text: We can discuss this if you like, but I'm just telling you why I see waving the M-flag as somewhat akin to buying ads on the internet that say, "Arrest me first!: Interestingly enough, around Jan. 1, I had a friend call me up and beg me to drive with him to DC for a "freedom rally" to support Trump in protest over a stolen election. I tried to explain to him that stepping out of "the States" and into the territory of the feds is no way to go about it. He laughed at me, he called me paranoid, he even hinted that I am a coward. Well, we didn't go, and we're still friends,and we're still not locked up. This is a point that should be clear and should not have to be hammered on, not to intelligent people. I'll sum it up by saying that a tuxedo would be less noticeable than BDU's, and all the publicly-known activity of any resistance group is going to invite unwelcome attention. When warfare changes, tactics have to change with it. We're not fighting Indians any more. We're not fighting WWII. And if we don't adapt, then we aren't going to be effective soldiers - we're going to be kamikazes. There are many things we can learn from history, but to make those lessons effective, we also need to apply them in ways that society can tolerate and even sympathize with them. The very topic of Resistance is worth our time to study. And not every foot-soldier needs to have mastered Sun Tzu, nor have read von Clausewitz' "On War", but heaven help him if his officers have not read and learned from sources like that.My rant for the day. Thanks for letting me rant."My response"Excellent thoughts. In fact, the local group I belong to is called, "Pocahontas County Community Watch".I agree that the constant use of woodland-type camouflage among passionate (I will not say, "militant") patriots is a little silly both because of the off-putting military flavor and, maybe more tellingly, because any necessary violent action these good men may ever be called to engage in is much more likely to take place in 'burbs or towns than in the woods. Can we sew a suit that makes me look like a minivan? Who sells a skateboard applique to put on my AR?I also agree that we must avoid gratuitously provocative actions that might take us out of the fight prematurely. Fear of getting caught up in nonsense is the least of reasons to avoid a "protest". As readers of the Tactical Civics and students of recent history, we know that "protesting" the actions of criminals is largely irrelevant, as well as fruitless.However, language is important. Orwell emphasized the power of language-control for thought-control, and we see it today in every publication and media spew. It is my opinion that we have no choice but to rehabilitate the M-word, because it is the specific term of art used in the Constitution. Without that word, what, precisely, are we able to assert is "necessary" under the Constitution? Under what name can we claim the authority to "execute the Law, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasions"?"