Sorry may not be a popular opinion here, but if you are going to protect a building or counter protest do not RETREAT in fear after 35 minutes. All that did was make them feel they can beat us.
Highly detrimental to everything. Made everyone on our side look like straight pussies. Any retard can show up and act tough. But you showed up armed (highly armed) and then leave
I have a different view on this. We need to be the ones walking away when Antifa & BLM try to escalate. That way the militias are seen as the level headed ones that are working toward peaceful protest. Right now it is all about optics. I would rather look like a pussy then to encourage further physical confrontation. The media is yearning for a Trump supporter to do something so that they can throw us all in a coffin and bury us in the public eye.
EDIT: Also, the police just came out.. The militia walking away was perfect because now BLM/Antifa will start assaulting police and get their heads cracked.
Nah, I am not saying be weak. I am saying be strong by choosing your battles. If you fight every battle you are engaged in, you are fighting under the conditions that your enemy sets.
We can differ on opinion.