One week until the April 15th Tax Day Tea Parties.

Welcome to activism.  Yes, we know, it is probably your first time.

If you haven’t picked one yet, pick one. I’ll be at the DC affair. Erick and Jeff E of RedState are helping set up Macon’s.  Take a couple of hours off, find a gathering that’s close, and go. If you never go to these things – but you’re also kind of mad at the way the government is throwing away your money – well, that’s sort of the point of you going.

And remember:

“First they ignore you…
…then they ridicule you…
…then they fight you…
…then you win.”
– M . Gandhi

We’re just getting into the third line now. This is where it start getting serious, so if you were hoping for one big gesture let that hope die now so you’ll get over it not being around any more. The activist Left doesn’t like competition, and they think that they’re old hands at hijacking movements.  So they will try to co-opt. They will try to disrupt. They will certainly try to incite.  When they try, politely put a camera in their face and politely ask them what the hell they think that they’re doing.  Ask them loudly, from the diaphragm*: it carries better that way, and the only thing that these people hate more than sunlight is sunlight and the interested gaze of a lot of people not inclined to humor them.

Always remember: you are what they want to be, and cannot be.  Do not indulge their inferiority.

Moe Lane

*You can practice that by putting one hand on your chest and talking in a way that you feel the vibrations.

Crossposted to RedState.