Talk is Cheap: Sometimes We Must Fight

I wonder whether any of the current crop of conservative pundits would try to stop a purse snatcher.

How ’bout punching someone who accosted his wife or significant other?

Is modern “rugged individualism ” all talk and no action?

In a 90s melee on the Geraldo Rivera show, both he and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chairman Roy Innis gave skin heads healthy doses of Brown and Black power in response to being assaulted.

While peaceful, I practice the Divine right of self-defense. Servants and cowards offer themselves as doormats for life’s endless supply of would-be bullies.  As an experienced citizen who patrols, I often ask myself, how personally ” rugged ” are today’s multi-media proponents of rugged individualism for the rest of us?

Right-wing arm-chair generals fascinate me since invariably the older group are the ones who got draft deferments during Vietnam, and those of more recent vintage never seem to leave cushy talking-head duty for real-world derring do.

Bounty hunting, high-risk security, street-fight interventions as a real-life superhero (RLSH) movement member, and simply being a Southern Black male leave a wealth of combative experiences.

While assessing these would-be champions of American virtue, I see very little risk taking that would equal even the (low) threat potential faced during childhood days as an elementary school safety patrol.

Talking tough on TV or the radio isn’t the same as face time with opponents. While liberals are even more tame, conservative talkers promote themselves as world-class advocates of toughness but I see sparse evidence of it.

Can anyone honestly see Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck wading into a fight? Watching them waddle or ease toward the nearest exit seems more likely.

Paper tigers growling self-reliance and grit while appearing to be neither show how much smoke and mirrors powers popular conservatism.

America isn’t getting any easier to navigate and this side of the aisle needs men people know will stand up to evil in their midst, instead of just talking about it on air.

Thinning pockets and frayed patience create negative scenarios beyond the reach of talking points.

As a citizen my role is to maintain safety wherever I can until relieved by others. Refusing to do so guarantees others potential injury or unabated intimidation.

Police officers can’t beam down Star-Trek style whenever we need them.

Far-right war horse G. Gordon Liddy doesn’t fall in the paper-tiger category. Guardian Angels founder and host Curtis Sliwa is another notable exception. Ollie North too.

These exceptions aside, many of today’s conservative talk-show hosts should save the tough-guy stuff until they practice some rugged individualism out on the streets first.

That’s where the real war over traditional values is being fought!

The paper tigers of conservatism risk being declawed by opponents whose rhetoric is brutally honest, accent on the word “brutally. ”

Liberal-bashing is fun until the basher comes for you, then it’s time to put the microphone down and your fists up.

That’s where America seems headed in my opinion: discarding debate for fisticuffs as tempers flare past restraint.

NADRA ENZI AKA CAPT. BLACK promotes crime prevention and self-development.