Posted on 01/21/2020 3:48:53 PM PST by Kaslin
Violence is the handmaiden of ignorance, and I foresee only an increase in the latter.
No question Nonviolent Civil Disobedience is effective, but only if you are willing to go to Jail by the thousands, and be willing to stay there for awhile.
In Operation Rescue we did so in the 80s and 90s. Mills were closed and many lives were saved. I would do it again in a heart beat, but first several things need to be considered.
First,consider the cost.
1.Are you able to remain non-violent when provoked? Only by doing so can you keep the moral high ground. We used passive resistance by going limp and accepted the pain compliance holds used by police when arresting us. Can you remain non-violent in speech and action? Remember you have the honor of defending the Constitution many have died for.
2. Are you willing to risk your job? Can your family support this action after carefully explained to them. Are you at peace with the decision of conscience that you alone must make?
3. Can you network with other like-minded organizations, appoint informal local leadership,and establish goals and action you can personally follow? Unity is imperative. Don’t reinvent the wheel, reach out to other existing units and incorporate.
Second,understand and commit to the mission and those you act with. Non-violent Civil Disobedience will only work if done with large numbers and total commitment to your cause and your Brothers and Sisters in the action.
Finally, Successful social action has always proceeded political victory. Ultimately we must win at the ballot box, the legislature, and the courts. It is this that will send our America hating adversaries to the dust bin of history.
Nonviolent Civil disobedience is an important and successful alternative to isolated dead-end violence and personal tragedy. All action should be corporate. This is not to deny individual acts of conscience when no corporate alternative exists.
Finally,we have the great advantage of acting Constitutionally according to our God given rights.This is our generations’ field of battle for this day. Americas’ enemies may never understand this, but we must never forget it.
Then there’s a home for them at the bottom of a nice, ripe manure pit.
So yer gonna mak’em “feel at home” in their natural habitat? Hehehe. d;^)
In the 1950s Ike ordered the 101 airborne into Little Rock Arkansas to enforce school desegregation.No shots fired.
In Detroit riots 1968 Fed troops shot several rioters attacking them.
In 1970 Nation Guard shot to death several rock throwing anti war students at Kent State in Ohio. Their parents were voters.
No federal regular Army shots fired since. State National Guard units have.
Non-violent Civil Disobedience works when you can find a valid target, i.e. Abortion Mill, Governor’s House,Congressman’s office.
The action is the reaction!
Non violence only works when the media is on your side.
It does help to have a sympathetic media.
That will never happen for us until Civil Disobedience becomes so disruptive that their wall of silence is cracked. Then the rest will follow for fear of being left behind on a continuing story. The media must be convinced you are in it for the long haul.
In the meantime we use the inside media; local news sources,institutional communications, shortwave and talk radio to your advantage reaching out to our own,networking, organizing,recruiting and growing our numbers. There are tens of thousands of decent persons who would act but don’t know what to do or where to go to join. it is our job to reach and inform them.
In this early stage the purpose is to build a core of truly dedicated believers who will sacrifice their time and energy in their communities. Women should be included in your planning always, both in organizing and in your front line action. I found them to be dedicated and effective soldiers. There is no question of their courage, and they will be looking to you as men to show that example. After your first baptism of action you will be family.
As you grow in numbers and operational effectiveness the national media will realize you are somehow doing this without them and land on you in full hate mode. This is exactly what you want and will grow your numbers geometrically. Soon the Lame Stream Media will want you far more than you need them.
During five years of pro-life non-violent Direct Action in the 80’s and 90’s there were over 60,000 arrests and well over 100,000 participants. Yes, these were in great part dedicated Christian people who also passionately embrace our Constitution. Considering what I saw on media coverage of the Virginia Rallies last week I believe this movement has gone to the very heart of our defense of the Constitution and what it means to be an American.
The potential for the involvement of millions in non-violent Direct Action is undeniably here. It must start in our own communities where all successful movement must.
If we are doing it others are too. It is up to us!
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