I was reading this post from AP this morning, and I was going to post this in his comments but I decided to keep it separate:
I’ve been thinking lately that we need to have “calling cards” that we all can agree on so that “they” know that whatever just happened wasn’t random. I’m thinking a simple phrase or word and/or image that can be printed on business card stock out of any printer on the planet and left where it will be found.
I’m not talking about killing anyone, but the other acts of resistance… vandalism or whatever.
Say someone were to cut the valve stems off of all of the squad car tires outside the donut shop, then they leave one of these cards under the wiper blade or something.
Do we want to use the “Resist” Image of the III?
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Indeed, I want them to wonder how much we will tolerate before they have to start worrying, “when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?”
What do you think their meetings will be like when someone stands up and admits that his tires were deflated, or somebody stuck a III sticker on his cruiser window while he was supposed to be paying attention? Simple vandalism is one of the greatest tools of psyops, in my unprofessional (and uneducated in these things) opinion. For example, when I was in AIT and my battle buddy and I were on a 4 hour pass we stumbled across a toy store and picked up several bags of those little green army men. We wrote the countdown (to graduation) on the bottom and made a game out of sneaking them into the CQ sign in and placing them where they couldn’t be missed, but not getting caught. We had to recruit a couple friends to help us do this, but it drove the Drill Sergeants nuts. They couldn’t catch us. They raided the barracks, but we were warned because one of us overheard them talking about it. That night, we made sure that everyone had one on their boots (even the females got them, we recruited some of them too) when the raid happened so they couldn’t isolate anyone for having one in their possession. Again, it drove them absolutely crazy. They began to literally stand there watching everyone sign in for duty and watching every move we made while in the room… we still managed to leave them right under their noses without getting caught. They spent more time trying to catch us than they did watching tv when they were on night duty. We made it 48 days (to graduation) and were never caught. At the end, we presented Senior Drill with a plaque that identified everyone involved. I know for a fact this drove them all nuts because years later at JRTC I ran into one of my former Drill Sergeants and we talked about it. He admitted that they were all desperately trying to figure it out because they were all going nuts over it (he also admitted that it did make the trail more enjoyable for them all after it was over).
Anyway, we need to get in their heads everywhere. Let us start to actively resist. Force them to step it up (or, God willing, step it back). Keep harassing them, but make sure they know they are being harassed.
Any thoughts about that?
The problem with leaving “Resist” in there is that it explicitly acknowledges that someone else owns the playing field. IOW it brings up “Resist…something.” Purely as a marketing issue, I don’t think that’s positive.
While it’s indeed the case that the playing field is owned by someone else right now, I’d offer that’s not something you want to bring up with every drop of marketing. While it may be that current “Patriots” are resisting, you’re not asking your demographic to resist something, but rather to affirmatively live. That’s my take anyway, FWIW.
That’s a good point. Any suggestions? Or would the standard III logo sans “Resist” work?
I’m looking for something simple but “unique” enough that it identifies “us” as a whole, but not enough that it identifies the individual that actually did it.
I don’t think we want to link these cards to any websites or anything (by printing it on them). I want them to have to search on their own to find out where the image came from and what it means. While that will likely narrow down the field of suspects, I hope that enough people that don’t actually talk/comment on any of the blogs will do at least this little bit so as to dilute the suspect pool somewhat. Hell, even if they don’t commit any acts of vandalism, simply put these cards under the wiper blades or in the mail slot of a government building. That will let them know that they are being watched.
What about simply the III. Anyone could make three vertical lines and as long as word leaks out what it means, everyone will know when they see it. That way, whether its cardstock printed out or just a spraypaint can, the mark can be made.
I thought about that too, my hesitation is that it’s too simple. I would expect with something that easy to reproduce, we would get “punks” copy-catting it into places that make us look bad. We need to get the publik on our side, but I think if it’s too easy to be copied “we” will end up defending ourselves from false accusations for things that we wouldn’t do (vandalizing private property or harming innocents or something like that).
I think that no matter what we do, we should leave the “real” calling card. Say someone wants to spray paint a giant III on a cruiser. Anyone could do that, but when you’re done you stick this little calling card somewhere nearby (where it can be found) so that this event is “claimed”. But then some kids see that III and think it’s a good idea to go through town and spray paint a III on every car they can. These calling cards are nowhere to be found so it would be easier to say that “we” didn’t do it.
We need the public on our side. Making the “calling card” too easy to reproduce makes it too easy for anyone to do something and give us the blame for it.
I realize that having a “template” online that anyone could grab and print out doesn’t do a whole lot to prevent that from happening, but it does make it harder for the general “punks” to make us look bad.
I can see the idea of it being too easy to copycat. Perhaps after that cruiser was marked, a nice little card was left under a wiper. In the beginning the need for the extra card would help point to the patriot movement. After awhile it might be less needed as more people become aware of it. In dealing with copycats, we may end up with them regardless. Some will be punks while others may prove to be government.