I’ve been involved in dissident politics for over five years or more at this point. You lose track of time over the years, memes, drama, infighting, and other stupid bullshit that plagues rightwing dissidents. It’s very tiresome, to put it mildly. That being said, veterans of the Dissident Right have a plethora of wisdom and experience regarding “the movement” and it would be wise to share that insight with rookies just getting their feet wet with thoughtcrime. The results of making a mistake in the Dissident Right can lead to any of the following: ostracized from your family and fair-weather friends, doxxed, fired from your job, land on a gubment watchlist, hounded by journalists, lawsuits, and even imprisonment. So, it’s prudent to listen to the folks that have been rhetorically battling the forces of neoliberalism for a spell.
For the love of God, take this advice:
1. LARPing Innawoods
Under no circumstances should you ever join a group that likes to run around in the woods in battle fatigues, skull masks, and with or without firearms. Playing “war” as a kid was loads of fun, not so much as a functional and normal adult. If some wannabe Rambo explains to you that, “this is about training for the future post-apocalyptic, race war America” – realize that they’re crazy or compromised. Plain and simple. The United States is not going to turn into a Mad Max wasteland. The American Empire will not disintegrate completely, or within your lifetime, to allow roving bands of rightwing militias to police the hinterlands. Decline is a process, not an event. Uncle Sam really, really, really wants impressionable white men to join “white supremacist terrorist” (which will be their description of you) groups decked out in BDUs, guns, and posing in the woods like the Wolverines from Red Dawn.
2. Cool Stickers
The “Do Something” crowd loves posting stickers and leaflets in shitlib-controlled cities, usually over some lefty poster. They really do, makes ’em feel like James Bond or something. The thing is – it literally does nothing, absolutely nothing. In fact, the only thing it can do is get you arrested or fined (followed by getting doxxed and loss of employment). No, law enforcement and city officials do not care one bit that a light pole was already covered in BLM graffiti or “Be Gay, Do Crime!” crap. Those slogans are part of their core values. However, they will drop their collective donuts in a heartbeat to send out an APB to collar some twenty-something without a criminal history for putting up a Patriot Front sticker. You might even get slapped with a hate crime for trying to hurt some feelings. This is not a game, and the Left controls all the levers of power.
3. Flash in the Pan
Speaking of power, here’s a lesson that much of the Dissident Right still hasn’t learned – parades and public protests are only effective once you have power. The public activism is the victory lap. Think BLM are actual dissidents fighting the system? Practically every major corporation in this country donates to them, they are praised almost universally by the political system, and, hell, they have streets named and painted in their honor. They can do public activism because it is sanctioned by the State – it’s their dog-and-pony show. That’s why nothing really serious happens to them when things go a little sideways (like them, and antifa, burning the country down last year – already been memory-holed).
However, you, doing the flash rally thing with the boys, will not be tolerated by the State. Say, for instance, you do a couple of them and they’re successful. Did that public flash rally gain someone to your cause? Did you win “hearts and minds” walking through an empty city at night while everyone was asleep (and hates you because it’s a liberal city)? Did you gain any public or private sponsors and supporters for burning flares and carrying flags at midnight? Safe to say, you probably didn’t get that type of attention. But, you did get the State-controlled media and their de facto thugs to start harassing and destroying your livelihood.
4. Island of the Lotus-Eaters
Okay, fine. No dumb public activism, instead you’ll join an anonymous online group full of shitposters. Sure, the language is transgressive, might even border on weird performance art. Slurs get slung every other post, followed by kek, lmao, stonks, insert edgy meme, and an “N tower.” It’s fun, could even consider it a fairly harmless hobby and, honestly, a waste of time. Truthfully, it is actually just a waste of time, it even becomes an addiction. There are several harmful effects of becoming addicted to exclusively shitposting. First, you’re not really doing anything productive, except getting some laughs that a small fragment of the population finds humorous. And, when you surround yourself and become immersed in slurs and offensive language, it really starts to rot your brain. You can’t be exposed to that sort of negativity (not to sound too “new agey”) constantly without any sort of damage. Finally, you’re not even forming a meaningful friendship with your fellow anons – they’ll be in that group one minute, and gone the next. They’re not your friends, just ships passing in the night.
On top of that, you must always be on the lookout for bad actors – the fedposters. Fedposters are one of two things, they’re either government agents (de jure ABCs, or de facto antifa) or they are mentally ill losers with a strong desire to be arrested. Their end game is the same – you in prison. So, if you find yourself in a chat group with a guy(s) flirting with fedposting (“I got something that can bring down a U.S. helicopter, man” for example), you must ban them immediately or correct the issue. If the admins will not do those things, the group is a major liability to your personal freedom, and you’re already being watched. Do not, under any circumstances, communicate or associate with someone that posts their guns or weapons (in the context of fedposting), talks about breaking the law, proposes entrapment scenarios, engages in petty criminality, worships extreme violence (Day of the Rope weirdos), recommends Siege, etc. Those are all fedposter traits.
5. No Name Defense
If you want to be a rightwing dissident, you have to give up your normie social media. This is not a polite suggestion. Delete your normie Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. Delete everything on social media connected to you – even online wedding/engagement announcements. Everything associated with your real name must be totally scrubbed from the internet. The reason for this is important – antifa is obsessed with the Dissident Right, they genuinely believe that even a casual Twitter groyper is Hitler incarnate. Therefore, they devote their life to stalking, doxxing, and harassing rightwing dissidents. It is their life’s mission (they ain’t got anything else going on, that’s for sure). They believe that if they doxx a guy that posted some frog memes then they have potentially stopped the next fascist pogrom. They are journalists, activists, and so on – they have all the time in the world to destroy your life.
In addition, don’t be cavalier with your information even if you have a sock account. Never state your occupation, where you live, or identifiable information about your life (unless in extremely trusted settings). Again, this is not a game.
You do not live in a country with free speech. You do not live in a European country with legitimate nationalist parties. You do not live in a country that believes in due process, privacy, or the equal application of the law. You live in anarchy-tyranny.
This ends the Public Service Announcement.
Universally hated by feminists, wine-moms, Yankees, hipsters, and weirdos. Last known whereabouts: the Tidewater. Dissident support here: Rick Dirtwater is The Boat Shoe Beat (buymeacoffee.com)
An incredibly important and succinct article. Referenced in it but perhaps the most significant point mentioned is little of our activity and efforts will have impact if we do not first have power (how about just aspiring locally first, gents?), which requires organization, which requires having a clearly defined and disseminated set of believes (yes, an ideology) to attract quality people and resources, which requires collaboration and coordination if not outright unification with all the types mentioned in this article, which means as individuals we need to commit to the cause, make sacrifices, and become better people, etc…
We have a lot of work to do.
Great reply to a great post.
Anonymity was never an option for me, so I chose to go full throttle in the other direction (along with self-imposed restrictions). We are in hostile territory, so guard your identity.
Something I have often said is, “Nothing changes until the culture changes.” The Left now has a solid grip on the culture, and that’s where we need to focus our efforts. Assuming that we control the culture now only leads to dumb mistakes like marching in enemy territory. Now is not the time.
Everyone who believes in the Cause should think of himself as an undercover agent behind enemy lines. Because that is the state of affairs for now.
Well timed from a person who has been in the mix. Read and listen spurges.