.
Clean your room. Sort yourself out. You can’t fix the world, but you can improve your own life and situation. Read Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University books. Get out of debt. Save up an emergency fund. If Biden’s cronies crash the economy, you’re in a much better situation. And you’re in a Christian group that can be the start of your tribe, or you can arrange classes at your church or with your networking groups to bring everyone closer together.
Encourage Sanctuary Cities/Sanctuary States on any issue you support. Second Amendment sanctuaries already exist. Pro-life Sanctuaries are far fewer but could spread. Support the groups that got these policies passed, and encourage such movements in your area. You may not be able to change federal tax and immigration policy, but you can try to preserve free speech if someone can implement a First Amendment Sanctuary law at a state level.
Use the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) college rankings on free speech to determine the least liberal schools in your area to send your kids to.
Yup - this was a “mostly peaceful protest” of a rigged election. It is sad there were deaths on both sides but the fact is that millions of Americans belive we had a rigged election and Congress & the courts failed us.
The Republicans will never again have a President unless the election fraud is stopped.
And liberals literally control the definitions of these words.
AP Stylebook Discourages Use of ‘Riot,’ Expands Definition of ‘Protest’ to Include ‘Violence’
https://news.yahoo.com/ap-stylebook-discourages-riot-expands-201233563.html
So glad to have known you n the early 2000’s back in San Diego.
You’re an inspiration, Hildy!
My original thought upon reading your solutions, was “damn and a ham”. I hate it when I’m supposed to divine the thoughts of posters, so maybe an explanation would be better than what popped into my head originally.
I appreciate the ideas you expressed as potential solutions to the emotion of the moment.
You are an amateur radio hobbyist and probably of somewhat advanced age growing up in an era where values, principles, and American History were taught in public school.
Parents in your youth were not literally forced to home school to protect their offspring from the public school system and Propaganda.
...and if you haven’t heard my speech on having a home page at Freerepublic I’ll spare you, but I recommend it. Thanks again for your inspiring thoughts.
Sue me.
No thanks.
Your kind of person are the people I associate with on a daily basis in the State of South Dakota. There are precious few of them, despite living in a State that appears on the surface to be very conservative. I belong to two groups of conservative Republican’s despised by mainstreamers for their Constitutional views and efforts to elect principled folks to public office.
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