One of the first lessons smart dissidents learn is to use discretion in mixed company. It’s not so much that they fear being disowned by Leftist family members or ostracized by NPC friends, though both do happen. In many cases, having fewer cultists to deal with comes as a relief
The more common and tiresome scenario often occurs when Leftist–and all too often, Conservative–associates overhear dissenters stating the friend/enemy political distinction. Pointing out that the practical end of politics is helping one’s friends and rewarding one’s enemies should not be controversial, least of all to the Left. After all, they are currently wielding state power to rake the defeated President over the coals and
vindictively crush his supporters.
Putting the squeeze on the other side might not be as much of a problem if Conservatives ever reciprocated. Trump deserves his share of the blame here. If he’d followed through on bringing Hillary Clinton up on federal charges or declaring Antifa a terrorist group, His enemies might have thought twice before destroying him and his followers.
Yet, when it’s pointed out to Leftists that their Cult has
declared half the country traitors worthy of the firing squad, they take umbrage at calling it enmity.
Perhaps it’s the well-known reaction bullies have against targets who finally stand up for themselves. The Cultists can perhaps be excused for their shock at dissident pushback when Conservatives have spent decades jumping through hoops for their enemies’ favor.
The most edifying reaction Cultists tend to display when their enmity is highlighted isn’t their oblivious denial. It’s their common accusation that the dissident is somehow judging them. Note that the political friend/enemy distinction is amoral. It just states that political factions are engaged in a game of winner take all; not who’s right or wrong.
Then again, we know that Cultists always seek to claim the moral high ground in every instance. They are Cultists precisely because they suffer from low self-worth and constantly crave moral validation. It’s not enough to hold the elite-approved moral position. The Cultist must be seen to hold approved positions. Every social interaction becomes an occasion to seize the moral upper hand.
That’s why correctly calling a Cultist your enemy will often earn you an accusation of passing judgment on him. It’s a classic DARVO tactic in which personal shame and guilt are projected onto the target. It’s also a tacit admission that the Cultist does in fact want you destroyed.
But he’s right to do so, you see, because you deserve what’s not happening to you.
The best way to avoid the urge to grab a Cultist associate and shake him is to stay incognito. If you do get made by the enemy, an effective response is to ask if he thinks George Floyd’s death is indicative of a widespread attitude among police. Then ask the same question about Ashli Babbitt.
When the Cultist inevitably applies a double standard to these cases, taking him to task for hypocrisy is exactly the wrong response. In war, it’s not hypocritical to help one’s allies and harm one’s enemies. Simply tell that to the Cultist and shrug.
Have fun reading sci fi again
“The best way to avoid the urge to grab a Cultist associate and shake him is to stay incognito.”
I often say the Sexual Revolution is so triumphant that it can’t really be called a revolution and that Christians should think of themselves as insurgents in the Erottomon Empire.
But let me ask: hasn’t the enemy made you? As an author with (as far as I know) a fairly active social-media presence, aren’t you cognito so to speak? How are you successfully moving about in enemy territory?
Brian may or may not be aware of this, but I believe that he has guardian angels. No man can merely “camouflage” himself from Satan.
I don’t have Cultist associates.
I definitely do have a guardian angel.
The current “conservative” position on transgenderism looks to be “as long as you are 18 or older when making the decision and you don’t try to enter women’s sporting events it is okay.” Notably most of the mainstream voices are now using female pronouns to refer to male to female transsexuals. Not sure about bathrooms; I get the feeling that most conservatives would be not happy with “transmen” in the ladies’ room, but at the same time they don’t talk about bathrooms anymore and they didn’t do anything to legally stop that.
Speaking of the friend/enemy distinction, I notice that there was a big shift when the former Bruce Jenner started calling himself conservative.
I’m guessing the next stop is “sure children of any age can be transgendered, but they shouldn’t get the SURGERY until they are 18” which will quickly weaken into “well, maybe they can have some sort of hormone therapy if the doctors say it is reversible…”
Anyone scared of certain family or friends turning on them should take solace in the fact that the same people who would turn you in for your political views also wouldn’t help you out if you were in serious mortal peril.
More than just Friend/Enemy, you’re dealing with emotionally and spiritually dead consumers who live for whatever will give them their next fix.
This is something all of Gen Y should have learned LONG ago, considering it’s what basically defines the generation.
A close friend tells me that he and his family have gotten veiled threats from Boomer Covidian relatives in regard to the vaccine.
Mind you, he doesn’t advertise his family’s medical history. But he voted for Trump, so the Boomer relative just assumed he didn’t get them vaccinated.
That just drives home how vital discretion is. A defining feature of Clown World is it turns everybody into snitches.
The East Germans called them the “Stasi”–and that assumes that Clown World only ends with a Marxist surveilance state. If Soyboy Sam and BLM Blake don’t just drag you out at night and shoot you, then you’ll need a bug-out plan if you live in a blue county.
Brian
Going incognito is prudent but what subtle guerilla warfare/ sabotage can we still carry out?
xavier
A war presupposes at least two sides of more or less equal strength attacking each other and doing damage. We’ve now moved to one side looting the city and chasing down their defeated enemies.
What we can do is prepare for unrest/collapse, build local support structures, and most of all, pray.
Brian
Thanks for the recommendations
xavier
Currently reading “The Last Valley” by Martin Windrow. It’s about the Battle of Dien Bien Phu which may not interest you, but his aside on the guerilla phase of insurgency might if modified to apply to spiritual and social warfare rather than military.
The guerrilla phase: “The objective is simple survival, while gaining support among the population; retreating to inaccessible areas to establish safe bases, the guerrillas must create channels for the supply of arms, food, and other necessities. Their fighting bands must remain mobile, evading pursuit while they persuade the population to conceal them and to provide warning and tangible support. They must launch pinprick attacks to capture weapons and ammunition and to win prestige, but they must fight no major engagements against the security forces. If threatened they must disperse, reassembling when the immediate danger has passed. This guerrilla phase is the critically vulnerable period, on both the physical and psychological planes.”
That reminds of what Mao and Guevara wrote about guerrilla warfare. That being said, I don’t spiritual warfare works along the same principles.
What Jesus said about demons was that the disciples should not rejoice that demons obey them, but that their names are written in the book of life, and that demons come out “only by prayer and fasting.” St Paul wrote that the “weapons of our warfare are not carnal”, but spiritual and that our war is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. The armor he describes in Ephesians and Thessalonians is comprised of virtues and graces that enable us to stand our ground in the evil day and to keep standing until the fight is over, rather than being made casualties or being driven to retreat.
We do not need to seek the safety of anonymity or distance, as a guerrilla would. God is our strong tower. He is our strength, our song, and our salvation. We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses – the glorious company of the Apostles, and the noble fellowship of the prophets, and the white-robed army of martyrs – and the angelic host of heaven.
Prayer and fasting are key. Happily, tomorrow is Friday, so Christians around the world will be fasting and praying.
Christians hid in catacombs. Paul flashed his Roman citizenship to duck arrest when convenient. It’s both/and, not either/or. Really Andrew, I find your response to be unnecessarily argumentive.
That wasn’t my intention. I was going for exhortation and encouragement. I will choose my words more carefully in the future.