Protesting is part of how the left has been winning. We have to be out there, pushing an agenda of specific reform or at least defunding of leftist groups of experts in and out of the government, and put them on defense, instead of just reacting to leftist protests.
There is some truth to this, that protesting is a part of how they have been winning. But that’s only true because we gave them a monopoly over protesting.
I can’t entirely figure out why. Did progressives ask nicely? Did they do something to earn it? Just about anybody will tell you that nature abhors a vacuum. So by not protesting ourselves we necessarily elevate the power of the protests that progressives conduct.
Thankfully since the Tea Party era that monopoly is tenuous and seeing coronavirus protests I hope that they won’t be the only ones anymore. We simply can’t afford it.
There is too much to gain here to not be involved while it is all being taken away.
It’s interesting to review the history of Phyllis Schlafly and her actions to stop the Equal Rights Amendment.
The proposed amendment was approved by the required 2/3 vote in both House and Senate in early 1972,and was ratified by 30 of the required 38 states by early 1973. Ratification seemed like just a matter of time.
Against that backdrop, it was seemingly a miracle that Phyllis Schlafly was able to mobilize the opposition and defeat the ERA.