Kyle Rittenhouse Jury Selected – Trial Begins Tuesday

[Doug1943]

Yes, good point. A very good point. No video, no justice.

And a lesson for us. At all future events where AntiFa/BLM might turn up -- our peaceful rallies, their violent riots -- we must have several 'designated recorders' with video capacity. 

If we have the manpower, one or more of them should be, if possible, in an elevated position so that a panoramic view of the whole scene can be recorded; and -- again, if manpower is available -- our on-the-ground recorders should have a couple of 'minders' to protect them, because the Left will have learned this lesson as well.

And it probably wouldn't hurt to make body-cams SOP for our people.

[GtHawk]

Yes, good point. A very good point. No video, no justice.

And a lesson for us. At all future events where AntiFa/BLM might turn up -- our peaceful rallies, their violent riots -- we must have several 'designated recorders' with video capacity. 

If we have the manpower, one or more of them should be, if possible, in an elevated position so that a panoramic view of the whole scene can be recorded; and -- again, if manpower is available -- our on-the-ground recorders should have a couple of 'minders' to protect them, because the Left will have learned this lesson as well.

And it probably wouldn't hurt to make body-cams SOP for our people.

That point is nowhere more evident in what is happening to the Jan 6 defendants. The DOJ refuses to release all the video that would prove that the vast majority are innocent of anything more than maybe trespass and not even that where they were allowed in by Capitol Brown Shirts.

[Fishrrman]

Doug 1943 wrote:
"I've followed the comments on Youtube videos about the case, which have gotten hundreds of thousands of views and thousands upon thousands of comments.  They are 99% pro-Kyle. More importantly, they seem to be from young males (the main Youtube watchers) who, judging from what they say in their comments, are not political, although many are probably 'red-pilled'.
This is an important demographic for us to reach. These people don't watch Ben Shapiro and Candace Owen, don't care about the Socialist Calculation Question, and many are probably not in college, or not in the kind of colleges that YAF and Turning Point are in. A lot of them probably are not even registered to vote. This case has awakened them.
We ought to devote some time to thinking about how to reach this group and draw them into activity which could deepen their political understanding.  Suggestions welcome."

My suggestion:
They are recruits for the "New Continental Army".

Their services are going to be needed in "the struggle yet to come".

How's that hit ya...?

[Doug1943]

I'm perfectly happy with that. However,  there are things which are said, and not done. And things which are done, and not said.
We have to be very very cautious with our language (don't we, Mr FBI recorder?).

What I advocate is the formation of purely defensive, purely peaceful, purely legal, community defense teams.

These teams should train and equip themselves in first aid,  and in the sorts of engineering and related skills needed after a disaster -- how to deal with downed power lines, fires, trapped individuals, blocked roads. They should train and equip themselves in how to defend a community from an armed mob. They should be thoroughly versed in law governing the employment of deadly force by non-military and non-LEO individuals.

I think the people who are behind the website at USCPT.org are on the right track here.

All thei members of such teams -- and indeed all patriots -- who are under 36 and who have not yet performed their military service should enlist in the National Guard.

They should have auxiliary groups which, in emergencies which require an armed defensive team, can carry out the necessary support activities -- intel, medical, transport, logistics, etc.  A 70 year old grandmother in a concealed position on the roof of a buidling with a pair of binoculars and Baifeng can be a serious force mulitiplier for the men on the ground with kinetic defensive tools. 

They should also get as close to local law enforcement as possible -- through civilian 'Back the Blue' groups. Where similar activities can be carried out for the military, even just participation in USO events, these should be done.

If push comes to shove, the Bad Guys have only three sets of people we have to worry about: the children in the Socialist Rifle Associations and similar groups -- effectively zero;  the armed mobs, perhaps stiffened by serious gangs like M13 -- rather more serious, but not a military force; and the actual military, which the Left is working hard to hollow out and take over. If the latter remain intact and loyal to a government in the hands of the enemies of America, we will lose.

Anyone serious about this must read, at a minimum, the How-Not-to-Do-It book,  Armed Insurrection, by "A.Neuberg" (a name for a group of authors); and the How-to-Do-It book, The History of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky.  Both available as free ebooks, downloadable from Marxists.org.

The main general lesson from the these books is that military ability is worthless without political ability.  If you attempt to overturn a government which still has, in either active or passive form, majority support -and therefore the support of its military - you will lose.  Pulling away that support is a political  task, and requires the abiltiy to make alliances, to garner broad support around single issues, to take advantage of 'Bridge at Remagen' moments when you should rapidly  shift tactical emphasis and throw everything you've got into attaining one goal, and knowing when to lay low for a while. 

We do not yet have leaders who have shown they have these skills. But we can start now building community defense teams, which should of course avoid the frightening 'M-word'.  If they're smart, for every day they spend at a shooting range, they'll spend a day helping with Habitat for Humanity projects.