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The Need For A Militant Conservative Movement
American Thinker ^ | July 1, 2011 | Michael Filozof

Posted on 07/01/2011 11:46:16 AM PDT by neverdem

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1 posted on 07/01/2011 11:46:24 AM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Whatever happened to the NY State Conservative Party. Did it move left too? People in NY are roughly 80 percent leftist; so we can’t do much there, just win an occasional U.S. House seat and then have trouble holding onto it.


2 posted on 07/01/2011 11:50:51 AM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.

Michelle Bachman


3 posted on 07/01/2011 11:58:24 AM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Theodore R.
People in NY are roughly 80 percent leftist

Actually, not so. Much closer than that.

4 posted on 07/01/2011 11:59:25 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: neverdem

Conservatives by nature are law-abiding, common-sense, fulltime-job-working, individualist folk.

We don’t go for mob threats (what protesting really is), exhibitionism (see Lady Gaga and the rest of the pro-homosexual entertainers), or subverting the legal system with corrupt judges and behind the scenes legal deals. We play by the rules...because what good is it to win, if you cheat—and violate your principles—doing so?

If push comes to shove we will violate unjust/unrighteous laws (such as preferences for sexual perverts...i.e. homosexuals) and will resort to force....as an absolute last resort, if/when pushed too far.

I expect in my lifetime things will go too far—and conservatives will go about forming a new country (or immigrating to and taking control of an old country) as the USA is, I believe, pretty well finished...continuing the downhill slide started in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

The fascist left in this country is intent on forcing its will on us all...using “whatever means necessary.” Conservatives, by our ethical nature cannot use whatever means—as we know ends cannot justify means.


5 posted on 07/01/2011 12:00:36 PM PDT by AnalogReigns
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To: neverdem

Too late for a radical-right “movement.” Only revolution will do the trick now. The Jackboot has been firmly planted on the throat of all Americans.


6 posted on 07/01/2011 12:02:25 PM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: neverdem

The reason these noisy minorities get what they want is that the issues they are advocating for (gay marriage, public schools) don’t seem that important to the taxpaying public, who just want to be left alone and doesn’t like confrontation. It doesn’t help that a lot of legislative business gets done behind closed doors in boring committee meetings, away from the eyes of the public.

Now that it’s plain that favored minorities like people in the public employee unions are trying to use government to steal what they can from the rest of the taxpaying public, taxpayers are pushing back through the Tea Party and ballot box. I can only hope that continues.


7 posted on 07/01/2011 12:02:31 PM PDT by bopdowah ("Unlike King Midas, whatever the Gubmint touches sure don't turn to Gold!')
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To: neverdem
It's time for conservatives to face the truth: there is no conservative party in the United States.

Yes, there is.

Otherwise, great article.

8 posted on 07/01/2011 12:05:52 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (We the People, acting in principle. It's the only hope for our free republic.)
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To: subterfuge
The Jackboot has been firmly planted on the throat of all Americans.
Not quite, but almost. If 0bamaCare is held to be constitutional, we're dead meat.
9 posted on 07/01/2011 12:06:33 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: neverdem

There are so many things I disagree with in this article, I hardly know where to begin.

The comparison to Europe between the wars is ridiculous. Their “conservatives” were monarchists, wanting state-funded religion, no free speech, nothing even close to the 2nd Amendment, etc.. Surely that’s not what the author is advocating.

We have long been battling k-12 issues. We *aren’t* losing. *They* are on the defense, not us. Homeschooling is legal, even in Kalifornia. That is huge. Charter schools are popping up, even in places like New York, thanks to conservatives and libertarians. The fight for vouchers is going strong and it’s getting better.

*These* are our fights. It’s not about, “How can we take over the system so we can get our view across.” It’s about asking, “Do we really want the government doing this at all?” Even when not in power, we have been fighting and winning in the courts for things regarding 2nd Amendment rights, castle doctrine laws, education rights, etc.

We have been losing the economic battle because too many conservatives are top-down economic thinkers. You can’t control the economy.

We have been losing the “culture” war because we preach one thing and then watch Family Guy and Glee. Our kids see it and think it’s okay. The trouble is not because their teacher told them, but because of what we tell them by what we watch.


10 posted on 07/01/2011 12:09:22 PM PDT by cizinec ("Brother, your best friend ain't your Momma, it's the Field Artillery.")
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To: neverdem

There is a “militant conservative movement.”

It’s called “The Real World.”


11 posted on 07/01/2011 12:18:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: neverdem

Stepping back and taking a historical view of this, we can see that the American Revolution was a reaction to a tyrannical suppression of the people’s natural rights, so the dynamic which the author speaks of has been in play since our country’s founding.

This is a problem as old as time itself, it seems. Normal people, i.e., conservatives, simply want to be left alone to flourish and prosper on their own. They’re not natively given to beating others over the head for the basic right to live and let live.

The Tea Party sprang up as a reaction to the excesses of Obama and his Marxist minions, and it will likely grow, strengthen, and become more active, until such time as the core threat to our American way of life is crushed to insignificance.

That said, once the threat is removed, conservatives, i.e., normal people, will most likely go right back to living as they always have.


12 posted on 07/01/2011 12:26:39 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: neverdem
This is exactly what Glenn Beck has in mind with GBTV

He is setting up an infrastructure that he hopes will replace the dinosaur media.

I joined for $100. If you're serious about changing things, here is somebody who has a plan.

It beats waiting for the other side to surrender.

13 posted on 07/01/2011 12:27:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
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To: neverdem

“We are fighting three undeclared wars simultaneously with what are essentially mercenary soldiers because the left opposes conscription.”

Stepped over the line there, Sparky: even conscripted military members draw a salary. Doing pretty well till then...

Colonel, USAFR


14 posted on 07/01/2011 12:41:48 PM PDT by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: neverdem
"By failing to form a militant conservative movement, defend bourgeois values, and suppress leftist radicalism, the right has created a monster."

..."bourgeois?" How about defending a man's right to get his hands dirty. ...or continuing to default and reap the consequences? Your choice.

"During the 1920s and 1930s, communists and radical leftists sought to subvert Italy, Germany, and Spain, three of Europe's great nations, in the aftermath of World War I."

LOL! Free movie! ...public domain, no copyright issues. You'll enjoy it very much and be better informed!

Here is Germany (1945)
http://www.archive.org/details/HERE_IS_GERMANY

BTW, there's already an effective conservative movement. It's nonpolitical and much more effective. Prepare, become self-sufficient, and eventually stop the personal spending (keeps the socialists too fat and bossy). Encourage their spending, let them default, and prepare to get into leadership legally and honorably. When your opponent lunges, give his/her weight an extra push in his/her chosen direction. Then control the rest of the fight.


15 posted on 07/01/2011 12:44:52 PM PDT by familyop (Shut up, and eat your brains!)
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To: neverdem

Militant leftists have the full support of the Democrat Party, not to mention the FEDGOV, Wall St., the Corporate Media, Foundations, Trusts, the entire education system, etc. Conservatives, on the other hand, are sabotaged and restrained by the GOP at every turn and the only right wing groups that are funded by Big Money are of the Quisling variety.


16 posted on 07/01/2011 12:46:28 PM PDT by Roninf5-1 (If ignorance is bliss why are so many Americans on anti-depressants?)
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To: neverdem

BTW, most of the middle class and many of the wealthy are supporting by debt, waste and bureaucratic oppositions against real production.


17 posted on 07/01/2011 12:46:45 PM PDT by familyop (Shut up, and eat your brains!)
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To: AnalogReigns
conservatives will go about forming a new country

A fun way to do that is create an open-source crypto-currency lotto, where people all over the world suffering from socialism could buy a $1 lotto ticket every week that would pay the equivalent of $40 million tax free to move to the new country. The lotto would pay out 100% with no house percentage. $1/week is a small price to pay for the hope it would bring billions of people. And it would act as free advertising for conservative principles. The lotto would result in the new country being very wealthy with newly rich conservative patriots moving in every week. If winners were not willing to take an oath of allegiance to the new country's conservative constitution, they could pay 70% in taxes to their home socialist country and stay.

A key target demographic of USA v2.0 is doctors fleeing Obamacare. The new country should cater to medical tourists that want the very best in doctors and medical care, without lawyers shaking down the system. A new country within an hour flight from Florida would be ideal. There are hundreds of miles of shallow Atlantic waters south of the Bahamas, often just 10 feet deep. New land could be dredged from the sand for a lower cost than buying existing land.

18 posted on 07/01/2011 12:50:44 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: EternalVigilance

Time for the tide to turn


19 posted on 07/01/2011 1:07:58 PM PDT by expatguy (Donations make Expat Better!)
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To: neverdem

Outstanding article. This is the most concise analysis I’ve seen. My blood is boiling. Those whom we’ve entrusted to ‘hold the line’ a.k.a. republicans are traitors as much as those in this administration. They’ve contributed to the current situation as much as the democrat/communists. It is appalling and as this author indicates, it’s time for conservatives to become militant. It’s becoming worse by the day; by the hour as they plot and plan their next takeover. And the deviant, depraved, corrupted Republicans are more than happy to assist; that is as long as ‘their world’ doesn’t get rocked. In the meantime, those of us in the citizenry must pay for every damn thing that is being done and our response seems to be: whip me, beat me (some more) and make me write bad checks.

Time to go Galt? Hell no, it’s time to go Postal.


20 posted on 07/01/2011 1:15:49 PM PDT by Outlaw Woman
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