Time to Ask Questions

What does the Future hold

Make no mistake, the US Government just executed a US Civilian without cause. He committed 2 crimes

• He caught a woman who was pushed by an ICE agent

• He used his body to shield a woman from pepper spray as agents attacked

• He was then ripped away from the woman he was shielding and brutally beaten, pistol-whipped, and kicked by 8 ICE agents.

• During this beating, he did not fight back; he mostly tried to protect his head.

• His shirt came up, revealing his firearm, which he legally owned and was permitted to carry.

• The weapon was removed from him.

  • He NEVER reached for the weapon

  • He NEVER made any threats

  • He NEVER did anything illegal.

• AFTER his weapon was taken away by another ICE agent Alex was shot 12 times and killed.

That is what happened. There is no debate, no discussion. We have dozens of camera angles, and the entire thing- every motion- is on verified tape.

This was murder. Federal Agents cannot execute an American Citizen (or anyone) unless they are in actual danger. With Alex Pretti, who never reached for his weapon, beaten on the ground and disarmed, HOW WAS HE A THREAT TO ANYONE?

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So we have a few decisions to make for everyone.

In 2020, Trump got people to impersonate State Electors and cast an electoral ballot for him in states that he lost. He hoped that if there were 2 sets of ballots (on legitimate, one illegal), it would force the issue back the MAGA dominated State Legislators, and they’d side with him.

That was 6 years ago. What would happen if ICE agents were at every polling station in swing states, “detaining” non-white voters under the suspicion they were illegal migrants? Do you think that black, Latino, and Asian voters (who often vote left) will show up knowing armed and LETHAL ICE agents are there?

This is a mess, and this will NEVER be won in courts, nor will the ballot box change a thing. This will require ACTUAL action from people.

We are entering dark times, whether you like it or not. Ask yourself what part you want to play. Sitting on the sidelines is totally acceptable, but you’ll have less say in the “new world” that comes from this.

If you want to play a role, ask yourself the following, and prepare.

1. Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and many other Civil Rights Activists were willing to go to jail or even put themselves in danger from anti-black individuals (like the KKK). Will you be willing to accept the same risk?

2. The Black Panthers were very effective because they realized that peaceful protests are mostly easy to ignore, but armed militias- they terrify people. Bangladeshi civilians did not suddenly overcome their authoritarian rulers by marching with a chant or voting.

3. What are you willing to risk? Your car? Your freedom? Your safety? These things may be required.

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I am going to talk about the French Resistance really fast.

Say the Germans target your area to hunt down any hiding Jews, and thus some SS thugs like this show up. Guys who lack the training of soldiers and who are politically motivated.

Now these SS guys want to get in and out. It’s an “in and out fast” operation. So they move in quickly, looking to find people.

The resistance often wanted to impede them. Violence led to retaliation from Hitler, who had become increasingly unhinged.

So the goal would be to delay them, make things hard. Why?

1. Now, the next time the SS does an operation, they will be concerned with getting out rather than finding people

2. It gives victims time to flee or hide better

3. It was a great way to just drive the SS nuts. Make them angry and confused. Each time they ran into a new obstacle

4. This also reminds the Germans that they are outnumbered and that THEY are in danger. This may get them to make mistakes, act rashly, or do a subpar job in their hunt for minority groups

Anyway, back to a block in Paris, the SS is raiding. What was done or could be done was to use vehicles, burning tires, or other VERY strong things to block off all roads leading away. Once the SS sets upon an area and begins the operation, the resistance starts closing down exit points, starting with the most likely.

The red square there would be what the SS is raiding, and the red lines would be the roadblocks.

They would also leave 1 exit route open, but this was often for an ambush. Funnel your enemy into 1 exit, cut it off, or do something to instill terror.

This is just one method, though. Others include (and this is from the Polish resistance as well)

• Target concentration camps. Sometimes helping people break out, sometimes gathering intel

• Recording names. From officers to guards, there should be a list of the responsible so that if sanity returns, those people will have to answer for their crimes.

• Target high-ranking figures. The Czech Resistance (or Government in exile) sent in a team of guerrilla soldiers, some of the first “SpecOps” in modern history. They would then proceed to kill Reinhard Heydrich, the man behind the Holocaust and Himmler’s right hand.

With that said, keep in mind that the place FOR people like Heydrich was a trial, not a coffin. Many in the SS took their lives rather than face the music (so to speak). Without Heydrich, the Holocaust carried on with new leadership, and Hitler’s reprisals were brutal and affected civilians. Real justice came at Nuremberg and then in dozens of later trials for each camp. These were the trials where these men had to stand before the world and face their crimes.

The French were also careful about how they organized. Any large group is bound to have informants and double agents. Here is how they were discovered. They organized people into small “units” of 5 men and women or so. Then they’d feed each unit unique details about a bomb or some other operation. Then, based on how the Germans reacted, you’d know. If you told “Unit Lyon” that there was a bomb on the Gestapo HQ in Northern Paris and there was an evacuation or increased activity there, then you know someone in “Unit Lyon” is a fraud.

What then? Well, now you can control information to misdirect. Say the resistance wanted to raid a prison camp. Well, tell this compromised “Unit Lyon” that you will be raiding an ENTIRELY differant camp or even put them to work on it. This will cause the occupation forces to misdirect resources.

Also, coded language is key, and the written work (on paper) is best. Radio or tech can be compromised. Still, radio or anything more widespread can be useful.

For instance a message won’t read “we are going to raid X prison on Y date".” Instead it would say “Napoleon 7, French 75, Forget me not, dog days, Viking 12.” Most of that is jibberish but within those codes are specific orders. “Forget me not” meant March 15th and “French 75” meant attack camp X.

Sorry- as a historian I just love talking about WW2 and ICE the SS.