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To: right way right
Remember the TEA gathering? It was peaceful with a huge crowd and the media ignored it. I wanted pitchforks and torches!

So did I. I eventually grew weary of all the speeches in the park with pretty banners flying. I knew then, that it was far too tepid a response to make the left step back. And it was.

Since then, every time the subject has come up, I've advocated for loud and continuous demonstrations accompanied by widespread acts of civil disobedience to make ourselves heard.

Gandhi and MLK used those very tactics to change nations - and they worked.

Non-violent protests are effective means to push through intractable political and social opposition. They're also our last available means to get this done peacefully, but the window is fast closing on that opportunity. If we tarry much longer, we'll be left with less savory alternatives.

252 posted on 06/29/2015 11:41:06 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

I think we will see civil disobediance, then what happens next is not so predictable.
The left has sucker punched us.

The left wants it from us, but they may be underestimating what they get.

And yeah, the time is a problem, we have two summers of this “stuff” going on before an anticipated election.


253 posted on 06/29/2015 11:59:43 PM PDT by right way right (Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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