Imagine you’re at home, winding down after a long day, when suddenly, a team of heavily armed police officers storms your front yard.
Lights flashing, guns drawn, shouting commands—it’s a terrifying scene.
Now imagine this isn’t because you did anything wrong, but because someone, somewhere, made a bogus 911 call.
It’s called “swatting”, and in recent weeks conservative media figures like Gunther Eagleman, Nick Sortor, Shawn Farash, and the social media personality Catturd have all been targeted.
Swatting isn’t some harmless joke—it’s a life-threatening crime.
It started in gaming circles, where online feuds turned into fake emergency calls designed to send police bursting into someone’s home.
Now, it’s being weaponized against conservative voices who dare to challenge the status quo.
Here’s how it works: A bad actor makes a false emergency call—often something terrifying like a hostage situation or an active shooter—tricking law enforcement into responding with full force.
Police, thinking they’re stepping into a dangerous scenario, arrive on high alert. The slightest misunderstanding can have deadly consequences.
In 2017, an innocent Kansas man was killed when police, responding to a fake swatting call, shot him on his doorstep.
That’s not a one-off tragedy—this is what’s at stake every time someone pulls this dangerous stunt.
We’re told swatting isn’t political, but let’s connect the dots.
The recent victims all have one thing in common: They’re conservatives with large followings who challenge the mainstream narrative.
And yet, where’s the outcry? Where’s the media frenzy?
Imagine if progressive journalists or left-wing activists were getting swatted—CNN, MSNBC, and every major newspaper would be screaming about it non-stop.
Instead, silence.
The goal is to scare conservatives into shutting up. To make them think twice before posting that tweet, before hosting that podcast, before speaking out.
But if history has shown us anything, it’s that conservatives don’t scare easily.
Swatting isn’t just dangerous—it’s an incredible waste of police resources.
Every time officers are sent on a wild goose chase, they’re pulled away from real emergencies where they’re actually needed.
It also puts law enforcement in a terrible position, forcing them to make split-second decisions in a high-stress, high-risk situation that could end in tragedy.
The FBI’s involvement is a start, but more needs to be done.
Swatting should be treated like the serious crime it is, with stiff penalties for offenders.
Right now, the consequences are far too light, emboldening trolls and extremists who know they can wreak havoc with little risk.
This is about silencing voices. It’s a form of political terrorism aimed at making people too afraid to speak their minds.
But here’s the thing: It’s not going to work.
Conservatives aren’t backing down. We’ve faced media bias, censorship, and now swatting, yet we’re still here—louder than ever. And we’re not going anywhere.
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