When we start throwing around terms like "Marxist scumbags" (communist contraceptives?), you know we have started talking only to ourselves. Somewhere on the TAS site you can find an old essay of mine on Ayn Rand's use of invective as a rhetorical technique. She was brilliant at name-calling as at all else. They sounded like wild invective but they were absolutely precise in naming a crucial aspect what she was criticizing. Like "witch doctor."

Best thing to do is become NOT dependent on leftists first. Be independently wealthy with ones own company (small), and then speak out whatever you think.

Before that, beware to rise above the radar like Trump. If they could do this to him, they can do it to anyone who speaks out against the left.

This is Atlas Shrugged and directive 10-289 etc all who speak their mind based on objective thoughts are in the crosshairs now...

The fear we are all feeling is understandable for the first time in some of our lives and it is hard to get a grip on it.

It may come to that point. Or...
It may more likely come to another kind of point, a spear, a sword, or my trusty Navy Seal Mk 3.

When you lose your right to free speech, you no longer have any rights.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Nice work Walter, while reading your article, I was listening to this: https://tuckercarlson.com/the-tucker-... (hope it opens for you)

Your article and this interview intersect.

PS, seems Alexei Navalny was a CIA/MI6 plant to create a culture war in Russia. Is Putin a bad guy? . . . at this point, after learning Russia has similar problems as we, I have absolutely no clue What to think about Putin. It is clear, however, he wanted to play with the rest of us in the west, and the creatures that have assumed rule over us, wouldn't let him on the play ground.

Don't know if you saw Tuckers interview with him nor some of his addresses at the UN.
Knowing the worst individual can sound like a champ and visa versa, doesn't help matters, . at all.

Excellent article displaying the pulse of certain current events. I especially like the inclusion of the 12 bullet points in the wake up call section. I can't disagree with your final conclusion. I think it's going to be close. Thanks for posting it here.

The 1st Amendment is under almost? as much attack as the 2nd.

Sometimes the need for clarification of a thought involves sarcasm, a wake-up dash of cold water, or a particularly juicy snide comment. If these things are going to put us in the crosshairs, then we've been there for a long time. This insane storm has blown up at nearly the speed of light and even those who saw it coming are having a hard time grappling with the tsunami of lies and obfuscations.
Thank you, WDonway, for a really well written, easily understandable article with on the money bullet points.

I don't know most of the sources for reports that Navalny was a CIA agent, and all the rest of the damaging stories. Obvious they suit the Kremlin very, very well, whether true or not. Once Putin had Navalny in a prison camp, totally isolated and under his control, it does not matter exactly how he died and no report can be believed. Obviously, he was important to Russians. Some 100,000 attended his funeral--a risky thing to do. Some shouting: "Russia will be free."