By The Trumpanian Devil

Written by The Trumpanian Devil

David Segall’s article The Other Side of the Story was a great article as far as it went, but there’s a lot about the Prescott, AZ community that he and others don’t know. This story has three sides, and one of them is underground. This underbelly of Prescott is true for numerous towns and cities throughout America. This could be happening in your town, too.

This “peaceful” conservative town is a hotbed of nationwide, actively radical Progressivism. There are people in this town who are some of the puppet masters of the NGO’s and agencies that have been controlling our government. You might be surprised to learn about the activities associated with a particular college in Prescott.  That would be Prescott College, a private college dedicated to left-wing notions of social justice and environmentalism.

Patrice Cullors, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter and an avowed Marxist, was hired by this college to lecture on activism. That summer, BLM came to Prescott, accused counter protesters of using the “n” word and of harassing them. (Like to think of this as a special credit project for students.). Our mayor at the time, not to be outdone, fell for the propaganda and insinuated that our town was ‘racist’ on national television. Not a good look for a city dependent on tourism. Anyway, a gas station employee lost her job because Mr. Mayor stood in the gas station’s driveway and accused a gas station clerk of wrongdoing. Her crime? She put out a relatively innocuous sign that said “White Lives Matter”.

A local conservative club’s leaders at the time donated money to this college’s day care center to hire a BLM activist from Phoenix to facilitate a soft version of CRT in the local high schools. When it was called to their attention by a local father and one of their members, these leaders orchestrated a hate campaign against the member who called it to their attention. Fortunately, these particular leaders are no longer in charge of that club.

There is a man who lived here for many years (and may still live here) who was a member of the Weathermen, a violent arm of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). He was convicted of a bombing and sentenced to years in prison. He escaped and was recaptured after living in Scottsdale for about 10 years under an assumed name. His identity was uncovered when this Weatherman decided to run for Scottsdale City Council, and a reporter discovered his duplicity. The man was recaptured but dodged punishment when Bill Clinton pardoned him, along with several other Weathermen.

Ranching has been under attack by the extreme left for some time, with their cattle being barred from grazing on federal lands because of alleged “climate change” or other environmental “damage”. There were altercations in other states between ranchers and the federal government over this very grazing issue. In Arizona, the Center for Biological Diversity has led the charge against ranchers by filing lawsuits against them and other parties, as well as against various government agencies. (Type “Center for Biological Diversity v. “ into a search engine to get an idea of their “sue and settle” track record.) Sue and settle is one way agencies fundraise at taxpayers’ expense.

One issue revolved around the Sonoran Chub, a non-native, supposedly endangered small fish that periodically appears during the rainy season. One rancher had had enough, and he pushed back and won. The head of CBD was a graduate of this radical college. But the irony is that this same college a few years later had on display a cross section of a pine tree that demonstrated how cattle grazing had a significant impact on fire reduction over the years when cattle were allowed to graze freely across the state. One has to wonder if there’s a connection between the Sonoran Chub and the California’s Delta Smelt? Sounds fishy.

We should support peaceful protests and counterprotests. However, we need to weigh the potential risks. The radical left is ratcheting up their activism and we’re seeing increasing examples of violence with innocent people being seriously hurt. Dead activists don’t protest. It’s time people who support a Constitutional Republic to understand that the “bluing” of America, and particularly Arizona, is insidious and has been going on right in front of us for decades. Many of us just didn’t notice it. Painting Prescott as a peaceful conservative town is a lovely fairy tale, but it’s just that—a tale.

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The Trumpanian Devil is a long-time activist who wishes to remain anonymous.

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