SHEEPDOGS & SHEEP

Guest Post by OHMama

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The rejection of the realities you are trying to share is all fear based.

To understand the dynamics of the herd versus our mentality, it is easiest to compare sheepdogs to sheep. A sheepdog is intelligent and well trained. It looks for trouble, identifies it, and then acts to mitigate it. A good sheepdog will do this even if a shepherd isn’t there to give it commands. It is instinct.

The people on TBP and similar sites are like sheepdogs. Most of us saw the disaster we’re in from a mile away and have taken steps to mitigate it. We are able to calmly (mostly) discuss the future and admit that things look bad because we have, to some degree at least, the confidence that we have done what we can to protect ourselves and our loved ones from it. We’ve already made peace with it.

The average Joe, on the other hand, is a follower, a sheep. They will cling like limpets to the only “reality” they know because everything else is a big scary uncertainty. Their entire lives revolve around things staying as they are. The spice must keep flowing or their world implodes. They refuse to entertain any possibility that things are dicey because it would mean completely revamping their lives and values and admitting that their futures will probably not pan out as expected.

They don’t know how to tackle a problem that big, so they are pretending it doesn’t exist. Deep down they know things aren’t right. Anti-depressant and anti-anxiety prescriptions are off the charts. Self mutilation in the form of tattoos, piercings and other body modification is rampant. Relationships are broken, communities are no longer cohesive. Porn, drug, alcohol and food abuse is widespread.

The needs of children and the elderly are ignored. Covid hysteria is, IMHO, transference neurosis, re-assigning their fears over the future to a nameable entity, much the way societal problems (religious extremism, sexual repression, lack of outlets for entertainment) led to witchcraft hysteria in Salem.

People need some sort of hope thrown to them that if they change in a certain direction, they will be safe. Now you know, and I know, that safety is never assured and that chasing it is silly, but that’s how people are wired. If all we do is sound the alarm that things are bad, we are driving people into the arms of the wolves (gov’t, Bill Gates, etc) that promise to protect them.

The wolves are doing a much better job right now than we are at offering people a future. It’s not a nice future, being predicated on tracking and vaccines and tyranny, but it IS a future. All we’re doing is telling them the sky is falling and that everything they’ve ever known and trusted is corrupt and that they need to do something about it. Sheep don’t do that. Never have and never will. They’ll either stay where they are and die of starvation and exposure or panic and run off a cliff en masse.

The vast majority of people need shepherds. They don’t need to be reasoned with or presented with charts and diagrams and evidence, they need to be given a plan and told that’s what we are doing now, end of story. Maybe that sounds cruel and harsh, but it is reality, and it is probably why periods of societal chaos typically end with a dictatorship: someone finally steps up and barks orders, and people follow.

It sucks to admit this . The world would be a lot easier to deal with if everyone was a TBP type person, but we’re outliers, and we really need to stop expecting everyone else to behave as we would. We have a choice, either step up and lead, or get out of the way, hunker down, clan up and re-emerge when the dust settles.

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Ouirphuqd
Ouirphuqd

Normalcy bias is a bitch, it will hit home when severe inflation kicks in. Most Americans have a window into the future of one to two weeks. Too bad that many are unprepared for anything at all, lack of an emergency fund and no provisions set aside. It will be fun!

Georges S
Georges S

Until they ram your doors.

falconflight
falconflight

Same as it always was…sans the past 100 years or so in the US.

Georges S
Georges S

Although we can with a certain degree of accuracy predict what the morons are going to do next, it still remains only a prediction. So to wait for the dust to settle in not in the realm of normal reaction. We will never see a sheepdog wait for the dust to settle. Neither will a wolf. An Alpha is a Alpha is an Alpha who search for the right solution. Leading may not be a sustainable solution, as we are to far apart and different needs. It seem to me that it’s up to individual choice of action, which will not implicate any others thus only engaging One,

Ouirphuqd
Ouirphuqd

The largest minority in the world, the “individual “.

falconflight
falconflight

Even some Betas can correct the error of their ways…;0

Mike
Mike

I was surprised to see so many people who would’ve been considered sheepdogs quickly become sheep under Trump. They thought they had a savior as a shepherd so they ignored all the danger signs for 4 years and instead waited for the “plan” to unfold. And we now see where that led us.

Georges S
Georges S

Can I remind you the people who actually voted for Donald Trump are totally the opposite of the sheepeople who tried to elect Killary. They were then just as they are now free thinkers who were and still are fed-up by those who try to rob them of their essential rights. Try to read John Locke’s Two Treatise of Government paying more attention to the Second Treatise. Perhaps you can learn a thing or two. Try to read Ayn Rand as well.

brian
brian

Hindsight is always 20/20 and its easy to say told you so.

When someone comes along that appears to correct the course people will look past any discrepancies to focus on what lay ahead as opposed to the storm around them. The issue isn’t following or trusting the leader to course correct, its continuing to follow when the ‘leader’ is feigning course corrections or actively keeps off course.

That aside, continuing to ‘told you so; adds nothing to the solutions required to see people thru this mess. People don’t need to be whipped ad nauseum about Trumps failures, we all know them. Now is the time to say ok, got duped, not again, so whats next.

imo, this is the stage where people should brain storm ideas and methods to get thru this time and not in a survival turtle mode. Time for the lone lion against the pack of hyena mode to kick in. Call for backup and be prepared to fight like hell when the hyenas think they got you.

So stop criticizing those that are actively looking for solutions and if you have a criticism then you’d better bring a better solution or refinement. Like Just John stated, time to tribe up like a pride of lions. With one lion the hyenas are offensive, when two lions, they run they’re cowards like communists.

yahright
yahright

Trump talked common sense. He does look like a genius compared to Biden. Your post has a kind of nasty attitude towards Trump. Else than insane spending and debt I had no problems with him.

Just John
Just John

My wife and I live on the outskirts of a small city in an area of several small cities of less than 100,000 or so people. But, we are relatively close to four large cities that could empty out en masse in a hurry when things fall apart sending hundreds of thousands of unprepared people to more rural areas such as ours in search of food and shelter. I’m pretty sure that those reading this already know the rest of the story so I won’t elaborate further on this aspect.

Most of our neighbors, but not all, are like minded people who share the concern about what we would do when that happens. So, I invited those people, most who live within a 1/2 mile radius to a meeting to discuss our options for self protection. They immediately said yes and we got a group of 10-12 people together. I purposely kept the meeting apolitical explaining that what matters now is how we deal with the aftermath of decisions made by whatever powers that be may make going forward.

The bottom line is that we have had two meetings now and are in agreement that (1) we have to stick together for mutual (tribal) protection and (2) we agree to help each other out with skill sets and supplies as much as is practical and beneficial to all. It doesn’t sound like much, but all of a sudden, people from other areas who have heard about what we’re doing want to come to our meetings in order to hear what we’re doing so they can do the same in their immediate area. BINGO. So we gladly share our information and plans with them and urge them to pass what they learn on to others in other areas in the county and hopefully we can build a larger network of preparedness and resistance.

It isn’t much, but it’s a start and we’re way ahead of 98% of the rest of the country in this respect. I suggest you do something similar not just for yourself, but for the mutual benefit of all.

Stucky

“It isn’t much, …”

OH, YES IT IS!!!!!

I couldn’t help but smile as I read your nice piece while thinking to myself “Now there’s a guy who is actually DOING something!!”

+100 to you, sir.

Georges S
Georges S

He’s lucky to have such neighbors, mine are sheeples who were born scared and trust their TV (something I do not own)

James
James

John good job,that said,be aware of traitors,really feel the whole group out ect.Keep some secrets regarding gear/supplies/ect.,one can when comfortable with group bring it out as needed.

This seems to be a kill house rules time in the country:

1.You are responsible for everything.

2.No one is coming to save you.

3.Help those that need your help.

4.Kill those that need to be killed.

Of course,there is a lot more but that covers the basics,sucks to have to think this way but if one does not one is at a great disadvantage if things go belly up.You will need to be more then a sheep dog,you will also need to be a wolf.

grace country pastor

From Mrs GCP: We’ll done sir!

2 Timothy 2:2 KJB… “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.”

Hardscrabble Farmer
Hardscrabble Farmer
Gryffy
Gryffy

My last dog, Gryffyn, was half Aussie shepherd. The other half had some Chow and wolf. The herding instinct though attenuated was still there. Aussies are cattle dogs and as a pup he wanted to chase cows. But, he was smart and listened when I said no. He learned to just watch them from a distance.
Side note to the Ghost of Maggie if you read this. My alias is a made up name and not from the Harry Potter series as you once assumed.

Stucky

“The people on TBP and similar sites are like sheepdogs.”

Nice sentiment, and sure to make us feel good about ourselves. After all, one Great Rule of public speaking, or writing, is to never offend your audience.

But, there are Sheep even here on TBP. NO NEED to name names but, you can tell by what they have written over time.

I still wear a mask when I go to Shop Rite or Aldi’s. The Worker Bees will literally chase you out of the store if you go maskless or, even if you make it to the checkout counter, they will refuse to ring you up. Yeah, that’s how it is here in this part of shithole Joisey. I need milk and guac … what’s a feller to do? And mom needs her cocktail of pills to live … and the Pharmacy has the same policies — no mask, no meds! I’m not naming names, but Yours Truly himself might be a sheep.

Georges S
Georges S

I don’t think being forced to hide is being a sheep. Myself I wear masks because I can’t afford to loose money on fine or prison for repeated fine. In order to remain free to act and counter-act, one has to hide. My grandfather who help Jews escape occupied France played ordinary little Polak during the day, listening to the BBC at night.

Ignatius J. Reilly
Ignatius J. Reilly

Sheep and sheepdogs sounds nice, but there is a case to be made that people are more like rats.

Kinds of Rats — Quote by Doug Casey, I probably read it here years ago:
“I have often described myself, and those I prefer to associate with, as gamma rats. You may recall the ethologist’s characterization of the social interaction of rats as being between a few alpha rats and many beta rats, the alpha rats being dominant and the beta rats submissive. In addition, a small percentage are gamma rats that stake out prime territory and mates, like the alphas, but are not interested in dominating the betas. The people most inclined to leave for the wide world outside and seek fortune elsewhere are typically gamma personalities.”

I cannot consider the inhabitants of Washington DC as wolves. It’s just too complimentary. Mostly, they’re sociopaths. Some are alphas, others are emboldened betas pretending to be alphas or who believe they’re alphas. In any case they are rats, AKA vermin. They serve only their own interests and those of the alphas that put them there.

While Americans were busy working, having families and dealing with their lives, these rats have figured out how to turn themselves into an aristocracy. They pass laws for us, but they don’t apply to them. They’ve gotten good at creating division. Often by making-up official narratives that enough people find acceptable, so little is questioned publicly. Then there are those who like being told what to think, so they defend the narrative regardless of it’s sensibility. It all serves to keep their deeds out of any serious public discussion.

In any event, I figure this crap will continue until the money goes bad. Then it gets interesting. First we will see how many laws for us they have passed by then, and how sever is it if you are caught breaking them. Eventually there’s a meltdown, and a rebuild begins. Leaders will emerge, if for no reason other than some people want to be lead. They don’t want the responsibility of making decisions and accepting the pain of having made a bad decision. So the question becomes what kind of leaders do emerge? Do some Gamma Rats step-up so the Alpha sociopaths don’t take over and start the whole cycle again?

Mary Christine

Rat’s huh? Interesting that the Davos crowd calls us (the useless class) rats. Yeah, they really do.

falconflight
falconflight

I’m wondering…who can “afford” to lose money paying fines and/or imprisonment? just askin

Mary Christine

The Worker Bees will literally chase you out of the store if you go maskless or, even if you make it to the checkout counter, they will refuse to ring you up.

I feel your pain. If you feel guilty like I do when I have to keep the “ritual shame muzzle” on, then I don’t think you are a sheep. We renewed our Costco membership after several months because we had some credit coming and they were being pretty lax about it if you took it off after you got through the door. Then they started cracking down and the last time we were there employees literally chased us around the store to tell us to put our masks back on. We haven’t been back since but we are going to make one last run and then quit. It’s not worth it. We will make the employees be annoying Karens and chase us around again, though. It’s actually kinda fun.

We do our best to shop locally in our little town where no one hassles you and most people don’t wear a mask but we can’t get everything there and we are going to have to start making choices and deciding what we can live without.

If I can master sourdough bread, I think we can give Aldi up. They have really good sour dough. Although, the one we shop at hasn’t started hassling me yet about not wearing a mask.

My attempts at sourdough last summer and fall just did not do well and I got discouraged.

brian
brian

My attempts at sourdough last summer and fall just did not do well and I got discouraged.

Stay at it… its worth it in the end…

Gloriously Deplorable Paul
Gloriously Deplorable Paul

I have to mask up in some places (indoors at work, stores, etc.) but I treat it as an opportunity for exercising my 1A rights.
Not allowed political messages at work my mask there has “Do you feel safer now? Well do ya, punk?” written boldly in large letters.
For trips from home “Recall Gruesome Newsom” and “Put Piglosi in a home” suffice.

Just John
Just John

My apologies in advance for such a long read, but IMO it is a most profound summation of our society today and well worth not only sharing, but definitely worth the time to read it.

ON SHEEP, WOLVES, AND SHEEPDOGS
By LTC(RET) Dave Grossman, RANGER,
Ph.D., author of “On Killing.” (website)

“Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always, even death itself. The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for?”

– William J. Bennett
– in a lecture to the United States Naval Academy November 24, 1997

One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to me: “Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident.” This is true. Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another.

Some estimates say that two million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year, a tragic, staggering number, perhaps an all-time record rate of violent crime. But there are almost 300 million Americans, which means that the odds of being a victim of violent crime is considerably less than one in a hundred on any given year. Furthermore, since many violent crimes are committed by repeat offenders, the actual number of violent citizens is considerably less than two million.

Thus there is a paradox, and we must grasp both ends of the situation: We may well be in the most violent times in history, but violence is still remarkably rare. This is because most citizens are kind, decent people who are not capable of hurting each other, except by accident or under extreme provocation. They are sheep.

I mean nothing negative by calling them sheep. To me, it is like the pretty, blue robin’s egg. Inside it is soft and gooey but someday it will grow into something wonderful. But the egg cannot survive without its hard blue shell.

Police officers, soldiers, and other warriors are like that shell, And someday the civilization they protect will grow into something wonderful. For now, though, they need warriors to protect them from the predators.

“Then there are the wolves,” the old war veteran said, “and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy.” Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You better believe it. There are evil men in this world and they are capable of evil deeds. The moment you forget that or pretend it is not so, you become a sheep. There is no safety in denial.

“Then there are sheepdogs,” he went on, “and I’m a sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf.”

If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf.

But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero’s path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed.

Let me expand on this old soldier’s excellent model of the sheep, wolves, and sheepdogs. We know that the sheep live in denial, that is, what makes them sheep. They do not want to believe that there is evil in the world. They can accept the fact that fires can happen, which is why they want fire extinguishers, fire sprinklers, fire alarms and fire exits throughout their kids’ schools.

But many of them are outraged at the idea of putting an armed police officer in their kid’s school. Our children are thousands of times more likely to be killed or seriously injured by school violence than fire, but the sheep’s only response to the possibility of violence is denial. The idea of someone coming to kill or harm their child is just too hard, and so they chose the path of denial. The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, can not and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheep dog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed. The world cannot work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours.

Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn’t tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports, in camouflage fatigues, holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, “Baa”, until the wolf shows up. Then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog.

The students, the victims, at Columbine High School were big, tough high school students, and under ordinary circumstances they would not have had the time of day for a police officer. They were not bad kids; they just had nothing to say to a cop. When the school was under attack, however, and SWAT teams were clearing the rooms and hallways, the officers had to physically peel those clinging, sobbing kids off of them. This is how the little lambs feel about their sheepdog when the wolf is at the door.

Look at what happened after September 11, 2001 when the wolf pounded hard on the door. Remember how America, more than ever before, felt differently about their law enforcement officers and military personnel? Remember how many times you heard the word hero?

Understand that there is nothing morally superior about being a sheepdog; it is just what you choose to be. Also understand that a sheepdog is a funny critter: He is always sniffing around out on the perimeter, checking the breeze, barking at things that go bump in the night, and yearning for a righteous battle. That is, the young sheepdogs yearn for a righteous battle. The old sheepdogs are a little older and wiser, but they move to the sound of the guns when needed, right along with the young ones.

Here is how the sheep and the sheepdog think differently. The sheep pretend the wolf will never come, but the sheepdog lives for that day. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, most of the sheep, that is, most citizens in America said, “Thank God I wasn’t on one of those planes.” The sheep dogs, the warriors, said, “Dear God, I wish I could have been on one of those planes. Maybe I could have made a difference.” When you are truly transformed into a warrior and have truly invested yourself into warrior-hood, you want to be there. You want to be able to make a difference.

There is nothing morally superior about the sheepdog, the warrior, but he does have one real advantage, only one, and that is that he is able to survive and thrive in an environment that destroys 98 percent of the population.

There was research conducted a few years ago with individuals convicted of violent crimes. These cons were in prison for serious, predatory crimes of violence: assaults, murders and killing law enforcement officers. The vast majority said that they specifically targeted victims by body language: Slumped walk, passive behavior and lack of awareness. They chose their victims like big cats do in Africa, when they select one out of the herd that is least able to protect itself.

Some people may be destined to be sheep and others might be genetically primed to be wolves or sheepdogs. But I believe that most people can choose which one they want to be, and I’m proud to say that more and more Americans are choosing to become sheepdogs.

Seven months after the attack on September 11, 2001, Todd Beamer was honored in his hometown of Cranbury, New Jersey. Todd, as you recall, was the man on Flight 93 over Pennsylvania who called on his cell phone to alert an operator from United Airlines about the hijacking. When he learned of the other three passenger planes that had been used as weapons, Todd dropped his phone and uttered the words, “Let’s roll,” which authorities believe was a signal to the other passengers to confront the terrorist hijackers. In one hour, a transformation occurred among the passengers – athletes, business people and parents. — from sheep to sheepdogs and together they fought the wolves, ultimately saving an unknown number of lives on the ground.

“There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.”

– Edmund Burke

Here is the point I like to emphasize, especially to the thousands of police officers and soldiers I speak to each year. In nature the sheep, real sheep, are born as sheep. Sheepdogs are born that way, and so are wolves. They didn’t have a choice. But you are not a critter. As a human being, you can be whatever you want to be. It is a conscious, moral decision.

If you want to be a sheep, then you can be a sheep and that is okay, but you must understand the price you pay. When the wolf comes, you and your loved ones are going to die if there is not a sheepdog there to protect you. If you want to be a wolf, you can be one, but the sheepdogs are going to hunt you down and you will never have rest, safety, trust or love. But if you want to be a sheepdog and walk the warrior’s path, then you must make a conscious and moral decision every day to dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive in that toxic, corrosive moment when the wolf comes knocking at the door.

For example, many officers carry their weapons in church. They are well concealed in ankle holsters, shoulder holsters or inside-the-belt holsters tucked into the small of their backs. Anytime you go to some form of religious service, there is a very good chance that a police officer in your congregation is carrying. You will never know if there is such an individual in your place of worship, until the wolf appears to massacre you and your loved ones.

I was training a group of police officers in Texas, and during the break, one officer asked his friend if he carried his weapon in church. The other cop replied, “I will never be caught without my gun in church.” I asked why he felt so strongly about this, and he told me about a cop he knew who was at a church massacre in Ft. Worth, Texas in 1999. In that incident, a mentally deranged individual came into the church and opened fire, gunning down fourteen people. He said that officer believed he could have saved every life that day if he had been carrying his gun. His own son was shot, and all he could do was throw himself on the boy’s body and wait to die. That cop looked me in the eye and said, “Do you have any idea how hard it would be to live with yourself after that?”

Some individuals would be horrified if they knew this police officer was carrying a weapon in church. They might call him paranoid and would probably scorn him. Yet these same individuals would be enraged and would call for “heads to roll” if they found out that the airbags in their cars were defective, or that the fire extinguisher and fire sprinklers in their kids’ school did not work. They can accept the fact that fires and traffic accidents can happen and that there must be safeguards against them. Their only response to the wolf, though, is denial, and all too often their response to the sheepdog is scorn and disdain. But the sheepdog quietly asks himself, “Do you have any idea how hard it would be to live with yourself if your loved ones were attacked and killed, and you had to stand there helplessly because you were unprepared for that day?”

It is denial that turns people into sheep. Sheep are psychologically destroyed by combat because their only defense is denial, which is counterproductive and destructive, resulting in fear, helplessness and horror when the wolf shows up. Denial kills you twice. It kills you once, at your moment of truth when you are not physically prepared: you didn’t bring your gun, you didn’t train. Your only defense was wishful thinking. Hope is not a strategy. Denial kills you a second time because even if you do physically survive, you are psychologically shattered by your fear, helplessness and horror at your moment of truth.

Gavin de Becker puts it like this in Fear Less, his superb post-9/11 book, which should be required reading for anyone trying to come to terms with our current world situation: “…denial can be seductive, but it has an insidious side effect. For all the peace of mind deniers think they get by saying it isn’t so, the fall they take when faced with new violence is all the more unsettling.” Denial is a save-now-pay-later scheme, a contract written entirely in small print, for in the long run, the denying person knows the truth on some level. And so the warrior must strive to confront denial in all aspects of his life, and prepare himself for the day when evil comes.

If you are warrior who is legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that the bad man will not come today. No one can be “on” 24/7, for a lifetime. Everyone needs down time. But if you are authorized to carry a weapon, and you walk outside without it, just take a deep breath, and say this to yourself…”Baa.”

This business of being a sheep or a sheep dog is not a yes-no dichotomy. It is not an all-or-nothing, either-or choice. It is a matter of degrees, a continuum. On one end is an abject, head-in-the-sand-sheep and on the other end is the ultimate warrior. Few people exist completely on one end or the other.

Most of us live somewhere in between. Since 9-11 almost everyone in America took a step up that continuum, away from denial. The sheep took a few steps toward accepting and appreciating their warriors, and the warriors started taking their job more seriously. The degree to which you move up that continuum, away from sheephood and denial, is the degree to which you and your loved ones will survive, physically and psychologically at your moment of truth.

Brian Reilly
Brian Reilly

Just John, Horseshit. Nothing but another “Back the Blue” piece of propaganda from start to finish. It is way past time to stop pretending that the system the po po protect is at all good for us or that the wars fought by the “warriors” are meant to preserve the United States as constituted.

Burn the whole structure down, and everybody in it.

Georges S
Georges S

Can you show us how you burn your structure down with you in it? Ask someone to film and show us, then, maybe, they we might believe you.

James
James

Brian,I agree that the sheepdog can/has many times been misused against the sheep.

The sheep need to start sharpening a few of their own teeth and be willing to fight back.

I believe this is happening to a degree in the # of new firearm sales/owners,they ha ve started to realize the sheep dog cannot be everywhere and at times may not be your flocks ally.

To be in the military/police one should have the motives/strength of the sheepdog,that said,one does not be in the military/police to be a sheep dog.

Just John
Just John

The nice thing about posts here is that people can take or leave the information or opinions offered. Obviously you don’t see things the same as others do and that’s OK. We all have our own paths to travel, discoveries to make and mistakes to overcome.

overthecliff
overthecliff

Damn, that was good.

James
James

This is a good reading on sheep taking matters into their own hands and really does decribe well the reactions to such action:https://www.thedailysheeple.com/the-parable-of-the-sheep/

Georges S
Georges S

Funny reading but so true. Enjoyed it very much

brian
brian

When I surrendered my life to Christ in 1980 I like most dove into the scriptures to learn who and about God. The interesting things about the scriptures is its a book of teaching and inspiration, historical events, human nature and most importantly revelation of our Creator.

Those of us who read the scriptures likely have our ‘hero’s for various reasons. Like the arguments of old some will be for Peter, some for Paul, perhaps Elisha or other great prophet. Mine are the mighty men of David. 2 Samuel 23. This is the pattern I would adopt in my life as well and probably why I seem to always end up where the wolves are.

“Dear God, I wish I could have been on one of those planes. Maybe I could have made a difference.”

This is like a hammer. I remember seeing a documentary of sorts many years ago. In that documentary the interviewer was talking to a soldier at the aftermath of a village massacre in Africa. The interviewer commented he saw the soldier kneeling at the body of a child and appeared to wipe away some tears from his face. The soldiers reply was, If we’d been here a little earlier this child would still be alive. For me…. THAT was and IS a true soldier’s heart.

we’ve had red and blue heelers over the years too… gladly be a sheep dog anyday.

Thank you for the post Just John

Anonymous
Anonymous

Just John

An excellent viewpoint. The big problem that I see is that the sheepdogs have allowed too many in, that are wolves disguised as sheep dogs. I believe there are far more wolves now than there are true sheepdogs because the sheepdogs refuse to discipline their own ranks. That has been my experience and my observations for a very long time.

brian
brian

Within the ‘church’ this is very true. The wolves don’t even try to hide anymore either.

Anonymous
Anonymous

What kind of non-thinking moron would have down voted this comment? A person in denial or a complete sheep?

TN Patriot
TN Patriot

In the same story with the sheep and sheep dogs are the wolf and the hunter. At this point in time, we probably have many more wolves than we have hunters & sheep dogs put together. Will the wolves will get their fill of sheep and become lazy or will the blood lust make them more dangerous? Time will tell.

James
James

I feel that as wolves are hunters we will also have good wolves among the dogs and hunters.

What I find a bit unsettling is this insanity continues and the anger/hatred becomes so raw that those that normally would never engage in blood lust killing suddenly will,and,those are the wolves/hunters and sheepdogs.

Now,time to go out and clean up(did most last night)the remains of that racist white snow on me vehicles/paths ect.!

Francis Marion

Our old girl had to be put down a year ago last fall so we brought a new pup into the house in September. He’s a Pyrenees and I have to admit I’ve never become so attached to an animal so quickly. He’s only seven months old but the intelligence, loyalty and dedication that he has to the security of our home is something that I never quite expected.

Flock guardians love their pack and develop close relationships with the livestock they protect as well. They also require a lot of time to train to ensure that certain natural habits are suppressed. They need to be socialized to be good with others outside of the pack while at the same time being able to identify and deal with a threat.

As human flock guardians our problem often lies in our inability to love the sheep even when they seem intent on destroying themselves. Sometimes, being able to see the future and understand the direction we are headed causes us to be unpleasant to be around. We’re not well socialized so we hang with the pack and make fun of the sheep.

Truth is, we should be spending more time with the flock. And we should be prepared to be bitten. Or worse. That’s the job God has given us.

Just my 2 cents. Canadian of course. That’s about 1.5 cents US.

brian
brian

I’ll second that on all counts… except the cents, we don’t have them anymore and maybe in more than one way too.

Mary Christine

Pyrs are great dogs. I think Maggie would agree.

Ghost
Ghost

I adore the gentle giants.

Peter Horry
Peter Horry

I have three Pyr’s here on the Horry farm. They are sisters. We call them the Three Ton Terror. I have never seen a more intelligent, loyal, and brutally efficient killing machine than a Great Pyrenees. Once they grew out of puppy stage, we have not lost a single goat or chicken to predation. They look like polar bears but they fight like lions- fearless and unafraid. If you have the land to give them to run, and the patience of love to socialize them, they take the livestock guarding business very seriously indeed.

Mary Christine

Man oh man, gettin them out of that puppy stage is a real challenge. Takes a lot of patience, and love. Once you do, it’s worth it.

Doctor de Vaca
Doctor de Vaca

The best Guardians on this Earth. Gentle yet ruthless. Watched one kill a coyote on a clients’ ranch 30 years ago. Then later come and lay peacefully next to us as we talked after pulling a calf. They’re certainly amazing.

Mary Christine

I think this short video fits well here. While I don’t agree with everything in it, I think it makes some very good points about how we got where we are.

Just John
Just John

Indeed it is a nice addition!
I’ve found that one of the best uses of my now often idle time is to volunteer doing something that helps others. Meals on Wheels for example. Delivering food to those who are less fortunate and interacting with them for even a few minutes is extremely rewarding.
Give it a try!

James
James

John,besides just giving folks a needed meal would say in the beer virus times gives folks someone they can actually chat with,a bit of company ect.I do volunteer but tis mostly helping friends ect. with their homes/cars/yep,even at times watching/gaurd dog of their children(not too keen on that though take it seriously!).

I also would say gives you more info. regarding your area of operations/secondary routes/water sources ect.

Ghost
Ghost

We have an overabundance of leisure time.

Unpersonal
Unpersonal

We have a choice, either step up and lead, or get out of the way, hunker down, clan up and re-emerge when the dust settles.

When it comes right down to it, that really is the choice, isn’t it? Well, I suppose a third option could be some blend of the two.

Just as there are wheat and tares everywhere so are their sheepdogs and wolves amongst the sheep.

It calls to mind the Biblical command to love others as we love ourselves. But what does that mean exactly? Do you love yourself? I don’t. But we do daily address our own needs: We feed, clothe, and shelter ourselves while attending to our personal hygiene and defending ourselves when necessary. So perhaps these are the practical manifestations of love. From that perspective, therefore, it becomes understandable why so many Bible heroes attended to animals before they later shepherded human flocks.

KaD
KaD
ChrisL
ChrisL

Some problems (in my opinion) with the Sheepdog metaphor:

1. Sheepdogs and sheep are different species. . . Sheepdog will never feel “at home” with sheep. Dogs need packs of other dogs, not flocks of sheep, to truly feel like they belong. As a sheepdog, i think it’s hard not to begin to “look down” on those you pledge your life to protect, thinking of them as “incapable” of actually taking responsibility for themselves and their own defense. Maybe that’s just objective reality about how it is now in our country. I prefer to hold the optimistic view of Americans as presented in “Citizen Soldiers,” which looks back to the original democratic city states of Greece. . . every citizen (only males at that time??) had the responsibility of protecting their society, not just a few trained sheepdogs. In WWII, the whole generation of citizens stepped up to repel evil, not just the “Special Society of Sheepdogs.”

2. Think about the REAL threat to the sheep: the shepherd. Who slaughters more sheep every year, the wolves at the fringes, or the shepherd sheering and slaughtering his property for wool and food? That’s the whole point of the flock of sheep. Ok, maybe you could consider the criminals who live on the fringe or outside the social contract as wolves, but are they truly the big threat? I say it’s the shepherd. And the Sheepdogs are the slave servants of the shepherd. When this is a religious analogy, and the shepherd is Lord/God/Jesus, ok maybe that’s fine, and I think that’s how lots of folks who like to think of themselves as sheepdogs imagine who their “master” is. But that kind of leaves out any representative of Pharaoh in this analogy. . . the Man who claims to be God, but is actually just a self-serving man addicted to accumulating wealth and power. . .a big gaping whole and blind spot in this analogy.

3. Ultimately, if we resign ourselves to being a society where “most people” are “sheep,” a big huge flock who need those few who have the temperament to be “sheepdogs” to protect them from petty criminals on the fringes, then we’re resigning ourselves to be a society ruled by “shepherds” who own us (sheep and sheepdogs) and enrich themselves specifically by fleecing and slaughtering the sheep. And it’s not God who’s fleecing and butchering the masses for wool and meat. It’s Men. Pharaoh. The Wealthy Elite.

4. As one who resonates with the impulse to be a Protector (and so is stuck identifying as a sheepdog in this popular analogy), I’m just going say: I don’t want to be a dog. I want to be a Wolf. I want to live with and protect my PACK. . .other wolves. Can 300 million people figure out how to be one pack of wolves?? I don’t know. But if the alternative is that the vast majority of them have to become sheep. . . I’ll pass. I want to live somewhere where all are created equal, and take that responsibility seriously, to ALL step up as protectors of the group when needed, and themselves when needed.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Chris- I gave you a thumbs up brother, because that was a well considered post. But you don’t know shit about the difference between dogs, wolves and sheep. My dogs know more about what a “pack” truly is than you apparently do. Their pack consists of other dogs, horses, donkeys, a mule, goats, cats, chickens, rabbits and people. But it does not consist of wolves or other predators..

If you believe that 300 million fat and vacuous sheep can become a pack of wolves, then you must be a Millenial. I imagine you’re not much around dogs and sheep and predators. You see, all sheep are equal. Wolves spend their lives striving for dominance within the pack. Dogs don’t have that problem.

The strength of the wolf is the strength of the pack, and the strength of the pack is the strength of the wolf. Sheep don’t have a lupine bone in their body. The strength of the sheep is the size of the flock. Dogs, on the other hand-well, the strength of the dog is the strength of the shepherd.

The world you want to live in, a world where you are running with a pack of wolves, protecting your wolfpack of equally feral wolves, is a violent world. A sensual world of instinct over reason; a world of blood and lust. A world where an innocent man might be run down in the snow and ripped to shreds to feed the pack. A world where the strong feed on the weak. A world of extreme inequality. A world of predators.

A world where a righteous man might just have to grab his rifle, whistle up his dogs and step beyond the postern gate to defend his flock against the long night.

Peter Horry

Pat
Pat

They also think the people in Salem went crazy due to ergot in the wheat they were consuming. All TBPs should look how to identify ergot in cereal grains for your homework this week, once its ground to flour you cant tell anymore. Good shtf skill.

Doctor de Vaca
Doctor de Vaca
DuhBob
DuhBob

Yes, the shepherds need sheepdogs. The sheep need both. Where is true nobility, a sense of probity , in this world?

m
m

Two notes:
– out of the sheep sometimes a new sheepdog rises
– even us sheepdogs are mostly doing what Kurt Schlichter in his article below calls “we are not uniting against the real enemy”, but even worse ‘we are not uniting for the ultimate values’ (because we’re not sure what those are)

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