From Raconteur Report concerning Lobby Day in Richmond:
I mean, I hate to hurt your pwecious feeeeeewings, but we had guys in boot camp who managed to crank out three whole pull-ups in Week One, all by themselves, and I’m a little hazy, but I’m pretty sure no drill instructors gave them any awards for that.
But at least you didn’t get anyone hurt, or rack up a body count, this time.
So there’s that.
And so sorry for the Perennially Butthurt, but there was nothing “brave” about doing something this futile, pointless, and stupid. This was a live-action YouTube video of someone doing some jackassical stunt, and not doing the full monty faceplant. That’s not brave, it’s lucky. And foolish beyond description.
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My thoughts:
- Some good points were made in the above article and should be considered but the presentation was vitriolic.
- George Washington once stated that “the time for petitions is over”. He realized that petitioning the English crown was not effective. How did he know? Because previous petitions brought no relief. Consider Richmond part of the process leading up to the inevitable; something that must be done to build a foundation of Honor in our actions.
- Remember that the purpose of Lobby Day was to lobby the politicians of Virginia. It was not a protest, a rally or an event to make a statement. We do not know if it was successful or not.
- As for law enforcement at the event being against the people:
Culepper County, Virginia Sheriff Scott Jenkins Speech at Richmond
5. I do know one fact: the war is coming. To win, we must have common goals and be united. If we are dividing ourselves, we will lose.
David DeGerolamo
I was glad to see it all went down without a false flag event.
Now the grievance has been voiced, counties and sheriff’s have told us what side they are on. The lines have been drawn. The chess board is set.
Governor black face baby killers move now.
Guvnah Coonman Babykiller is practically taking credit for how smoothly the rally went according to an article on Breitbart, even then it was him who had the police set up the fencing/cattle corral. Funny how Democrats love guns and fences/walls when its for their protection.
Recall that we all bused to DC during Obama’s reign of terror and waived the yellow flag against obamacare and we all know how that turned out on the legislative, judicial, and executive levels. Lessons (not) learned: that’s not where it happens. Attempting to “deal” at that level is pissing in the wind.
The other lesson from VA is dealing at the community level IS where it does happen, as in: “We will not comply”.
But even better, if We the People would retake control of our (grand) juries and nullify un-constitutional laws, lives would be saved. Old Lysander is spinning in his grave. Scalia’s fourth branch of government is totally corrupted, and yet another feature of the Founders checks and balances of the legislative “system” is lost.
I will admit, I had never seen Raconteur Report before last week, but from my cursory browsing through his diatribes, I got that his position was that the VCDL rally was going to be Boston Massacre x 10,000. Well, that didn’t happen, and now basically everyone that disagrees with his positions is a ‘tard’, is that correct? Why should anyone take his ramblings seriously….? He’s long on hyperbole and short on critical thinking skills IMHO.
And he continues to be (and defends) a VOLUNTARY resident of CALIFORNIA.
Thanks for the background info!
“And so sorry for the Perennially Butthurt, but there was nothing “brave” about doing something this futile, pointless, and stupid.”<--that's his shtick, condescending confidence. Sorry but that position regarding the rally was an epic fail overall, he was correct about the risks but he was and is wrong about the value of the event. It's a win for us. Period. Northam looks like an impotent tyrant today.
Some of A's ideas have merit like the one about deputizing citizens by constitutional minded sheriffs, however all that is lost in the noise of his vitriol. I'll say it again (and I really don't like his manner or personality a bit) that the deputy dog idea has legs and should be implemented (ASAP). A critical skill in a leader is being able to admit when you were wrong and he can't or won't. I commented on his site earlier and that comment was deleted. Nuff said. Appreciate all your thoughts and efforts here. Thank you.
Tom -- Aesop and Matt were Wrong, but can’t admit it. Both of them went ‘ad hominem’ in reply to those who pointed out that “Yeah, it’s not Tactically Advantageous to go into a City controlled by Enemy Forces, but the Numbers who (did) show up were so large that any attempt by the Enemy to initiate Violence would Expose their true Intent”.
Will Coonman and the (((commies))) who own him ‘back down’ and forget about passing non-Constitutional ‘laws’? Of course not; going forward, We need to understand that increasing ‘civil disobedience’ to these ‘laws’ will eventually precipitate real, organized Violence by the ‘government’ and its Thugpig agents.
Was I surprised that nothing happened in Richmond? Not really, for I understood that whatever ‘advantages’ the .gov had in that confined area, were it to have gone “Hot” the ,gov could neither have controlled the tactical battlespace (Richmond) or the strategic (rest of the State) against the Numbers of people involved. It is clear that the Enemy was afraid of, and/or unwilling to accept the consequences of ‘starting something’.
Was I disappointed that Richmond didn’t ‘Blow Up’ into full-scale (un)Civil War? Of Course not- but that doesn’t change the Inevitability of this happening, for as long as the communists and the (((parasite class))) wants Total Control of everyone’s Lives, eventually the War must be fought.
All the ‘critics’ who were forever saying “This isn’t the Time or Place to ‘push it'” are now forever Wrong, and every event that presents itself to declare that Free Men will Refuse the Tyrant’s demands MUST be well-attended by Armed Individuals.
I say this with all the love in my heart, we need to wise up. If we continue to let our emotion and sense of “let’s show them” publicly to drive our decisions…we are going to lose, bigly.
Aesop and Matt are right. Perhaps things were said in a way that wasn’t conducive to herding this group of cats but right nonetheless.
Ask yourself if you object to the nuts and bolts of what these 2 men said, or the manner in which they said it. Take a day or two.
Do you also object to Remus? “Stay away from crowds”. Or Dodge, or others who warn of allowing the enemy to dictate the space and the time?
Is herding thousands of men into an enclosed space, unarmed and at the mercy of whatever whim of government or other opposing group very wise? On their ground, with their rules and with their armed security… isn’t tactically sound.
All these men saying “shall not comply” actually complied, at least the ones in the fence. What if the governor had declared all of Richmond gun free for that day? Would all attendees have complied?
Some I honestly feel wanted Richmond to go hot. If it had, each of those men would have been hunted down individually with the data that had been collected the moment they arrived. Facial, gate and voice recognition is very real. Plate scanners, phone scanners and social media was mined like a honey pot.
We are in a war, it is obvious. While some are still in the stage of beating swords on shields and yelling across the field, some realize a better course may be realized by being less visible and more decisive in planning and coordination of resistance.
Don’t let your investment in the rally cloud your understanding of what and how 4.5GW works,
I still say the dude with the Barrett should have stayed in NY. THAT is the number one image splayed all around the nation and world today. Chubby Bubba and his bulging plate carrier carrying around a Barrett like its his new puppy.
I get that you want to go armed and all to make a point but looking like a cosplay paintballer with your skull facemask and candystriped AR made the whole movement look foolish.
I have similar sentiments. The bigger picture is NOTHING was changed by any of it and the risk potential was off the chart.
This is chess, not checkers.
The worst part is the toldyaso crowd now thinks that every event will end this way. They are empowered but not in a meaningful way, I’m afraid.
It’s amusing. TP’sTB proclaim consequences. whether real or imagined… the Patriot Movement then uses it as a template of reasons for not doing this, or doing that, based on TP’sTB threats.
Am I the only one who notices that box?
A bibleater notices. There is a bigger box around that box.
i agree, as i believe good came from this. It is good to see and be around many people who all have a similar purpose. We are not alone. A certain Camaraderie.
The ones who gave off the feeling and projected that they want (need) it to go hot did as much damage as any naysayers.
Do not go blindly into any situation.
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For those who think nothing was gained you are incorrect. What the rally achieved was publicity. People have heard all about this thanks to Governor Fascist’s over reaction AND the good behavior of the crowd. This was a positive. More people are waking up and perhaps now will understand our position AND join us when the inevitable conflict heats up. Asop continues to be a penis but Bracken seems to have moderated his negative comments and even gave advice to those going. I think both damaged their brand by the snark. I believe the disconnect is the fact that we are NOT in a shooting war at present. With all the eyes on Richmond I was not surprised Governor Fascist did not try a false flag. Too bad the Second Amendment leadership (here’s looking at you NRA) did not issue a call to arms and got many times over what showed up. We fought this as a battle. If we had over whelming numbers we might could have won the war (without firing a shot). And now on to Washington State I hear.
Clearly we all have different views on just how far along we are, how close the gulags loom. These ideas color our reactions and impressions. You can see this difference if you open your eyes.
A consensus will form. Revolutions take place when the pain of throwing away what you have is perceived to be less than the pain of keeping it. This takes time for some significant number to reach.
Have patience. I’ve been waiting for this moment in history for almost 30 years, concludingg, after a long look around, it must come. Meanwhile, enjoy the time you have left while things still work, because once this starts for real, nothing will work. We are living on top of the greatest pile of fragile complexity imaginable. It’s all far too easy to disrupt, and disrupted it will be. The power-holders are not capable of backing off, they will have to be pushed.
I believe that essay author Aesop, to be quite intelligent. What I also believe is this Aesop is a dyed-in-the-wool narcissist. Like almost everything he pens he uses nothing but ridicule (Alinsky’s Rule #5, BTW), name-calling and an extreme amount of vitriol to attack others. Nothing one can point out to him will ever provide an acknowledgement by him, that someone other than Aesop is correct and he is wrong !
Although good ol’ Aesop was not in attendance at the Richmond rally, he found it quite appropriate to bash, denigrate and attack the Patriotic efforts displayed by those who organized and ATTENDED the Richmond rally. From Aesop’s safespace in southern Kaleefornya, he righteously (in his narcissistic mind) condemned Patriots doing what keyboard warrior Aesop himself, did not have the testosterone to do. It is easy to condemn efforts that you yourself do not do.
Aesop, IMO, exhibits the Marxist mentality so lovingly expressed in Saul Alinsky’s bible, “Rules For Radicals”.
There are enemies amongst us.