cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62976508
Just 10 years ago the US was still seen as being progressive and racism was slowly becoming a thing of the past… and not even in 10 years all the major civil rights achievements of rhe past 70 years are being thrown out so fast it is making my head spin.
The harder non-religious people fight back, the more the government will be validated in its assertion of religious oppression.
The government will validate itself however it wants. This isn’t about religion, it’s about fear, and hatred. They have no goals other than power. They can only hold power as long as they can inspire fear and spread hatred, and so their supporters have been twisted to fear the helpless and hate the innocent.
They will not listen to your logic. If they would, we would not be here. They will not recognize your love. If they could, we would not be here.
This will not stop unless they are made to stop.
We need to move people. Millions of people will not march for love. I am all for non-violent resistance, but non-violent doesn’t mean calm.
Do you know how John Adams described the civilians who were shot and killed in the Boston Massacre?
The day that - in his words - “laid the foundation for American Independence”?
He called them a mob.
Don’t be calm. Get fucking angry.
Good luck with that. They’ll bastardize your intentions and use it for fuel for their fire. Any small act of retaliation will be blown out of proportion on Fox News. You’re exactly who they’re waiting for.
The real solution is getting somebody in office that’ll actually do shit instead of a career politician that dangles carrots for votes.
Any small act of retaliation will be blown out of proportion on Fox News.
Any act at all with be turned into reactionary fodder.
You’re looking right at a huge symptom of the problem but not seeing how deep the crisis is.
Electoralism cannot save us from fascism.
I’m not saying it wasn’t a setup by people on his side, but the “assassination attempt” made this person a hero. Like I said, unless you’re gonna go all the way, everything else is fuel for the fire, and it can grow slowly leaving time to put it out, or it can blow up.
Any small act of retaliation will be blown out of proportion on Fox News
Have you turned on fox news? They’re not waiting for shit. They’re bastardizing innocent people just living their lives.
They are constantly lying to their supporters, claiming that any and all logical and loving opposition to them is outright treason.
Peaceful protestors are terrorists, lawyers and judges are criminals, doctors are murderers.
They aren’t waiting for you to fight back. They are bringing the fight to you.
Fuel for the fire. Unless you’re gonna go full civil war, you’re doing a disservice by spreading anger and hate.
Let Trump let people down. Look at Brexit. UK voted liberal this past year. Don’t help radicalism spread.
I’m not spreading hate. They are. I am spreading anger. Anger is a valid and useful human emotion. It’s an appropriate response to injustice. Anger is what gets people off the fucking couch. Good luck with your flowers, but people won’t march for love, and we need people to march.
This isn’t Bexit. Brexit wasn’t caused by a mad authoritarian with control over the world’s largest military and the world’s most militarized police. This is the Fourth Reich.
It will not stop until it is made to stop.
Anger quickly gets out of control. Especially en masse. You do what you gotta do. All of your feelings are valid.
Anger quickly gets out of control.
That’s the entire point lol. Cheers.
Let’s see if we are allowed to have midterms without Trump shutting them down first before we start banking on electoralism to save us.
Good point. We’ll have to see if the Supreme Court has any authority. Justice unfortunately takes a long time, especially at the executive level.
