I’ve spent the last week checking on my neighbors, engaging with my city, my local police, everyone. I’ve supported my friends and family, made sure they knew they weren’t alone in their feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness. I’ve called and emailed my representatives, demanding answers, demanding action. I’ve just been overcome with this overwhelming, almost primal need to care for and support my community.
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, and soldiers take to our streets, then that tears it for me. My son just turned 1yr. I’ve done my best to be a helper, so that I can still be around to support him and spend time with him.
But if I have to STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that’s what I’m gonna fucking do. I’m going to do it because this is not the future I want for my son.
If you’ve been out on the streets, and you’re tired, and you’re hurting, don’t worry. Rest when you need to. Because I know my home and I know my neighbors. When you need to rest, two more will replace you. I will be one of them.
This is my home. Minneapolis is not going to quit. Minnesota is not going to quit. And FUCK EVERYONE who tries to come in here and take from us the PRIDE, LOVE, and COMMUNITY we’ve built.
As long as I can stand, I’m going to plant my two feet between the oppressors and the home I love.
I love you all. L’etoile du Nord.
The following is my favorite comment. Favorite in that I felt like somebody had hit me hard in the torso with a sledgehammer.
Mel_Gibson_Braveheart_Freedom!_death_yell.wmvi wonder if it’s more that everyone is just trained now not to get REMOVED BY REDDIT on that platform so they just keep their real thoughts to themselves
i wonder what it’s like when they interact in person. i wonder if they discuss more radical options or not. but we won’t know unless somebody is there to witness it
Yeah my guess is that if you have a more sober analysis of the situation and the risk you’re probably not mouthing off about it on Reddit.
I’m on a three day sitewide suspension for replying “Considering the current state of the world, not enough” on a post in r/debatecommunism asking about how many people communism supposedly killed. It happened literally within seconds of me posting the reply, they’ve automated the shit out of bans with AI or something and that’s obviously going to have an effect.
The level of indoctrination and delusion is insane. Even as they and everyone they care about is beat and murdered they cant even conceptualize taking any meaningful action. It’s honestly terrifying how the average denizen of the Burger Reich is so comfortable under the boot.
or those posts get deleted instantly so it just leaves the ultra-pacifists intact. it works to drive helplessness as a side effect
Proud Redditor: “I regret that I have one—” bang-bang-bang-bang
ICE goon 1: “We shot him too early.”
ICE goon 2: “Huh?”
ICE goon 1: “Isn’t that - like - famous?”
ICE goon 2: “What’s famous?”
ICE goon 1: “What he was saying. Don’t you remember it from high school?”
ICE goon 2: “Yeah. No. I dunno. He’s dead. Who cares. We got work lots more work to do. Seven more neighborhoods to sterlize before quittin’ time.” He sticks out arm horizontally and makes a fist.
ICE goon 1: “What are you doing?”
ICE goon 2: “You really are fuckin’ green. Paper-scissors-rock for the money in his wallet.”
I think it’s more how they only do shit as like an individual catharsis thing. See if they’re posting like this in 3 months. BLM was like this and then they’re back to business as usual 3-4 months later. There’s no party or organization to attach themselves to or, like, hold any sort of criticism of them if they go back to libbing out later.
This guy says he was in the fucking military. My god. YOU WERE WILLING TO KILL NON-AMERICANS FOR MONEY.
You just dont understand the people of the periphery aren’t people so he’s allowedremoved, murder and pillage us for money.
This applies to all imperialist nations and settler colonies like Australia.
Definitely true I was just mainly addressing this particular set of incidents and their precedent.
I can’t imagine taking up arms myself. I have no training and such a fear of violence. On the other hand I’m willing to fill any support role I can. From cyber warfare to medical assistance (not a doctor, but I can do first aid and take instructions) or delivering food or whatever else needs delivering.
And you know what? That’s okay. Violence is not for everyone and those who partake in it will come out shell shocked. Both my parents were guerrilla fighters and you could tell that they carried the ptsd with them long after the war.
Everyone has a role to play during these times and you should never feel like you’re useless or unable to help because you aren’t willing to be infantry.
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