Reply #31: Perhaps the best post I have seen on DU...

[Iowa]

As an underdog who, on a personal level, has taken on arrogant, entrenched, self-serving, hostile, corrupt systems and won, no truer words have been spoken. And I agree with you that physical violence should NEVER be implied or contemplated. It's a sure way to lose.

Your post got me to thinking about my past battles... and in retrospect, these are things that worked:

-- Choose battles very carefully. Take on the truly important ones.
-- Be right.
-- Attack - don't defend; offense - never defense.
-- Always speak the truth. Act ruthlessly toward opponents who don't.
-- Fight to win. Don't fight to make a point or to educate.
-- Make it personal.
-- Isolate individuals from the herd and go after them.
-- Attack people, not systems or groups.
-- Act, don't threaten.
-- Use words like a sword. Be ruthless.
-- Inflame your opponent - he will lash out and make mistakes. Thrash him with his own words.
-- Wear them down. Persist. Never let go.

Being right is an incredibly powerful weapon against injustice. We owe our current standard of living and our way of life to those who were right, and had what it took to fight. Fighting to win is not pleasant. It's not a game for sissies.