Hence my surprise that people that aren't on the "right side of history" are still trying to organize with big groups... between those in bad faith and the glowies you have no idea what you're signing up to and there will be no one to defend your ass, the whole book will be tossed at your ass.

Fundamentalists always devour each other when there is no clear targets around in some kind of self destructive purity spiral, your or me don't have the manpower, money and firepower to have a realistic chance at it, too many question marks in that equation plus using pre-emtpive strikes rarely work politically wise because you need to go full Stalin if you do so, leave any of the people that forced your hand into violence alive and they will create an entire lore around your actions and that will bite you in the ass, guarantee.

No, like you said, standard tactic instead, small and numerous highly mobile and independent cells, safety > logistic > firepower, an ass load of patience and always, always keep in mind that you're defending yourself, you don't attack, most people aren't willing to commit to be in an attacker role, in the end I'm still a guy trying to survive and protect my family, nation and way of life, not a genocidal maniac.