“Every time you comply, you get weaker,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a featured speaker at the “Defeat the Mandates” event. “Every time you say ‘yes,’ you’re getting pushed back to a weaker position.”

Whether it’s vaccine mandates, or lockdowns, or wokeness in the university, or political correctness at work, eventually you run our of room to retreat. Eventually you realize that you can’t win a fight by back-pedaling and counter-punching. Eventually you have to move forward and start throwing punches yourself. Or just throw in the towel and forget about it.

‘Every time you comply, you get weaker’: RFK Jr. electrifies anti-mandate rally