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Posted on 11/17/2016 8:13:42 AM PST by Jack Black
I've been toying with the idea of having a "Support President Trump" rally in Portland, OR. Obviously the city has just gone through a week of violent leftist protests. These are clearly intended to suppress conservative people, thought and support for Trump in the city.
Put bluntly there is a very high level of intimidation in these events. Which got me to thinking about other times when mobs have been used to intimidate.
The Civil Rights era is perhaps the one I am most familiar with, where large ad-hoc groups of sheriff's deputies and "concerned citizens" were used to harrass the black protesters peacefully marching for civil rights.
One important aspect of the Civil Rights movement was that Dr. King and his supporters kept marching right through the intimidation. They were not forced off the streets, even though their opponents had the force of local law behind them.
They created a really compelling media event: nicely dressed blacks being attacked by whites, police dogs, and mobs. It was a turning point in the civil rights movement that the forces of segregation never recovered from.
The Portland politicians are reprising the role of the racist Southern sheriffs to a tee. They have ordered the police to "stand down" and not arrest the protesters, even when they are violently intimidating people, blocking Interstates, and smashing cars and windows.
If we organized a "pro-Trump" rally in Pioneer Courthouse Square we would have to expect a counter-protest of massive size, and it might get kinda frisky.
One end goal of this would be to allow President Trump early in his term to mobilize the Oregon National Guard to protect future "pro-Trump" rallies from the violent local bigots and their corrupt local political and police enforcers.
I find the idea of appropriating "Civil Rights" history, rhetoric, and tactics a fascinating tactical approach for the new opposition.
It was kind of rhetorical. But, I do live in Maryland. Pretty close
Go back and look at the first casualties of The Revolutionary War. IIRC, John Adams defended the British soldiers criminally accused. Interestingly, of those killed, again, IIRC, the first was a “mentally challenged” black guy. The FIRST casualty in The Revolution was, literally, a, well,...idiot.
I don’t see an appropriate end goal. The stupid little squits are doing a fine job of alienating the center left, some of whom are rethinking their support of the dems as they sit in blocked traffic.
The media would quickly twist the narrative of any Pro Trump demonstrations so it’s better to cede the tantrum space to the loony left while we slowly bleed off dem voters whose crap-meters have finally reached full.
I agree with you. I will help though it be long distance.
via FR,
If it hasn’t been posted yet.....
Actually co-opting the left’s social justice addiction could be useful.
http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/3-battlefield-tactics-for-fighting-soros-revolution/
Good idea....I am so d%#€ sick of those lousy lefties
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