I have long had the feeling that at least one of the mods was bought too far into the "hopium" of December and January. Which I was extremely skeptical of, as there were leftists who were discussing making us addicted to it shortly before the election. I'd never heard the word before October, so I was suspecting a demoralization campaign was behind it when it became "big". And clearly the demoralization has worked on some folks.

I suspect the same of most "it's worthless, give up" posts. These don't feel natural, and always seem to increase in number whenever some sort of event turns up or even remotely good news in the continuing fight. Same with any "tree of liberty" or "1776" posts. These, once again, seem to magically increase in number at times that events are coming.

The thing is, we've seen Color Revolutions, coups, and evil takeovers before, and we know this site is infiltrated more at the "poster" level than the mod level. So we have to be careful. Wise as serpents, innocent as doves, and whatnot. It does not mean that everyone who doesn't run out shooting is a coward or has given up. It does mean that people are now viewing any sort of protest or event they didn't organize themselves with a local group with extreme skepticism, and this is exactly how it should be right now.

Anyway, forgive the mods, they are only human. In the meantime, just try to educate anyone you can, and get anyone you can involved in some form.