Mission Over Individual

A serious commitment to the mission, not the individual.

This week’s topic of the “After the Show Show” on Rumble was a sort of where they are now. In this episode we looked at some common tactics of grifters. Then we tied them back to some of the anti-American haters from the past. We took a peek to see what they are talking about now. What, if anything, they have accomplished in the past year or two.

Spoiler alert! The answer to that question is nothing positive.

Not.

One.

Thing.

It is a truly sad state of affairs. One I predicted in my book.

I can’t pat myself on the back too much. To anyone paying attention at the time, it was a very predictable train wreck. These broken people got lost in the soap opera that they created. Everything is real and nothing is real. People watch to see the negative, not the positive.

For awhile I was part of an organization named 1776 Restoration Movement. When I joined, I believed it was a simple group of God fearing Christians who simply wanted to go to D.C. like the People’s Convoy was supposed to do. We wanted our voices to be heard.

It was not what I thought it was. At it’s core it was, however there were too many people trying to control the movement. Trying to make it do what they wanted it to do. These people were not supporting the mission, they were trying to change it. Soon the board began making ill-advised choices. Such as appointing people to state lead positions that were not only unqualified but compromised.

These “state leads” were installed by a rogue board to represent the organization in the states of Tennessee and West Virginia. The board scraped them off of the bottom of the barrel and tried to prop them up by helping to create new images to cover their tainted reputations. It was then that most people realized that 76 was no longer meant to be taken seriously. They were not serious people. The picks were horrendous. It was a ship out of control. A board trying to oust the president and founder. Petty arguments and egos clashing. Security “experts” that did no security. No background checks and ignored all advice from informed sources. As if there was an agenda in place.

These “State Leads” had already proven themselves to be women of incredibly low character. Wrapped up in vicious online games that serve no purpose and continue to this day. They have been major players in a poorly written and horribly acted soap opera where morals are optional but depravity is mandatory. Where they choose addiction over their children. Selling their principles for drug or drink and broadcast the chaotic results on live videos.

Sympathy for the pathetic is their main grift. Still some use shock and awe to garner donations.

These unoriginal trolls trade in hate and division. They rely on shocking behavior and gimmicks. Outrageous antics, silly costumes, and so on. They often insult their target and the police in an effort to get a response that will make them go viral. They trigger people and record the response. That is it. It is a tired plot that takes no creativity and certainly no talent. These streamers are a dime a dozen. Incapable of offering an interesting conversation or debate as they don’t have the knowledge to carry conversation. Or the ability to maintain any sort of decorum. Like with the other classifications of grifters, they exist on both sides. Some would even consider themselves to be masters.

In one particular bug’s desperate search for stardom he did the predictable thing that most of these grifters do. They shed their character. Or any inkling of good character. They believe it weighed them down. The lack of self-awareness is astounding with these types of narcissists. The King of Hypocrisy, like any good narcissist, convinced themselves that they are never the problem. It is always someone else’s fault. Someone else’s responsibility.

These gimmicky grifters that have convinced themselves they are talented. Well, most are nothing more than cowardly loud mouths with illusions of grandeur. No matter how hard they try to avoid it, they will be forgotten.

No amount of running will ever change that. No amount of editing will make them look brave or effective. There is no list of accomplishments because there are no accomplishments. Yelling insults into a megaphone is not an accomplishment. Livestreaming despicable behavior and drunken meltdowns is quite the opposite of an accomplishment. Ego driven hate filled rants do not qualify either.

So why do people watch? Why do people donate to those who are openly grifting? Some want to see the train wreck. Some are fooled by whatever image the host is trying to sell them today.

These unhappy hate mongers will all have a moment of clarity one day. The agitators will sit upon their thrones in ruin. Ruling over the ashes that have become their lives. Surrounded by the shadows of broken relationships. Holding tightly to the addictions that they chose over everything else. Even their own sanity and happiness. They will realize that they gave it away. All of it. Nothing was taken from them. They gave it up willingly and that is the most painful truth to face. When you’ve gone too far down the road of destruction so long that restoration seems impossible. The regrets will torment them all the rest of their days. They can always repent and God’s grace and forgives will erase their sin. However, history cannot be erased. Our bodies are still chained to it.

All of Gods children, have the offer of forgiveness and redemption. However they must repent and accept it. Sadly, most will not. They could simply get up and walk away but that takes a courage most of them do not possess. Repentance is a painful process; one they are not willing to undertake. So they will be undertaken.

Jesus said “give up your belongings and follow me”. To include residuals from past sin.

Christianity is not to be used as a tool to convince others that we have changed. It changes us if we let it, and that new version of us convinces others that God is the way. We cannot convert atheists by scripture. Instead we are to set an example and let non-believers look at our lives. We show them we have changed by living it.

New believers are not meant to be teachers.

Paul wrote to the Corinthian Church, “I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready” (1 Corinthians 3:2)

Milk drinkers are not ready to be teachers. Uneducated commentary should be considered exactly that. Teachers of scripture must be meat eaters who can provide a message of milk for the milk drinkers and meat for the meat eaters.

This stuff is all so negative, but I cannot help it. We are discussing negative behaviors and their results. I wish there were more positive stories to share, but so many houses of cards have fallen.

Some are still tumbling down. Still some snakes were able to slither away unnoticed. Paying no price for their lies or backstabbing. These back door escapes seem to be reserved to those with the thick wallets who throw around money to buy loyalty. That kind of loyalty is shallow and quick to disappear when the money does. As we have seen demonstrated over the past few years.

Fact is you become what you practice. If you spend your time drinking too much, you’ll become an alcoholic. The same goes for any behavior.

Sex, drugs, infidelity, back stabbing, alcoholic outbursts, abused children, broken mothers. And now very serious accusations. The same accusations that these slimy gypsies and grifters once levied at their enemies are now being levied against them. Seemingly with some real validity to the stories. Such a shame. The pain that their actions and the lies that follow them have caused is incalculable.

They damage the movement and the people who truly support it.

Speaking of damaging the movement and the people involved. Some chameleons had a chance at redemption. Yet they opted for confrontation and proceeded to burn down anything they touch. Often times, these slippery snakes possess both a smooth-talking mouth and a slow thinking brain. A conscious is not something they are burdened by. They try to erase their earned reputation and install an image. So they can reap unearned benefits. It is harder to be fake than it is to be real. The house of cards usually collapses under the weight of their egos. Fragile men are to easily triggered. They cannot lead.

Sadly the impact one of these snakes made ended up being more of a hole he dug himself into. Wearing all black he played for the other team on that fateful January afternoon. He has tried to hide facts ever since. Playing a role he created for himself to salvage the damage his behavior created and incited.

These manufactured self-images last for a little while. However, it never takes long for the grifters personality and character to take the stage. It never does. When tested they fail over and over again. They could not pass muster. They don’t even come close.

One man found he couldn’t hide his real character or reputation. No matter how hard he tried to create an image for himself to hide behind, his character, or lack of it shone through. Childish fits, stalking opposition, an assault on a woman less than half his size, destruction of property, trying to incite a riot, violent threats, horrendous disrespect of the U.S. Flag. The list goes on and on. Allegedly of course. Wouldn’t want to catch a case from a student of greed and sloth.

Movements need to be careful to separate themselves from people like that. They are a virus, a parasite on good movements.

It is “paytriots” like these who give the left the opportunity to talk about the erratic or illegal behaviors happening on “our side.” Discrediting us and providing ammo for the opposition. These grifters and clout chasing bad actors are the movements weak links. The uncontrollable and emotionally motivated wolves in sheep’s clothing. They don’t sacrifice for the movement; they sacrifice the movement.

Most of these self-described patriots are not truly “on our side.” They aren’t willing. They play for only one team. Their own.

Not everyone is willing to lead. Many of the ones who are willing, are willing for the wrong reasons. A leader must always put the mission and the soldiers first, before themselves. A leader should eat last, not push to the front of the line while bragging tall tales to validate their worth. Searching for more influence, fame, money, and power like all the grifters do. All the while pointing at their detractors and accusing them of what they themselves are actually doing. Lying and grifting.

The 15 minutes of fame will come to an end shortly for most of these bottom dwelling morally bankrupt snakes in the grass. Those that care only about themselves. They are only concerned about how they can use other people to better their own lives. What can they take from you? What can they convince you to give to them based on a lie? Based on a story. Based on a manufactured crisis meant to garner sympathy or respect. An image projected for a desired outcome.

These paytriots are a dime a dozen. They are the same, left or right. It is not their proclaimed beliefs that define them. They just spend so much energy trying to build a wall meant to hide their true selves. Building their image rather than their reputations.

Reputations are almost impossible to change overnight, but images can be shaped and molded.

These grifters are all the same. They play the same games. They measure their worth by their followers rather than their character. They won’t hold a door open for someone else but expect that doors should be opened for them.

I take no joy from seeing these lives collapsing. I don’t want other people to go through pain. Especially the children/families who have been damaged by these people. However sometimes pain is necessary. Being made uncomfortable motivates change. We cannot just go through life allowing good people to be hurt. Coerced out of their money by shady grifters selling snake oil.

We need strong men and women in the front of this movement. We need soldiers. We need leaders who operate with integrity and intense mission focus. Leaders that provide a measured and deliberate response to anything that threatens the movement. Or the soldiers fighting it. Not an emotional one. Discipline and discerning leadership will take us to our goals and beyond.

It is time to become more responsible with our support and loyalty. If we are going to give our time or money to a movement, it is our responsibility to make sure it is one of good character. One that is built on solid ground and has a clear goal. Strong and principled leadership, and a serious commitment to the mission, not the individual.

Mission over individual.

No weapon formed against us.

..” But, when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security”...

Thomas Jefferson – The Declaration of Independence