Posted on 12/19/2020 10:29:10 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
President Trump just called for a YUGE protest to take place in Washington D.C. on January 6th 2021, and I couldn't be more proud.
Now, its true that conservatives haven't generally been protesters for nearly as long as the other side but its good that that's slowly going away. Progressives do not deserve to have a monopoly on the power of protesting, and we're the capitalists. Time to see the magic of COMPETITION. Anyways, since I'm a citizen historian, I wanted to highlight two of my all-time favorite Conservative protesters, since they don't get as much attention as they deserve and specifically, they don't get the attention they deserve exclusively for their activities as protesters and organizers.
Of the two one only finishes by a hair. I'm talking the kind of photo finish where the judges have to debate the thing in their booth for 10 minutes before they come to a conclusion.
First, is Mr. Andrew Breitbart. I had intended a much long blog post in this place but then I started watching videos of Breitbart from years ago, and all my thoughts are now gone. When it came to protesting(picture from at an event), Breitbart was one of the best. My favorite thing, I think, is that Breitbart would come out and talk with us and join us. This video at about 2:07 is an interview format, but you can see he is right there on the street. Now I never met him out in the mix of these events, but I know people who did. He was fearless also in that he would confront those who protested him, and expose that they did not even know why they were there. But also, there are other videos of him showing up to Occupy protests and confronting them there.
I will be honest though, I have a bias here because of my personal connection to many of these same events. I went to Tea Party rallies and other marches on Washington D.C a decade ago. I really miss those days they were so much fun.
My runner up, and she is a strong favorite, is Phyllis Schlafly. While I am unaware of whether or not Andrew actually organized any protests, I know Schlafly did. That makes her role very different, and the timing is several decades before as well where she was more of a tough but lone voice in the wilderness.
I think another thing gets me too, and that there are no videos that I am aware of that show her at one of her protests. All we have are a scant few photos with a bullhorn, or out in front of the White House. Not being of that era I'm not connected to it. One thing we do know, looking back, is that she was wildly successful. For that, she could be anybody's favorite Conservative protester.
For me, my favorite conservative protester is
President Donald J.Trump. I don’t agree with all he says or all he does, but I like that he speaks up about problems, whether it makes people uncomfortable or not. Nobody does it better. I will miss him greatly if ‘the unmentionable’ were to become reality next month. At the same time, I will always be grateful for the last four years. It has been a wild and joyful ride on that roller-coaster.
Joe Scheidler
Tracy Beanz, Ron Codemonkeyz
I just have to throw in Dr Raoul, Mister Confettiman. Belly Girl from Protest Warrior.
Maglight Mike!
My favorite is Candace Owens.
And, I know they’re gay, but I’m impressed with Scott Presler and Brandon Straka. Maybe not so much of their daily words and actions, but their “testimonies” of how they saw the light. And their passion has been so productive in recruiting libs to the conservative side.
Henry Bowman.
Kyle Rittenhouse
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Proud Boys
I agree about Schlafly. She led that movement like a house afire.
I once had lunch in DC with my daughter and a few of her friends from Georgetown. All liberals of course, in fact one was a women’s studies major. I had just been to CPAC and mentioned how great Phyllis was.
Women’s studies major (after a slight pause): Why do you support her?
Me: Because she killed the ERA.
Women’s studies major: What was wrong with the ERA?
(at least they wanted to hear about it; this was over 20 years ago)
Me: It didn’t give women a choice about whether to fight in battle.
(end of discussion. long pause. the word “choice” having made them think)
It’s funny about that attempted amendment: everybody thought it had to do with men using the women’s bathroom. That’s what people remember, the naughty parts. A friend of mine in high school used to say “The public is pubic.”
President Trump, Texas Senator Cruz and my Sunday Bible teacher, Mike.
Two guys that have been outspoken are James Woods and John Voigt as they stick it to Hollywood.
Mitch McConnell or senator Crapo.
Kyle Rittenhouse
Tom Fitton, I do not know what his politics are but he follows the law, which I respect.
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