As I type this up, I hate to say it, but it needs to be said because we need to be more alert. Mind you not everyone does this, but it needs to be something to consider.
Our 3 biggest weaknessess as I see them are as follows:
1: The right is almost entirely reactionary.
When the left screams "Defund the police" We screamed "Back the blue" as the blue defend their pensions. Think about it - How many sheriffs stood up to unconstitutional lockdown orders? How many sherrifs ignored their mayors calls and stopped the rampaging radicals? Then herded groups of right-wingers into Antifa agitants? Too many to count. The police as they are aren't on your side. And it sucks but thats the nature of corrupt institutions. It seems everyone who is fighting to corrupt government magically forgot large police forces are government enforcers before they're your friends. This is our double-speak. "BIG GOV IS CORRUPT NOW LETS SHILL FOR THEIR ENFORCEMENT APPARATUS"
It makes sense, "conservatives" conserve therefore they react to revolutionary change - but a big issue I'm seeing here is conservatives are also dead-set on conserving what was radical pork just 50 years ago. Problems that should be eradicated are here.
2: The Right is too comfortable.
It was repeated so smugly that it became a meme "heh antifa get a job loser i have mine" but what were antifa doing? they were acting and guess what THEIR actions may very well screw us over because we DIDN'T act. We sat. We were comfortable. And now we're on the brink of a cataclysm.
3: Pseudointellectual autofellatio and "Trust the Plan."
The left does something really crazy. the right tries to stop it then SOMEBODY on this forum says Quotes Sun Tzu like it matters. Don't interrupt your opponent while making a mistake sure, but don't just do nothing either
Enemy runs a weird direction in a battle, you make sure the direction they come in is filled with traps - don't just sit there smuging it up because they took a wrong turn
And while we're at it, there is probably a bigger picture of a plan, but don't just assume Trump is an anime protagonist who Keikakku Doori's his way to victory. Real life situations are fluid and rapidly changing. Considering just how many of us here are wizened I'd think You'd recognize that. The Plan was SCOTUS - SCOTUS were cowards. Trump Needs us like we need him. We need to be symbiotic, not parasitic.
I'm sure there's "a plan", but is as intricate and definite as everyone thinks it is? Not so sure. remember EVERY path to victory that remains RELIES on some faction of the swamp at some point. There is no path that doesn't involve House, Senate, SCOTUS, or some body where there is a swamp member or multiple swamp members ready to fuck us over. We have to stop giving the left anything. Stop putting faith in one "path" or "plan" and not have Plan B, C, Z. We also need to stop with this smug "we're already winning, don't be a doomer" talk. You have no proof we will win. You're just projecting hopefulness and the level of faith you have in anyone left who's name isn't Trump. Trump cannot just "will" a victory. There are pieces that have to come together that are at least partly outside his control. I for one don't trust anyone left that isn't Trump, Pence or maybe Ted Cruz. Anyone else says they are with us until they have to do something for our win that might hurt their political career or put themselves personally in danger, their family whatever. It's fine to say you support and will challenge the EC votes but what if you start receiving credible threats? Gonna fold like Roberts when he's scared of widdle wiots?
I do wish we'd stop conflating Sheriffs, (a Constitutional elected office with broad powers), with police forces, (hired by and controlled by Mayors and City Councils.) All the pushback and refusal to enforce has come from Sheriffs.
I apologize. I don't want to but the gist is we've seen few of either standing up to them
It's a matter of the lawful use of authority. Notice, even in your area, where the Sheriffs are the authority. They also don't get much press. We need to take aim at the ones that are actually creating the problem.