Right now, the left is running Saul Alinsky laps around the right, while the defenders of civilization argue procedure and tone. This is asymmetrical warfare. The barbarians aren’t just at the gates—they’re being invited in, fed, and handed the moral high ground. Law enforcement is dehumanized, institutions are delegitimized, mobs are sanctified, and chaos is rebranded as virtue. That’s not dissent; that’s pre-collapse conditioning. History is clear on where this road leads: fear replaces law, spectacle replaces order, and darkness settles in for generations. You don’t defeat Alinsky by debating him—you defeat him by enforcing boundaries, defending legitimacy, and refusing to yield moral territory. Civilizations don’t die politely. They die when no one is willing to defend them.
Thank you for a succinct definition of "color revolution." I could not find one that made sense. The question that I cannot understand is, if the protesters hate all of us and our country so much, why don't they leave? If they manage to destroy everything, they will have nothing left either.
Obama started this snowball rolling down the hill. We do not hate him nearly enough.
A long piece -- the first paragraph captures its core truth:
"A republic cannot survive if it teaches its citizens to hate the people charged with enforcing its laws. That is not a rhetorical flourish. It is a plain institutional truth. Law is not self-executing. It lives in ordinary human beings who wear uniforms, sign paperwork, make arrests, and carry out removals. If you can be made to see those people not as fellow citizens performing a difficult public function, but as monsters, then the law begins to look optional, and violence begins to look like virtue."
What I really, really need to know is how to get through to people I know who have been lifelong Democrats, and just can't see what is happening. Sure, they were hippies or wannabes, and hate Trump, but I cannot believe any of them want to live in a Marxist society. They are comfortably middle class, and enjoy their lives. How do we reach them? Because they are the useful idiots that make this revolution possible, and they'll be disillusioned far too late.
I agree. I have trouble explaining it. I saw this post today and I’m thinking I’m going to use the short video in the post to hopefully explain it better than I can.
I don’t think you can get through to them. Conservatives are “deplorable.” The Democrats I know were the “cool” kids in school. The last thing they ever wanted to be is traditional. Dems/Socialists, would have to admit they may have been wrong. Not happening. That doesn’t mean we should give up on our efforts to enlighten them. It means we have to work on our communication skills. DJT has awesome skills we can study. Proof of this is his ability to negotiate and appeal to the opposition’s more honorable character traits. I love to watch Trump schmooze an audience. It takes practice, and patience and JD Vance is another one to watch as he is also a master at it. His speech during his recent visit to Minnesota was excellent in setting a positive tone for negotiations. Tom Homan can now go in and remind Walz and Frey what they have to lose. 😏
Excellent article; it’s a shame that ignorance dominates the country and America is floundering. America needs Jesus Christ but since it doesn’t want Him chaos will continue.
Your post is a masterpiece of insight, wisdom and cold, hard truth. That a large number of Americans would either be uncomprehending of your truth or worse, fail to agree with you is both tragic and a harbinger of the misery that awaits should their view prevail. We may not be, like Israel, subject to being droned and bombed by our foreign enemies (at least not yet), but our internal, domestic enemies are gathering their strength and, if allowed will unleash a devastation of equal proportion. I pray that Trump is guided by the Hand of The God who, as observed by President Washington, governs in the affairs of men and is, "...the great Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so frequently manifested in our behalf.”
I really appreciate the comparison to the way Vietnam vets were treated when they came home. I was thinking the exact same thing recently, and thinking back on the experiences my father had, and related to me. At this point, I wonder if the Administration is letting this go on, without disrupting the known funding networks, to make sure that enough people see it - so that there will be a collective shame, much like there was (after some time) re: the treatment of Vietnam vets.
Portland’s current Chief Day looks like he is ready to resign. Crying on camera because Tren de Aragua human traffickers were shot-wounded by Federal officers while trying to run them down was a sign of humiliation to the point of mental breakdown. He will be put out to pasture soon. It is the way of Democrat leadership. Bring in the new blood when things get sketchy with the progressive radicals.
With every resignation the new chief appointee will be weaker and more subservient to the marxist city council.
Unfortunately, the county sheriffs in the metro area are weak also and of no help. Granted, the county AG's and the state AG are all leftist also, but is that cause to not fulfill your Constitutional duty?
Across the river in Clark County, the Sheriff is Constitutional, but Ferguson is trying to change the voting system for sheriffs in Washington to an appointment by the county. I believe they have set that precedent in a couple of counties already. Democrats hate the Constitution. It’s too restrictive for them.
The Left is always demonizing the the opposition, and not just the foot soldiers or those who wear uniforms. Remember the vitriolic Democrat Maxine Waters' instructions to her mobs to intimidate and shame members of the Trump administration in restaurants, gas stations, anywhere. But your admonition applies here as well: The surest way to rip apart the Republic is to turn the citizens against those who serve them in the elected government.
I held no brief for the Kenyan or his senile surrogate Biden, but I would never have harangued them in a restaurant, or spat upon them anywhere.
Respect for the position, not the person. That's why you and the left are different, L.E. The left respects only hatred and America. Did mad maxine suffer for her statements and instructions? No. This may say more about the right than about her. And the thousands now organized against the rule of law.
The Left doesn't respect America (if that's what you meant), certainly not our founding principles. The Left values only Revolution. Remember, the issue is not the issue. And yes, they devalue the citizen.
Yes, shorthand sentence could be misleading. I live my life respecting the position the person holds, not the person in that position. Especially elected officials, another demerit for a broken election system. Has any elected official truly 'won' their office.
Alexander Muse’s essay is not journalism. It is a political argument designed to reframe dissent against state power as a threat to the republic.
The core technique is to redefine ordinary political behavior into something more sinister. Protest becomes subversion. Harsh criticism becomes dehumanization. Public outrage becomes destabilization. Once those shifts are accepted, it becomes easy to justify treating dissent itself as a problem that must be contained rather than a right that must be protected.
That framing is not only intellectually sloppy. It is constitutionally dangerous.
Under long-standing First Amendment doctrine, harsh criticism of government officials, organized protest, public shaming, boycotts, and even aggressive rhetoric toward law enforcement are protected speech unless they are intended and likely to produce imminent violence. That is settled law. Brandenburg v. Ohio is clear. Political hostility toward the state is not a loophole in constitutional order. It is the foundation of it.
Muse repeatedly collapses the line between speech and violence. He treats uncomfortable encounters, public criticism, and social consequences as evidence of a coordinated destabilization campaign. That is not evidence-based reporting. It is narrative construction. Some activists behave badly. That does not establish an organized strategy. It certainly does not justify treating dissent itself as corrosive to democracy.
The “color revolution” framing is particularly revealing. It borrows the logic used by authoritarian governments worldwide, where opposition is never organic and protest is never legitimate. It is always manipulation, infiltration, or subversion. That framing is not protective of republican order. It is hostile to it.
None of this excuses threats, harassment, or violence against individuals. Those are crimes and should be treated as such. But using those concerns to recast broad political dissent as a legitimacy threat crosses a line. It shifts the target away from unlawful conduct and toward protected expression itself.
The burden in a free society is on the state to maintain legitimacy through lawful conduct. It is not on citizens to preserve social comfort for institutions that wield coercive power. The First Amendment exists precisely to protect disruptive, unpopular, and uncomfortable dissent. Rebranding that tradition as destabilization is not a defense of the Constitution. It is an argument against it.
I am so sick and tired of the left; my blood boils, I bite my lip trying not to say what I really want to but I cannot go about like we should make nice with these lunatics. It isn’t going to happen.
We lived through four plus years of pretending a flu was akin to Ebola (but not if you’re eating or drinking or rioting), we couldn’t tell the difference btw a woman and a man impersonating a woman and we were told that it was criminal to close the border even if it were possible, but it’s not.
Now we’re being told that Federal agents enforcing the law are criminals and need to be treated as such while actual criminals are heroes and martyrs for a noble cause.
Inside the wire is where this all stems from the only way to undermine is from inside with props fake news media AI brought us this Asylum news networks
No other country in the world has a Constitution like ours - it is one of a kind, and truly divinely inspired.
Our rights secured by it and the Bill of Rights guarantee us an unparalleled level of freedoms citizens in no other country fully enjoy, and why their countries are always especially more vulnerable to gross authoritarian dictates.
That is why the Left despises the Constitution with the heat of a thousand suns. It is the one thing that always comes back to haunt them when they push the envelope of their tyrannical ambitions.
That document, and its very foundation and structure built upon Liberty and the Rule of Law, is what protects and stands between we the people and the dictatorial fever dreams of the Left.
Right now, the left is running Saul Alinsky laps around the right, while the defenders of civilization argue procedure and tone. This is asymmetrical warfare. The barbarians aren’t just at the gates—they’re being invited in, fed, and handed the moral high ground. Law enforcement is dehumanized, institutions are delegitimized, mobs are sanctified, and chaos is rebranded as virtue. That’s not dissent; that’s pre-collapse conditioning. History is clear on where this road leads: fear replaces law, spectacle replaces order, and darkness settles in for generations. You don’t defeat Alinsky by debating him—you defeat him by enforcing boundaries, defending legitimacy, and refusing to yield moral territory. Civilizations don’t die politely. They die when no one is willing to defend them.
Where’s Trump?
Thank you for a succinct definition of "color revolution." I could not find one that made sense. The question that I cannot understand is, if the protesters hate all of us and our country so much, why don't they leave? If they manage to destroy everything, they will have nothing left either.
Obama started this snowball rolling down the hill. We do not hate him nearly enough.
They are anarchists and nihilists. They actually want to see everything burn.
A long piece -- the first paragraph captures its core truth:
"A republic cannot survive if it teaches its citizens to hate the people charged with enforcing its laws. That is not a rhetorical flourish. It is a plain institutional truth. Law is not self-executing. It lives in ordinary human beings who wear uniforms, sign paperwork, make arrests, and carry out removals. If you can be made to see those people not as fellow citizens performing a difficult public function, but as monsters, then the law begins to look optional, and violence begins to look like virtue."
What I really, really need to know is how to get through to people I know who have been lifelong Democrats, and just can't see what is happening. Sure, they were hippies or wannabes, and hate Trump, but I cannot believe any of them want to live in a Marxist society. They are comfortably middle class, and enjoy their lives. How do we reach them? Because they are the useful idiots that make this revolution possible, and they'll be disillusioned far too late.
I agree. I have trouble explaining it. I saw this post today and I’m thinking I’m going to use the short video in the post to hopefully explain it better than I can.
https://substack.com/@justindeschamps/note/c-205976169?r=1o2l6&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I don’t think you can get through to them. Conservatives are “deplorable.” The Democrats I know were the “cool” kids in school. The last thing they ever wanted to be is traditional. Dems/Socialists, would have to admit they may have been wrong. Not happening. That doesn’t mean we should give up on our efforts to enlighten them. It means we have to work on our communication skills. DJT has awesome skills we can study. Proof of this is his ability to negotiate and appeal to the opposition’s more honorable character traits. I love to watch Trump schmooze an audience. It takes practice, and patience and JD Vance is another one to watch as he is also a master at it. His speech during his recent visit to Minnesota was excellent in setting a positive tone for negotiations. Tom Homan can now go in and remind Walz and Frey what they have to lose. 😏
Excellent article; it’s a shame that ignorance dominates the country and America is floundering. America needs Jesus Christ but since it doesn’t want Him chaos will continue.
We have enough issues without Jesus
Your post is a masterpiece of insight, wisdom and cold, hard truth. That a large number of Americans would either be uncomprehending of your truth or worse, fail to agree with you is both tragic and a harbinger of the misery that awaits should their view prevail. We may not be, like Israel, subject to being droned and bombed by our foreign enemies (at least not yet), but our internal, domestic enemies are gathering their strength and, if allowed will unleash a devastation of equal proportion. I pray that Trump is guided by the Hand of The God who, as observed by President Washington, governs in the affairs of men and is, "...the great Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so frequently manifested in our behalf.”
I really appreciate the clear and succinct reasoning, and measured tone of your writing Alexander. It's very refreshing.
I really appreciate the comparison to the way Vietnam vets were treated when they came home. I was thinking the exact same thing recently, and thinking back on the experiences my father had, and related to me. At this point, I wonder if the Administration is letting this go on, without disrupting the known funding networks, to make sure that enough people see it - so that there will be a collective shame, much like there was (after some time) re: the treatment of Vietnam vets.
Timing is everything.
I hope you are correct, c.
Here you go. It was an appalling exhibit of police weakness. https://katv.com/news/nation-world/police-chief-cries-admits-dhs-was-right-about-tren-de-aragua-connection-in-cbp-shooting-shot-customs-and-border-patrol-violent-gang-members-criminal-illegal-migrants-venezuela
That certainly won't inspire confidence among the troops.
I gave up TV a few years ago, but do occasionally listen to L Larson. and heard about the emotional breakdown.
You guys have a great Rep in district 18, John Ley.
Not just the men: Jami Resch resigned from Portland police in 2020. Not just the old white guys: Resch's replacement, Chuck Lovell resigned in 2023.
Perhaps we will soon see Frey, Walz, or Ellison disowned.
"The Cannibals will eat the Liberals."
- Henry Ergas.
Portland’s current Chief Day looks like he is ready to resign. Crying on camera because Tren de Aragua human traffickers were shot-wounded by Federal officers while trying to run them down was a sign of humiliation to the point of mental breakdown. He will be put out to pasture soon. It is the way of Democrat leadership. Bring in the new blood when things get sketchy with the progressive radicals.
Looks to me like he might be under duress; a literal cry for help.
With every resignation the new chief appointee will be weaker and more subservient to the marxist city council.
Unfortunately, the county sheriffs in the metro area are weak also and of no help. Granted, the county AG's and the state AG are all leftist also, but is that cause to not fulfill your Constitutional duty?
Across the river in Clark County, the Sheriff is Constitutional, but Ferguson is trying to change the voting system for sheriffs in Washington to an appointment by the county. I believe they have set that precedent in a couple of counties already. Democrats hate the Constitution. It’s too restrictive for them.
The Left is always demonizing the the opposition, and not just the foot soldiers or those who wear uniforms. Remember the vitriolic Democrat Maxine Waters' instructions to her mobs to intimidate and shame members of the Trump administration in restaurants, gas stations, anywhere. But your admonition applies here as well: The surest way to rip apart the Republic is to turn the citizens against those who serve them in the elected government.
I held no brief for the Kenyan or his senile surrogate Biden, but I would never have harangued them in a restaurant, or spat upon them anywhere.
Respect for the position, not the person. That's why you and the left are different, L.E. The left respects only hatred and America. Did mad maxine suffer for her statements and instructions? No. This may say more about the right than about her. And the thousands now organized against the rule of law.
The Left doesn't respect America (if that's what you meant), certainly not our founding principles. The Left values only Revolution. Remember, the issue is not the issue. And yes, they devalue the citizen.
Yes, shorthand sentence could be misleading. I live my life respecting the position the person holds, not the person in that position. Especially elected officials, another demerit for a broken election system. Has any elected official truly 'won' their office.
Alexander Muse’s essay is not journalism. It is a political argument designed to reframe dissent against state power as a threat to the republic.
The core technique is to redefine ordinary political behavior into something more sinister. Protest becomes subversion. Harsh criticism becomes dehumanization. Public outrage becomes destabilization. Once those shifts are accepted, it becomes easy to justify treating dissent itself as a problem that must be contained rather than a right that must be protected.
That framing is not only intellectually sloppy. It is constitutionally dangerous.
Under long-standing First Amendment doctrine, harsh criticism of government officials, organized protest, public shaming, boycotts, and even aggressive rhetoric toward law enforcement are protected speech unless they are intended and likely to produce imminent violence. That is settled law. Brandenburg v. Ohio is clear. Political hostility toward the state is not a loophole in constitutional order. It is the foundation of it.
Muse repeatedly collapses the line between speech and violence. He treats uncomfortable encounters, public criticism, and social consequences as evidence of a coordinated destabilization campaign. That is not evidence-based reporting. It is narrative construction. Some activists behave badly. That does not establish an organized strategy. It certainly does not justify treating dissent itself as corrosive to democracy.
The “color revolution” framing is particularly revealing. It borrows the logic used by authoritarian governments worldwide, where opposition is never organic and protest is never legitimate. It is always manipulation, infiltration, or subversion. That framing is not protective of republican order. It is hostile to it.
None of this excuses threats, harassment, or violence against individuals. Those are crimes and should be treated as such. But using those concerns to recast broad political dissent as a legitimacy threat crosses a line. It shifts the target away from unlawful conduct and toward protected expression itself.
The burden in a free society is on the state to maintain legitimacy through lawful conduct. It is not on citizens to preserve social comfort for institutions that wield coercive power. The First Amendment exists precisely to protect disruptive, unpopular, and uncomfortable dissent. Rebranding that tradition as destabilization is not a defense of the Constitution. It is an argument against it.
Fail.
Wow. Look at that gem of a contribution.
Just “Fail.” No argument, no counter-claim, no facts, just the intellectual equivalent of flipping the table and walking away.
I’m honestly impressed you managed to spell fail correctly. That already puts you above the usual drive-by critics who mistake vibes for thinking.
Thanks for the deep dive, you’re a regular Seymour Hersh.
Funny.
This is a profound post that every single American should read to recognize the big picture of the self-destructive path that we are on.
I am so sick and tired of the left; my blood boils, I bite my lip trying not to say what I really want to but I cannot go about like we should make nice with these lunatics. It isn’t going to happen.
We lived through four plus years of pretending a flu was akin to Ebola (but not if you’re eating or drinking or rioting), we couldn’t tell the difference btw a woman and a man impersonating a woman and we were told that it was criminal to close the border even if it were possible, but it’s not.
Now we’re being told that Federal agents enforcing the law are criminals and need to be treated as such while actual criminals are heroes and martyrs for a noble cause.
Inside the wire is where this all stems from the only way to undermine is from inside with props fake news media AI brought us this Asylum news networks
No other country in the world has a Constitution like ours - it is one of a kind, and truly divinely inspired.
Our rights secured by it and the Bill of Rights guarantee us an unparalleled level of freedoms citizens in no other country fully enjoy, and why their countries are always especially more vulnerable to gross authoritarian dictates.
That is why the Left despises the Constitution with the heat of a thousand suns. It is the one thing that always comes back to haunt them when they push the envelope of their tyrannical ambitions.
That document, and its very foundation and structure built upon Liberty and the Rule of Law, is what protects and stands between we the people and the dictatorial fever dreams of the Left.