3. Attempts at top-down control over the message are doomed to fail, especially in settings like this. Organizers can control themselves, but don't overestimate their ability to control anyone else.
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4. People are free to organize their own rallies, and I am curious how they would turn out. Maybe something would unexpectedly be a hit. However, 5. There's little or no evidence of successful real life right wing activism (as in political rallies) in recent years.
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6. The left is successful at ignoring its unsavory elements. You can, too. 7. In the end, you can advise people, hope they'll listen, and disavow if they don't, but you'll still be lumped in with them by the media/public. Focus on what you can actually control.
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8. Optimal messaging is definitely worthy of discussion. You're not going to get from normie conservatism to alt-right without making people a little bit uncomfortable. "America for Americans", as someone just mentioned, is a good balance.
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The kind of things that produce bad optics would be stupid things to do even if they produced good optics.
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I can't do anything about those people, though
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You can stay out of their clown car.
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Friends don't let friends go NatSoc - it's not just the optics being bad. We should do the right thing for ourselves and our people, not 88
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