Originally posted by Bill Foster
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As for the video, is this any different than the political letters and articles written before and during the Constitutional Convention by various founding Patriots under their "nom de plume" or "pen name?" Whether they be "Federalists" or "anti-Federalists," were not these writings political warfare? Did not the "majority" also call these authors "dangerous" or even "seditious," seeking these authors out to find their true identity so they could be persecuted? Although poorly done and too focused on "citizen soldier" training, I saw these videos as a form of political COMMENTARY... There was NOTHING in them that implied their goal was to overthrow our existing government, rather it seemed to be as a reminder to modern people of our founding principles and citizen responsibility (training)...
But Preppers and survivalists are a completely different organism... Although they may be politically active, their focus is really SELFISH, and I use that word in a good "Ayn Rand" way... SELF CENTERED for SELF PRESERVATION. They prep for their own survival, as well as their immediate families. So it is right that these people "prep quietly." And the training in this video would be all about SELF PRESERVATION to a Prepper/Survivalist, even applauded as good training, if it were not for the political quotes... But because this video is a POLITICAL video, preppers and survivalists get all kinked out of shape, and rightly so, as it is a public proclaimation, a form of modern-day political warfare (waking people up with a slap across their head, so to speak), which goes against everything a prepper/survivalist holds as sacred: PRIVACY, STEALTH, HIDDEN, SILENT.
To mix the two will bring all forms of confusion, segregation, and persecution...
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