“One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy. An enemy to an ambitious man is like the rhinoceros bird to the rhinoceros. When the enemy comes the rhinoceros bird tells about it. When a successful man is making mistakes the enemy immediately calls attention and warns the man. Get for yourself a first class enemy, cultivate him as an enemy, and when you achieve success, thank him.” Frank B. Shutts. 

Up to a point organizations and people can pick their opponents. For us to prosper we need to follow two rules for picking opponents.

1. Engage in "civil disobedience and non-violence only with those who believe in justice". Example: Ghandi won against the British but the tactics failed in the Soviet Union. Don't pick fights with the totally unprincipled.

2. "Never get in a peeing contest with a skunk." There are some groups and individuals that it is best to avoid and walk away from; for example, those who have nothing to lose are not valid opponents.

In positive terms, however, our fight is with groups and organizations that embrace corruption, propaganda, hatred, and discrimination on the basis of religion or race. That should cover a lot of ground including some religious priesthoods, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, both political parties, etc. For the moment, let us pick our battles and stick to the most egregious currently, such as political parties.

“The person who raises issues and tells the truth, as they can best determine it, will make enemies.
Count on it and value it.” Publius