"Now the elites are afraid. For the first time, there is a movement which cannot be controlled through the normal political mechanisms... they need to stop thinking of all the gilets jaunes as imbeciles."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-21/gilets-jaunes-are-unstoppable-now-elites-are-afraid

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.