[oh8eleven]

What upstaters have to decide is are they going to continue to let themselves be chased away, or are they going to stand and fight.
Stand and fight ... against who ... the 9 million progressives in NYC?
Yeah, lot's o'luck with that.

[robowombat]

This would be a good time for upstaters to study Civil Disobedience. CD is not passive resistance, although it can include that and it definitely is not pacifism. Places like state office and tax buildings being gutted, burned and destroyed would be a feature of any serious campaign.