{"id":46931,"date":"2025-09-23T13:50:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=46931"},"modified":"2025-09-23T13:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:50:50","slug":"resistance-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/09\/23\/resistance-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Intro]
\nResistance: One-Oh-One
\n(This is it: wit)
\nAnd, get this…
\n(The dimwits wont get it)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nWhen the man
\nIs coming down on you
\nUnderstand
\nWhat you can do<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nResistance: One-Oh-One
\n(This is it: wit)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nInventory
\n(Your strengths at great lengths)
\nThen, the story:
\nResourceful
\n(Get resourceful)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nRisk management
\n(Worst case scenario)
\nGet passionate
\n(For what you know)<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\n[Chorus]
\n[Bridge]
\n[Instrumental, Guitar Solo]
\nResistance: One-Oh-One
\n(This is it: wit)
\nAnd, get this…
\n(The dimwits wont get it)
\nThat’s the secret
\n[Instrumental, Bass Solo, Synth]<\/p>\n

[Chorus]<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nResistance: One-Oh-One
\n(This is it: wit)
\nAnd, get this…
\n(The dimwits wont get it)
\nThat’s the secret
\n(Soooo… you know….)
\nGet to it
\n(Sharpen your word sword)<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SONG
\nby C. Moore
\nSeptember 23, 2025<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been getting a flood of questions about how to resist the Trump Regime: \u201cWhat can I do?\u201d<\/em> in the midst of growing feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. My answer: focus on your strengths. Build a strong individual plan. Be resourceful. And sharpen your wits \u2014 because wit is often the best weapon.<\/p>\n

The Censorship Example<\/h3>\n

As an investigative journalist with decades of experience defending the First Amendment, I\u2019ve faced threats, targeted attacks, assaults by both criminals and police, fines, arrests, jail time, and years of court battles. Yet never \u2014 not once \u2014 have I seen anything as alarming as what is happening today. I\u2019m furious at the erosion of our First Amendment rights, and I\u2019m returning to my roots. In protest of this assault on free speech \u2014 and in solidarity with Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and the countless journalists silenced worldwide this year \u2014 I\u2019m returning to my roots: sharp-witted satire. Words are swords, and comedy is our shield. That\u2019s why tyrants fear it, why dictators ban it, and why Trump is trying to kill it. Humor exposes lies, punctures egos, and topples emperors who think they wear clothes.<\/p>\n

During one period when I was illegally detained, silenced, and stripped of my rights, I adopted the pseudonym Mootmute<\/em>. My lawyer was on speed dial, and I even had a plan to publish from jail. The name itself became a symbol of resistance. As they tried to turn me into a moot mute<\/em>, I turned their strategy back on them. As I often say: hold up your sword and stand firm. If they continue to impale themselves on your defensive position, so be it.<\/p>\n

Another form of resistance was publicly exposing their hypocrisy. For amusement and effect, while under oath I asked prosecutors what I wasn\u2019t allowed to say. Their response? They wheeled in file cabinets overflowing with papers they themselves had published and read, line by line, everything that was now forbidden as \u201cspeech.\u201d And so the name Mootmute<\/em> stuck. They tried to silence me, but instead they became my unwitting mouthpiece, committing the very crime they accused me of.<\/p>\n

Expanding the Resistance<\/h3>\n

In addition to the personal defiance above, I found other ways to resist oppression. While I was under attack, my publishing company \u2014 and the entities that had licensed my intellectual property \u2014 also became targets. To protect the innocent, I created a new publishing company. Much like Prince, who famously changed his name to a symbol when stripped of his own, I adopted a symbol too \u2014 only mine was crafted from ASCII characters and represented \u201cthe finger.\u201d<\/em> The irony was delicious: every time prosecutors wheeled in stacks of paper and read the forbidden words into the record, each page carried my publishing company\u2019s logo at the bottom. The very emblem of defiance they sought to erase stared back at them from their own exhibits.<\/p>\n

For added effect \u2014 and a touch of legal one-upmanship \u2014 I included a copyright notice on every page:<\/p>\n

“These pages and their content may not be used without our expressed written consent. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed under the law.”<\/em><\/p>\n

In their zeal to prosecute me, they inadvertently committed yet another offense: publishing my work without consent while declaring in court that no one was allowed to say what they themselves had just published.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

So, \u201cWhat can I do?\u201d<\/em> in the face of rising helplessness and hopelessness? Focus on your strengths. Develop a solid, individual plan. Be resourceful. And hone your wit \u2014 because wit is often your sharpest weapon and, in some cases, may literally save your life.<\/p>\n

\n

The Publishing Company\u2019s Trademark and Copyright Notice<\/h3>\n


\n|
\n_ _ | _ _
\nPublishing
\n2007-2008
\nThese pages and their content may not be used without our expressed written consent.
\nViolators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed under the law.
\nWelcome!<\/a><\/center>From the album “Killing Humor (Isn’t Funny)<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

T<\/span>he xxDANg3r_Usxx<\/tt> Adventures<\/span> of<\/i> mootmute<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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