In two weeks, I am going to begin going over the rules Andrew Breitbart had set forth in his Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Revolutionaries. In 2013, I had written the following by way of introduction:
On the webpage ANDREW BREITBART’S PRAGMATIC PRIMER FOR REALISTIC REVOLUTIONARIES, I had made the following mention by way of introduction:
Andrew Breitbart will forever be remembered for many things in his life, from going out to get the real dirt on the Occupy movement to speaking at Tea Party events. However, one main thing he will forever be known for is engaging the Liberals on their turf (see his appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher in 2009) and doing it with class and dignity. While many people deride Conservatives and Republicans for going on Liberal talk shows, Breitbart shows that we can walk into the Lions’ Den and come out unscathed. He had written down rules (with an explanation as to why they should be used) that ALL Conservative activists need to use to use when fighting the left.
While I had not had the privilege and the honor of meeting Andrew Breitbart prior to his death in March, 2012, I felt a kindred spirit with him after hearing his legendary CPAC speech last year. If you had not heard it before, I encourage you to do so as he put himself on the wall and said that he would fight side by each with whoever would support our candidate, with the warning that anyone who is not supporting our candidate is on the other side. He had left us with good instructions to fight the progressive left in his book “Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save The World” which he had published in April, 2011. The instructions he had left us are found in Chapter 7 which is entitled “Pragmatic Primer For Realistic Revolutionaries.” and is worth reading and applying to our daily lives.
Over the next 3 to 4 months I will spend one entry a week to speaking on one of the rules Andrew had written out and going over just how we can use it to our advantage in speaking to others. This will be a preparation for the fight for Congress in 2014 when we will challenge for the Senate and defend the House. Also, this will be good for the fight for the White House in 2016 when we will support whoever we can during the primaries and then ultimately come together and put up a united front, supporting the Republican nominee against whoever the Democrats roll out to try to succeed Obama.
Ever since I wrote the above back in 2013, I had seen many on our side cower and shake in their boots to the progressives and the socialists, thereby giving them power and allowing them to rent space in our heads and hearts. What Andrew did with his Pragmatic Primer is provide a blueprint showing just how we can take back the narrative and defeat them at their own game. Like I said earlier, I will be starting the rules in two weeks, but will post them here by way of a preview so you know what is coming up:
- Don’t be afraid to go into enemy territory
- Expose the left for who they are – in their own words
- Be open about your secrets
- Don’t let the Complex use its PC lexicon to characterize you and shape the narrative
- Control your own story – don’t let the Complex do it
- Ubiquity is key
- Engage in the social arena
- Don’t pretend to know more than you do
- Don’t let them pretend to know more than they do
- Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon
- Don’t let them get away with ignoring their own rules
- Truth isn’t mean. It’s truth
- Believe in the Audacity of Hope
These rules are an effective way in countering the Saul Alinsky rules which I had briefly mentioned in an entry entitled “Alinsky v. Breitbart” which I had written a couple of weeks ago. Now, many people might look at these rules and oppose some of them, especially the first rule about bringing the fight to our enemy in their territory. However, it is definitely needed in order to confront the progressives and socialists on their own turf, whether it be in your local classroom, your state capital, the entertainment industry, or even in Washington DC. As Andrew Breitbart was fond of saying, those who follow the Saul Alinsky playbook “declared war on me and us.” I always say the best way to counter the Saul Alinsky tactics is by using the same tactics that Andrew Breitbart used. He had laid out the blueprint for us to use in order to combat those rules. What we need to do is not be afraid and actually USE that blueprint.