Let Us Organize & Resist President Trump Part #2
Does the right to assemble give individuals or groups the right to disrupt? When groups disrupt do they disrespect the rights of others to partake or to listen and ask questions? Does the right to disagree give individuals or groups the right to destroy private property? Was the Tea Party created through organized efforts or did it just happen because of frustration? Is there an organized effort to oppose President Trump? If yes, who organized this movement? What do we do if we suspect the reporting of the media?
INDIVISIBLE BROKEN DOWN: There are four (#4) chapters in this practical guide for resisting in America. #1 focuses on grassroots efforts. #2 describes how your member of congress thinks and how to save democracy. #3 is focused on either identifying existing local organizations or creating a new one. #4 is the heavy action chapter. #A is all about town halls, #B how to act at public events, #C Describes what to do at a district office visits and #D is coordinated calls.
GRASSROOTS: In the how to guide known as INDIVISIBLE, they compare what they have described as the TEA PARTY as a small percentage of Americans and state that INDIVISIBLE represents the majority of America, therefore much more will be accomplished. They tell you to find small groups of dedicated like-minded people. REMEMBER for this grassroots movement the issue is never the issue, the endgame is accumulation of power to create fear and doubt in the mind of the TARGET, the targets are members of congress and you.
HOW CONGRESS THINKS: It does not matter if your congress person has said that they will only run for a few terms, they soon begin to realize that they cannot achieve what they wish to achieve in a single term or even in two terms. The goal of your elected representative is re-election, re-election, re-election etc. etc. The goal of INDIVISIBLE is to get negative press coverage focused on the elected officials’ actions.
ACTION AGAINST: The plan is to stall the Trump agenda by forcing them to redirect energy away from their priorities. Congressional offices have limited time and resources so any day any hour spent worrying about INDIVISIBLE is a day not focused on what is good for America. The goal is to SAP the will of elected officials to remain focused and bend them to the will of INDIVISIBLE group efforts. The long term goal is to begin to prime the pump for the 2018 elections.
ORGANIZATION: It is critically important for resistance groups like INDIVISIBLE or OFA to appear caring and inclusive. This will make it easier for them to project inclusiveness because they want their message to be “we care about our community.” Start a local group focused on making your elected person the target. Find other groups and have that leadership become co-founders within your organization, this gives ownership and identity. Use social media to communicate and to rally numbers when needed. Some of the detail under organizing is to get the story and imagine what is possible or, what can our organization do, to change the relationship with the member of Congress. The INDIVISIBLE guide spends considerable time on the name of your organization. YOUR TOWNS NAME INDIVISIBLE AGAINST HATE or YOUR TOWNS NAME SAVING MEDICARE etc. The name must connect with the local people and most important it must appear to be innocent or innocuous.
RALLY: Jan 27, 2017 President Trump issued an executive order under the Immigration and Nationality Act banning immigration from several predominantly Muslim countries. In less than 24 hours elected officials led by Senator Elizabeth Warren & Representative John Lewis were at airports across America leading chants. NOTE: You will see more of this in the next few years. REMEMBER: events like this are not spontaneous this is right out of the INDIVISIBLE playbook.
Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thank you for reading part #2. Part #3 will let you know that these groups will perpetuate a lie and feel justified in lying.
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