Defiant Chris McDaniel declines to concede in speech to supporters [plus C-Span Video]

There were over a million people on the Mall for the 9-12 rally.

There were several hundred thousand of us during the protests over ObamaCare.

Our own history teaches us that tyrants entreat each petition of grievance with repeated injury and malice.

This government is no different. They have ALREADY demonized us as domestic terrorists.

You put a few million people marching on D.C. and you will have the excuse this regime has been begging for to put down and iron fist unlike any these shores have ever known.

If you do not understand this - then I’m sorry - you do not understand what has happened to us already; you do not understand this enemy and you may have a fatal case of Normalcy Bias.

We are waaaaaaay past the point of protests and marches being a viable vehicle to stopping tyranny.

Mostly because the majority of the American people WANT or are INDIFFERENT to what has taken place.

At most we would have a million people willing to risk their necks to do what you saw in Egypt.

No my FRiend, as our Founders warned us - only a Righteous and moral people are capable of liberty.

We are no longer such a people.

We are only a remnant among a nation that has gone wicked and/or are indifferent to the wickedness.

You put a few million people marching on D.C. and you will have the excuse this regime has been begging for to put down an iron fist unlike any these shores have ever known.

Two comments:
1. It is possible that the regime might act that way, but against 5 million people who continue protesting for days outside the White House and Congress, the iron fist is powerless. Major bloodshed could suppress dissent or, more likely, would inflame others to join the protest (that depends on whether Americans have as much cojones as the Poles and the Egyptians, of course).
2. Perhaps you are right -- perhaps Americans have sold their souls for a good standard of living, but I would like to think not.

It is possible that the regime might act that way, but against 5 million people who continue protesting for days outside the White House and Congress, the iron fist is powerless.

It won't be five million and even if the Remnant mustered a million and marched - if you think such a protest renders an iron fist powerless, you do not understand the people who now rule us.

YEARS of demonizing Christian Conservatives was done for the purpose of getting the majority to see us as domestic terrorists. Even Mitch McConnell labelled us as such and the GOP Establishment views Conservatives in this way.

The sad truth is that WE who would do something about this tyranny are a minority in this country. The majority of the country considers us to be racist/homophobic/evil/polluting/wealthy rich fat cats that they would applaud watching be put down by brutal force.

Major bloodshed could suppress dissent or, more likely, would inflame others to join the protest

You do not understand those who now rule us or the mentality of the majority of the people who now willingly cower and accept subjugation so they can keep what they have. When the shelves are bare and people are freezing to death - the people who have already been blamed for all the woe - are you and I. When a people are miserable, they will do ANYTHING for the mere promise of bread.

We should not be ignorant of reality or the Devil's devices. I've seen nothing to cause me to think that this people will rise up and do what must be done. Instead I keep reading and hearing that we should just 'elect more republicans' - or perhaps if we get reaaaaaallllly angry - go march in a protest. Normalcy Bias on display.

We are under Judgment - which is why we suffer this tyranny. We caused it. The coup we suffered is a reflection of the coup our culture has suffered due our indifference of the cancers of evil that have infected it.

>>> I never believed a third party would work, maybe that’s the only way to get rid of the corruption of Washington, the corruption of the Democratic party, the corruption of the Republican party,” Neyrey said. <<<

I agree with Dr. Ben Carson: NOT a third party, but ABOLISH all parties. At least don’t put a candidate’s party affiliation on the ballot. Then the voter would need to have enough information to recognize the candidate’s name.

Nope.

I’ve seen nothing of significance that would give me any reason to think otherwise.

As I said - holding up signs and marching is as useless as trying to put out a forest fire by urinating on it with this bunch in power.

The Beast is now self-aware.

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