For some people, "fighting" means nothing more than typing furiously on a computer keyboard. It doesn't seem to mean running for office, serving as an officer in the local party, registering people to vote, or much else that requires effort.
I just hate the euphemism of "fighting" as it is being used by many Trumpers in particular. Not only is it just
lame, but it confuses the critical issue of how to best oppose leftism.
There are two,
and only two, paths to follow, and they are mutually exclusive. If you still believe that we are a Republic and that elections can be won, then you should be laser-focused on
winning elections. That means crafting a message and approach designed to elect the most conservative candidate possible. And that means maximizing votes as much as possible while still sticking to principles. If you are deliberately, or are indifferent to, alienating potential voters, then you are screwing up big-time if this is the path you have chosen.
The other path is the path of armed revolution, rebellion, or civil war. At that point, you're killing people and breaking things so votes, elections, and candidates no longer matter. Pissing off people is way down the list of concerns because you're trying to kill the enemy anyway.
The Trumpers seem to exist in some sort of weird hybrid, where they don't care who they piss off while still trying obstensibly to win elections. That mixed messaging is exactly why some of them succumbed to emotion on January 6 and acted like morons. Because they believed their own leader's rhetoric and the words of his supporters and believed it was time for an
actual war/fighting.
But the rest of them really are no better, playing the tough "fighter" who doesn't care who he/she offends because they're "in a war" that the rest of us are (so the argument goes) too stupid to recognize. While still claiming they are all about winning the next election.
They no longer think. They just act in accordance with whatever makes them feel better about their "fight". It's the opposite of the rationality that gave birth to and guided our country for most of its existence.