I just took a pretty big step, did something I’ve never done before. I clicked “like” on a YouTube video.

Yeah, I know. But that’s not all. Then I clicked on the Subscribe button. I know, I know… but I didn’t stop there. I even clicked the notification bell.

I’ve never done anything like this before, believe me. Back in the nineties, I did create a Blogspot blog… spot. But I never posted anything there. I’ve never been on Twitter, Facebook, or any other kind of social media. In fact, until I joined Ricochet, I never posted a single thing anywhere on the Internet. My only presence was to have worked on building some websites, but that was completely anonymous.

I won’t shop online. I won’t use store cards. I won’t even use a debit card; I pay cash for everything, so that I can be totally anonymous both online and in the meat world. My goal has been that when someone looks for me online, the closest they can come to finding me is to locate an empty space where someone should be. I’m the Invisible Man.

I know what you’re thinking … Judge, you’ve opened yourself up to all of the horrible things that happen to people on the Internet; doxxing, identity theft, grooming gangs. I know. I’ve put myself in the position of being in very real danger of all those things. Which is why I thought long and hard before I clicked.

But I feel like we’ve reached to point in this country where it’s time to take a stand. It’s time for the ordinary, everyday people to be ready to put themselves on the line for the good of the country. It’s something that I felt just had to be done, and I’m ready to deal with all the consequences that might result.

It’s time to come out of the closet, stand up and have the courage to be counted.

Oh yeah… you’re probably wondering what the video was. It was a Whiskey Politics podcast, with an interview of Sebastian Gorka. That @davesussman guy does a pretty good interview.

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