BLUF: At back-to-back protests in North Chicago and Chicago, Real America’s Voice correspondent Ben Bergquam once again showed how shallow and incoherent left-wing activism has become. Armed with cowbells, sirens, and empty slogans, protesters tried to drown out conversation, but Bergquam’s calm persistence exposed a truth they couldn’t hide: these movements are more about noise than substance, and when confronted, their arguments collapse.
At the Great Lakes Naval Base protest in North Chicago, the scene looked less like a grassroots movement and more like a tantrum with props. Protesters banged drums, rang cowbells, and blasted sirens through portable speakers—anything to avoid actually answering questions. A woman in a safety vest even instructed people not to talk to Bergquam, proving the point before he had to make it: censorship, not dialogue, is the Left’s playbook.
Bergquam, a seasoned hand at wading into hostile territory, didn’t take the bait. Instead, he calmly asked why they were fighting to keep illegal aliens—who bypassed immigration laws and endangered community safety—inside the country. His questions hit nerves. In return, he got a wall of noise and a sea of blank stares.
What you hear during the exchange says it all. Bergquam mocked the mob’s groupthink: “It’s a bunch of white liberal women trying to silence everybody. Don’t speak for yourself. Listen to the white liberal woman. That’s what you have to do.” He pressed them on logic: “If we abolish the police, who’s gonna protect your community?” No answers, just more cowbell. He highlighted contradictions—masked activists screaming about “abolish the police” while insisting socialism works—yet none dared engage.
When he asked if they could at least agree that socialism sucks or that Hamas is a terrorist organization, silence again. That’s the moment: protesters weren’t there to debate or persuade, but to protect a fragile narrative. Bergquam exposed their weakness by simply standing in their space and refusing to yell back.
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The follow-up protest in Chicago was no better. Bergquam shared footage of another activist who tried to sound intellectual but instead delivered a rambling, incoherent rant about fascism, Hitler, corporations, and “scapegoating.” The kicker? When confronted about his inability to define fascism, the man lashed out like the very thing he claimed to oppose. Terry Newsome, another conservative voice on the ground, nailed it: “This freak can’t even define what a fascist is! Then when he finds out I support Trump he acts like a fascist!”
Both clips reveal the same pattern: protesters armed with slogans but empty of substance. They lean on volume—cowbells, sirens, chants—because they can’t lean on facts. They hide behind safety vests instructing silence because open debate would crush their arguments. And when pressed, they retreat into incoherence or outright hostility.
For viewers at home, these videos do more than entertain—they peel back the mask on what passes for “activism” today. It’s not about justice, fairness, or protecting communities. It’s about manufactured outrage and groupthink. Bergquam’s reporting shows the difference between people who can stand on their arguments and people who need a cowbell to drown them out.