He starts out talking about Adam Kokesh. But then …<\/p>\n
The more illegitimate and absurd the arbitrary rule of Leviathan, the more it violates our natural rights, the more it has to make examples out of anyone who dares to openly defy it by means of civil disobedience or nullification. You can, and should, expect more of this, and more severe examples. … There is now a large, and growing portion of the American people who correctly see this current regime to be every bit as illegitimate and unjust as the one our forefathers took up arms against in 1775. Such a government, which violates the rights of the people and thus no longer has the loyalty, respect, and consent of the people, can rule only through force and the instilling of fear \u2013 just like the British Crown and Parliament.<\/p>\n
And this current regime is making the same mistakes the Crown made. Rather than recognizing any of the grievances of the people as legitimate, and backing off from its violations of our rights, it is doubling down on them<\/b> [emphasis mine], and asserting even more power, and using enforcement methods that increasingly make it obvious that it sees we the people as its current and future military enemy, as it treats us \u201cAs If An Enemy\u2019s Country\u201d \u2013 like an occupied, conquered enemy nation. How else do you explain the detention of U.S. citizens Jose Padilla and Yasir Hamdi as \u201cenemy combatants\u201d, the NDAA military detention and trial provisions, warrantless domestic NSA spying, drone strikes on Americans, and the gross violations of the Fourth Amendment we saw in Boston after the bombing in April, or the calls to treat the bombing suspect as an \u201cunlawful combatant\u201d under the laws of war? They are all claims of power to use the international laws of war on us. And that claimed power will not, and already has not, been limited to use against Muslims. It is meant for all of us, which is exactly why the NSA has been mining metadata on all of us. All of us are considered part of the conquered enemy population \u2013 just like in Afghanistan or Iraq. Not just some of us. All of us. All are suspect. All (except the most vetted and trusted minions) are potential \u201cterrorists\u201d or \u201cinsurgents\u201d and all will be monitored, tracked, and metadata profiled. There will be a \u201cfile\u201d on us all because they know that what they are doing is contrary to the rights of us all, and any of us, or all of us, may join the resistance to their plans, at any time. They correctly assess us all as potential military adversaries precisely because they intend to violate the rights of all of us. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And of course, as the savagery of our would-be masters grows, we get madder. And more desperate to find ways to stop the outrage without<\/i> stooping to their level and\/or desperately making targets (and handy propaganda tools) of ourselves. And although there are a thousand ways we can create small islands of freedom for ourselves, there are no<\/i> ways — or so it seems! — to halt the increasing abuses. We feel powerless — exactly as the usurpers want us to feel.<\/p>\n
So we become patient. And smart.<\/p>\n
And, following the Founders example, we believe that the best strategy is to use nullification, civil disobedience, and open defiance in our local communities, towns, counties, and states, while we get organized and prepared as best we can for whatever may come. Make the bad guys within the government come to us, as the clear aggressors, just like the Founders did. Make them come into our communities, our towns, our counties, our states, and by using open defiance and nullification as communities \u2013 as towns, counties, and states \u2013 we will force them to either admit they are impotent, or force them to take off the mask, take off the gloves, and use overwhelming force against us, which will only push more Americans to our side. Learn from the wisdom of the Founders, and follow their hard-learned lessons on successful resistance to tyranny by uniting at the local level, and resisting and nullifying together, at the local level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Whole commentary<\/a> is worth a long read and an even longer think.<\/p>\n—–<\/p>\n
Stewart Rhodes is a dangerous man. And I mean that in the best possible way. He has chosen the course of agitating the Praetorian guard, the very warrior class our conquerors hope will keep them safe and powerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
… and why, although it fills us with frustrated outrage, it’s a time of hope. Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes nails it. Absolutely nails it. He starts out talking about Adam Kokesh. But then … The more illegitimate and absurd the arbitrary rule of Leviathan, the more it violates our natural rights, the more it has to make examples out of anyone who dares to openly defy it by means of civil disobedience or nullification. You can, and should, expect more of this, and more severe examples. … There is now a large, and growing portion of the American people who correctly…<\/p>\n
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