In the epic movie Gandhi (1982)...

Masterfully played by Sir Ben Kingsley (he was knighted in 2002 in case you didn't know), Gandhi was peacefully marching with miners in protest to unjust laws and imprisonments. The mine owner drove to them with a few British soldiers:

Mine owner: These men are contracted laborers. They belong in the mines.
Gandhi: You put their comrades in jail. When you free them... they will go back to work.
Mine owner: l'νe warned you.
Gandhi: We've warned each other.

Later on, the mine owner sent cavalier soldiers to beat up the marchers. One would have expected a brutal confrontation, but one of the marchers shouts to the mob to lie down on the ground, because the horses will not trample them. And so they did, and the cavalier charging at them were promptly halted because the horses wouldn't trample live human lying on the ground. The cavalry retreated and the march continued.

Gandhi's words were powerful because they embodied the will of the people to stand up against tyranny and oppression. And by collectively resisting, Gandhi's movement brought his country to independence from British rule after years of struggle at the expense of his own life.

History is a great lesson for us all in a sense that we should never bow to any tyrant or threats. Collective action is the path to liberation from any oppressor in any shape of form. Strength in unity.

The reason I tell you this story is because we have a tyrant lurking on Steem and systematically harassing all kinds of users: legit bloggers, shit posters, witnesses, and minnows. There's no preference in his abuse. He started by pretending to clean up the abuse from bid bots. So his tactic, instead of targeting the bot owners, he attacked the bidding users. Rich or poor, it didn't matter, he attacked them all with his flagging, including myself.

Thus, we gathered at @the-resistance to counter his abuse: on one hand, he flags posts that used bots not complying with HIS policies, then he comments on those posts, to upvote them himself at 6.5 days. The same 6.5 days policy he "wanted" to impose on others NOT to do, he does it himself to rape rewards. He hardly blogs or posts any quality content, all he does is flag and self-vote his comments.

What else does @grumpycat aka @madpuppy aka @checkthisout do?

He likes to steal from charity (https://steemit.com/haturday/@snowpea/happy-haturday-and-other-random-stuff), as @sircork exposed him for that disgusting behavior (https://steemit.com/youarehope/@youarehope/replay-weekly-youarehope-transparent-town-hall-with-sircork-warning-this-show-gets-pretty-foul-with-nsfw-language-ratings-and).

Here's the latest report on his voting activities:
https://steemit.com/the-resistance/@the-resistance/grumpycat-weekly-report-thursday-19-april-2018

Many weeks ago...

@fulltimegeek cancelled all his delegations, myself included, in order to counter abuse. So I lost his generous 5k SP delegation, I thank him for his support, I have no issues with him. I didn't think much of it at the time, except less curation for my followers. Later on, I had a chat with @wackou about many things, including the delegation I lost. I asked if he could give me a little 5K delegation, instead, he generously delegated 25k SP to me!!! I was humbled and extremely happy.

Fast forward to the present...

all those he delegates toToday @grumpycat graced us with a new tactic of his. He decided to attack the delegator and , in retribution!!! How low can @grumpycat sink? So he spammed a few posts of users to whom @wackou has delegated. Those users are totally unrelated to this issue, but @grumpycat decided to make it so. Also he made a 72h threat to @wackou:

Notice how he whines about being censoredWe're not censoring you, we're taking back what YOU are taking away from us everyday. by me!? With all his mighty steem power, he feels threatened by me??? I'm not censoring you @grumpycat, me and many resisters are downvoting your comments because they are nothing but placeholders for your subsequent self-votes at 6.5 days.

Here was my reply:

Where do we go from here?

The Resistance is growing everyday. We get many minnows joining and complaining about @grumpycat's abuses. He steals away their rewards AND their bids by flagging them. Minnows who mostly come from poor countries and who value each SBD they spend on their bidding to promote their posts. Nothing angers me more than seeing powerless people get slammed by a bully like @grumpycat. If you are supporting @grumpycat, think again and review his actions. What he does is unacceptable and he should answer for it.

I'm calling on all my friends, followers and whales to join us in this fight. Check out The Resistance discord server https://discord.gg/qMWCbWR, delegate to us, flag him. Make @grumpycat go away.

Back to Gandhi...

At some point in the movie, Gandhi got arrested (of course) and was brought to General Smuts for an agreement for his release.

Smuts: But they might also recommend that all future Indian immigration be severely restricted, even stopped.
Gandhi: Immigration was not an issue on which we fought. It would be wrong of us to make it one, now that we.... we are in a position of advantage.

When @grumpycat feels the pressure he desperately tries to attack unrelated users to justify his cause. His cause is baseless and doesn't deserve any respect from my part.

... We've warned each other.

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