Summary
During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) repeatedly shouted an anti-trans slur despite objections from Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly.
She defended her remarks by attacking transgender rights and dismissing criticism.
The outburst drew condemnation from LGBTQ+ advocates and political figures, highlighting her shift from previously supporting LGBTQ+ rights to embracing anti-trans rhetoric.
Mace has used the slur in past statements and introduced legislation restricting transgender rights.
Depends on what you’re giving up if you lose. If you’re giving up a random colony in tiny nation across the world from you, you can throw in the towel pretty easily. If the cost of losing is that you are unseated from power entirely and left at the mercy of your enemies, then any cost is acceptable.
Valid, and not really what I’m trying to say. Just that the form of resistance we’re likely to see in the US is probably going to look different. Rather than Vietnam or the WoT, it may look more like The Troubles in Ireland, or something else entirely.
In the event of a complete collapse of the US government, it’s unfortunately more likely that the right would take power, being much better armed. The right may be able to seize power and force a confrontation anyway.
As long as we lack the strength to win a full civil war, it would be very foolish to provoke one. Which tactics are best used when is debatable, but we should keep a variety of tools in the toolbox and adapt to conditions rather than assuming a certain tactic is always best.
No matter how specialized gorilla warfare would look, it’s still effective. Arming the progressives is key, which prompted my exclamation that all progressives should be armed. The narrative that guns should be banned is not only an unfeasible goal, but i do not see any way out of an armed conflict. And sure there may be other tools, but gorilla warfare is just ‘an irregular form of combat in which small, mobile groups use tactics like ambushes, sabotage, and hit-and-run attacks to fight a larger, conventional military force.’ Which is the exact scenario a rebellion would be facing and is proven effective against the US armed forces. Not sure what warfare you would argue would be better.
It’s “guerrilla war,” not gorilla. Getting armed is good. But if you disagree with my tactical assessment, I’d at least recommend reading up on the movements that actually employed those tactics successfully. For example, here’s a very basic summation of the Vietnamese strategy:
We are not at all close to phase 2, we could hardly even be said to have started phase 1. There is no organized system of cells, no infiltration of organizations, no stockpiles of weapons (unless it’s very well hidden, I suppose). Developing all those things is valid, but require time and effort. And generally an insurgency should also have a more presentable public facing front.
In short, it’s complicated and if you’re serious about it you should study and think critically about how to apply it.