A legislature that needs to negotiate and compromise to get anything done is a GOOD thing. Imagine if they rammed through everything they wanted. You'd have tyranny no matter who's in charge.
Pretty sure Washington said something to that effect, too
'Kay but even the o.g. patriots moved after the Boston Massacre occurred. Not before. You want normies on your sid.
Hence, doing civil disobedience in a large scale, public manner. Make it so innocent a protest in form that there is no justification for a response using force.
Annoy people into doing what you want. Blow vuvuzelas in front of SCOTUS building or senators' offices until they actually investigate and do something about voter fraud. Those things are loud, cheap, and easy to use. And you can use them to exercise 1A effectively when it's being suppressed online.
I think the "I'm Spartacus" response to authorities asking neighbors to snitch on each other for family gatherings is a place to start.
The mask issue is prone to starting unneeded physical confrontation in some places. Best avoid that as a hill to die on - there are bigger fish to fry.
How about nursing home visits? How do you stop 200 or 500 people from a congregation who are really REALLY persistent about wanting to visit with one of their brethren?
Are quarantines being applied selectively? Organize a massive caravan to go across state lines and finish out in a block party. Hell, a ballsy CA pastor rebranded his church a strip club so he could reopen. You can, too: get your whole chamber of commerce / roster of town businesses to apply for state liquor licenses. Essential business.
What if vaccination really did become a requirement for plane travel? Fun to mess with. Forge the paperwork and spread it far and wide - and put a star of david stamp on it to underscore how egregiously that violates basic human dignity - especially when many on the left side of the aisle swore they wouldn't get a vaccine for it even if it were offered to them.
Large indoor gatherings are verboten, right? Well what if you turn a concert hall or other big venue into a soup kitchen, or a job fair, or a free clinic for a day? Who's gonna book a reverend for that?
Goog says there's 697k law enforcement officers in the states today. Well. If they prosecute a b.s. law and the average number of people at a Trump livestream these days makes a public display of civil disobedience, it'd tie up the justice system pretty quick.
Someone else mentioned a world strike for a day. I like that one.
The system works only by consent.
Civil disobedience works. It's powerful but it's hard to do. Discipline absolute must.
When a cause is right, and you disobey unjust rules to make a statement without harming others, then you can sway opinions in your favor.
Counters their narrative that we are the troublemakers in society. And now, if Jan 20 happens like it's shaping up to be, then civil disobedience is very clearly a moment of 'speaking truth to power'.
Worked for MLK, worked for India independence via Gandhi, and it can work here.
I hear you. Ideas are welcome.
What's required of a good shibboleth is that it doesn't take thought to answer, and in this case it also can't be taught because it's something you were raised with - common to all Americans of all ages. That's a tough one. . The fact that we're a republic is one - not a direct democracy, thank heavens. What's the point of a republic? To ensure that all voices are heard - even minority groups. It's such a basic concept that even those who didn't take civics, if patriots, will know.
Images and symbols can be copied. That's why a shibboleth is used.
What's a concept that patriots would know well, and could answer without hesitation, that others would not? It's not a password per se, because you can ask multiple different ways, and get different responses IN EVERYDAY CONVERSATION that would not be suspect even if the person you're talking to isn't a patriot.
Ideas related to the constitution come to mind, but you can't really insert it into small talk with a stranger.
Turd cutter. If only anatomical names were that blunt