TAPGW Tactics
#21 Shut Them Down
This will be among the more extreme STR Tactics to date. You may have noticed it has been sometime since #20’s release, as this tactic was being tested for its effectiveness. Needless to say it works and it pisses the left off to no end!
Before it gets broken down lets get something straight. We are in a political war and to fight it you can play by the rules of the left through conventional means (being nice not stooping to their level) or engage in political guerrilla warfare playing by your rules.
As it was argued in Counter Boycott the reasons and excuses to not “go there” no longer fly in today’s world. These rules, codes of conduct, political correctness if you will have all allowed the radical left to get their hold on this nation. It must end.
#21, lucky 21 is about taking more power from these people than you could imagine. The monsters use the internet to push their propaganda and garbage through their own websites and blogs then expand their message of drivel via social media comments, message board postings, blog responses etc. For the sake of this tactic we’ll bundle these all together as “forums”. This is where the true vile side of the left exists.
These public forums are where the monsters push their agenda and message to the extreme beyond the MSM’s reach. This is also where "trolls" dwell as well as political operatives and agent provocateurs where they have had free reign for way too long; all in the name of freedom of speech. You know the 1st Amendment from that pesky old piece of paper, the Constitution, these provocateurs generally hate but selectively use when it suits them! These forums are in fact the true front lines of this political war being waged digitally. It’s where they also recruit and indoctrinate their followers.
First thing you need to understand is when you post something on YOUR Facebook page, YOUR Youtube Channel, YOUR blog, YOUR website etc that is YOUR PRIVATE FORUM. It's your piece of internet real estate. You post written or video pieces about what you want; it’s your space to do as you please, your digital home/ business. Yes, your page may be hosted on a larger site but as long as you abide by their rules/ terms of service (TOS) you say and do what you want. It IS NOT fair game for some monster to pop in, start grandstanding and take insulting shots spewing lies, misinformation and their vile rhetoric.
So what is #21 all about? Simple…
Shut them down by deleting their crap & blocking or banning them from your private forum! Pretty straightforward! Some of you were probably expecting some new, complex plan! From first-hand knowledge I can say with absolute confidence deleting/ blocking these agent provocateurs enrages them to no end. For some unknown reason these provocateurs think they have a right to free speech, speech that is inflaming, insulting, offensive and vile in your digital home/ business! Sorry but they don’t! You wouldn’t tolerate it in your real home or business so why would you in the digital world!?
Now people will disagree with #21 over freedom of speech and you know what? They are right, but they are wrong as well!! I can hear it now, “but BMartin1776 they have a right to voice their opinion!” Well in their own forum they do! Monsters have as much freedom to spew their garbage on the net as anyone but it doesn’t mean they can troll my/ your site(s), blog(s), channel(s) etc. Would you allow these people, hecklers, into your home or business to ruin your party or event etc? Or would you ask them to leave once they acted up? Most will agree hecklers and agitators will be asked to leave. If they don't then you call the police or have security remove them. We know this to be true because we have witnessed it countless times of hecklers being removed from events; left or right hosted.
Here is a perfect example of hecklers being removed just the other day at the Iowa State Fair where Paul Ryan was speaking.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
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No one is crying over their right to free speech being violated! What’s being suggested in #21 is to in fact remove the digital hecklers!
Keep in mind when you use this tactic you are also minimizing their reach of spreading propaganda, which gets out to your audience that you may have people on the fence you’re potentially trying to win over. Do you really want those people influenced? With everything going on we need to get as many sane Americans on our side, we cannot risk losing one or two over misinformation or flat out lies.
Look even the Presidents own sites, like his Youtube channel, have moderators and they are quite selective as to what comments get posted or not.
What you will be doing by Shutting Them Down is no different from booting a heckler from an event. Don’t worry about the whining from their side about right to free speech. They can yap all they want just not on your forum!
Now no tactic on STR is complete without going a step further. Being the victim of attacks I learned something from them to use against them! You not only want to delete, block/ ban them from your pages but hit that “REPORT” or “Flag” button on them on sites that you do not host or own!
Here is what they look like on Twitter and Facebook if you wanted to Block or more importantly Report Occupy Wall Street (OWS)....
Many large sites like Twitter and Facebook have automatic systems in place that after enough reports come in on someone the system automatically bans/ suspends them. There is no human operator/ moderator sitting behind the screen checking a button off to ban/ suspend someone. All it takes is an organized attack to get someone booted from a site.... which actually happens.
A few months ago it happened to “Conservatarian” Dana Loesch’s husband Chris Loesch on Twitter. There was an organized attack by lefty loons where Chris Loesch was quickly suspended. Yours truly fell victim to it on Facebook where legitimate news posts being shared on various pages, that put the left in a dark light, were being reported as spam. Not only was I banned from posting on other pages but I was even getting flagged at one point on my own FB Fan Page!!!
Again what’s most important is this tactic limits the lefts reach and ability to spread their radical views in open channels. It will isolate and force them to only spew their garbage on their own private forums!
Now if they have a Youtube, Facebook Twitter etc type of account you go right on ahead and hit that Report or Flag button. Surely somewhere on their page is some hateful speech or a TOS (terms of service) violation.
If someone truly wants what they’re preaching they will seek it out. There is nothing anyone can do to stop that. That is the beauty of living in a free nation. At the same time though no one should have to wade through these people’s vile lies, name calling etc on your forum to see posts from others of like minds.
One last thing, you need to accept these trolls, political operatives and agent provocateurs are deliberately jumping onto forums to get them off topic. They are also there to just cause trouble and upset people. They want to agitate you or others so you will lash out at them for two reasons: 1) give them ammo they can exploit to share a “gotcha moment” with their network and 2) committing a violation on whatever site you are on so they can go ahead and get you banned or suspended! This is why I say the reasons and excuses to not go on the attack no longer hold water. They do it all the time and the only way to stop them is to Shut Them Down by deleting their crap, blocking/ banning them and (when applicable) reporting them!
Remember where you are “...The Art of Political Guerrilla Warfare”. Guerrilla Warfare is about doing things out of the box, unconventionally and engaging your enemy!
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