As more conservative states such as Florida and Texas’ governors make moves towards opening up their economies, many blue states are pushing for further Covid-19 restrictions. If you don’t know what I’m talking about just look at New York City mayor Bill De Blasio who recently provided the residents of his city with a phone number to be used for texting pictures of fellow New Yorkers who are not following social distancing. I don’t know about you, but I personally think that this sounds awfully familiar, like something the USSR or Castro’s regime would do. Does the left think before they come up with this nonsense, or are they purposely trying to follow in the steps of evil dictatorships? It’s ironic that those who love to ridicule the right for being “uneducated” seem to not see the historical implications behind their socialist policies. We can not allow our nation to become a totalitarian hell like the left wing legislators are pushing towards, which is why the past couple of days has seen nationwide protests become prevalent.

From Michigan to California, protesters across the nation are occupying sidewalks and streets waving Gadsden flags and homemade signs as a symbolic way to demonstrate that their rights are being diminished by an increasingly authoritarian government. I fully understand and agree with the fact that the government is overstepping its boundaries and I find it abhorrent, but I’m experiencing an internal dilemma that hopefully some of my readers can help me overcome.

After the 2016 election I was very upset at the liberal activists who were clogging the streets in my city, making it impossible for anyone to get from point A to point B for an entire weekend. As I said earlier, I fully agree with the current protests and the sentiment behind them but I feel a bit hypocritical sinking to their level and being a nuisance to those who are simply attempting to live their lives and get to the grocery store or something. I understand that these protests aren’t remotely similar, as the left was marching for some nonsensical causes that they conjured up while reading Buzzfeed articles written by women’s studies majors and the right is marching for their civil liberties and livelihoods but I still can’t help but feel that we are better than taking to the streets.

I decided to ask a fellow conservative about these protests and her opinion was “we don’t scream in the streets, we protest by going to the voting booth in November”. The only issue I see with this idea is the fact that not everyone who is capable and qualified to vote, actually goes out when it comes down to it. My opinion is that we need to get the word out for our cause and hopefully this works, but maybe we can do so in a more civil manner, like utilizing the internet through blogs and podcasts or by setting up recall initiatives for those in power who are mistreating their constituencies. However, if we as conservatives feel the need to go out and protest, we could do so while keeping the general public out of our demonstrations, occupying state capital buildings, as opposed to entire cities, and targeting the tyrants specifically. We need to let these tyrannical politicians know that we will not stand for it, but we can not impede on the lives of our fellow Americans. That’s my dilemma, but overall, I am ecstatic to see that when it comes down to it, republicans do stand up for what they believe in.

What are your opinions on this ongoing situation? I’d love to see some responses in the comments or on my Twitter @RedRantsUSA.