I am so privileged that I am forced to pay taxes that I am sure help fund the drug habits of many who don’t work.
If you do nothing except Vote, you will still be part of the solution.
Courage is not only a virtue, it is the testing point of all virtues
CS Lewis
The Cal Tech physicist, Richard Feynman, once quipped, “What do you care about what other people think?” This was, of course, rhetorical. I will note that Feynman played a significant role in the Challenger explosion investigation.
Ping for later
The author describes what many of us are thinking but cannot or will not express openly.
Survival instincts often tell us what to do or not to do.
We need to stay alive to do good.
We need to fight strategically and wisely - so it is often wiser to stay alive by keeping quiet where necessary, so we can go to vote, and at the same time throw them off, or do other things that will help our causes.......
You don’t need to become a lightning rod to be a patriot.
Look for opportunities to sway others when appropriate. Do it gently, help them learn to think for themselves. Sometimes simple questions can throw the spark.
And vote!
I read the author who survived the Bosnian civil war. He tells us that he, too, is a coward, a complete pussy. He instructs us, however, that it is the response to the cowardice that defines us, not the fear. He relates the stories about how the toughest OO-RAH motherhuggers are the ones he'd find hiding, trembling behind a wall, unable to return fire, whereas the 60 year old tailor would be the one to rally troops and lead the charge into the automatic weapon fire, and end up being the deadliest troop on the fire team.
He relates that there is no way to predict who will be deadly. He remembers one guy who HAD to wear fuzzy pink slippers into battle. It was his one connection to 'the old world'. This guy ended up being a certified bad ass.
In short: Don't necessarily rely on the people you'd think are super badass, and don't necessarily discount the people you'd think are useless.
“No shouting fire in a theater, etc.”
You have a duty to shout “Fire” in a crowded theater - if it is on fire.
Until one has seen the cliff where ones courage fails, they have no idea how far they can fall and into what depravity.
To quote John Wayne
“Courage is when you’re scared as hell, but you saddle up anyway.”
Ouch.
This hits home. Closer than I like to admit but I see much of me in this.
I have become the coward he speaks of.
The conduct of private organizations is regulated in many ways by the government, and those regulations include provisions which can often be used to protect the free speech of conservatives.
As anti-freedom as some of the laws and regulations are they can be turned back against the organizations that try to compel their employees and even customers.
A hostile workplace environment can be created many ways, and limiting the free speech rights of a particular group can certainly create a hostile workplace environment.
Clearly requiring restaurant customers of a particular race, religion, or creed to eat in silence would be an illegal act of discrimination. The same logic applies to online service providers who attempt to silence particular groups of people.
There’s also wisdom in flying under the radar.
Bulletin to this old white guy. The Leftist family members are not family first, they are your enemy and they will kill or enslave you if they can. Throw them out of family gatherings. The unpleasantness is going to get much worse and you will be destroyed or worse.
I don’t know how much is “enough” when it comes to halting the advance of cultural marxism. I do need to preserve my livelihood too. I say utterly nothing political at work. I say nothing to any female that could remotely be claimed to be harassment. I don’t even tell any jokes.
I will of course vote straight ticket Republican. I would remind my closest friends to make sure to get out and vote, but they agree with me and will be sure to show up and vote Republican anyway. I am a member of the NRA, The GOA and the SAF to protect my 2nd amendment rights. Whenever I can I try to persuade those I perceive to be on the fence like my nephew to come over to the good guys’ side. To those I deem to be hopeless like my niece, I don’t bother.
Is that enough? Maybe not. I dunno.
Yes, he’s a coward. Real men create their environment. They make decisions based on principles and stick to them. He chose to be in an environment surrounded by woke leftists. He’s afraid to do anything about it. All the while he has the freedom granted by our constitution to do just about anything he wants with his life. He’s stuck. He’s unwilling to bear some short term hardships to make a better life for himself and others that want to be around him. Patriots are not summer soldiers.
Actually you are not alone. You are not willing to risk anything.
You are unwilling to summon the courage to get off your ass and beat the hell out of some nearby left winger.
It can be done with a verbal cudgel if you just summon the will to do so.
This guy is proof that 80% of all people, no matter their political persuation, are simply compliant sbeep.
This idiot can’t even bring himself to stop shopping at walmart or amazon even though these corporations give money to group that hate white people.
Now that, folks, is the definition of a modern day sheep.
JoMa