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there will be armed feds at polling stations to “protect them”
Y’know, if this happens, assuming the machines aren’t rigged, screw it…We should all be showing up in our gawdyest American flag apparel and cargo shorts and maybe even stupid little red hats. Blend right in, maybe on the way in even fist bump a fed goon with a “Herl yer, bruther.” …and vote the right way right under their stupid noses.
Drop the ego, become invisible, become inevitable. We have only our chains to lose and everything to gain.
I think you’re misunderstanding my point; if your vote counted, and they were “guarding the polls” trying to loyalty test or intimidate, who cares what you say or wear or act like, as long as you get in there and check that box?
That ballot box is the endzone.
Sure, we should be protesting away, visibly, yes. We should be keeping the pressure on, yes. We need to be galvanizing and educating our communities, absolutely.
But come voting time? Pride and dignity be damned: Discretion is the better part of valor.
At the polls, yeah people who have already voted should be protesting and building morale to encourage everyone to show up.
But when it comes time to cast yours,
nobody should give you a second look. Walk right in there like a ghost and check the box. At all costs. Even if you gotta look like a complete tool.
Shower at home afterwards if you have to.
Being loud and proud and getting hauled away (or killed) beforehand is one less chance to get to fixing this thing, and even worse, you would be used as a tool to further scare away others from voting.
Not being able to tell who the true believers are vs. the saboteurs undermines factions all the time, and they absolutely use that tactic against us all the time.
I don’t personally think things will be so dramatic. The biggest battle is getting our side to actually vote at all, but we need to be prepared for this possibility and not be intimidated or foolhardy.
Y’know, if this happens, assuming the machines aren’t rigged, screw it…We should all be showing up in our gawdyest American flag apparel and cargo shorts and maybe even stupid little red hats. Blend right in, maybe on the way in even fist bump a fed goon with a “Herl yer, bruther.” …and vote the right way right under their stupid noses.
Drop the ego, become invisible, become inevitable. We have only our chains to lose and everything to gain.
Idk dawg, putting our heads down and blending in doesn’t seem like a great way to fight fascism.
I think you’re misunderstanding my point; if your vote counted, and they were “guarding the polls” trying to loyalty test or intimidate, who cares what you say or wear or act like, as long as you get in there and check that box?
That ballot box is the endzone.
Sure, we should be protesting away, visibly, yes. We should be keeping the pressure on, yes. We need to be galvanizing and educating our communities, absolutely.
But come voting time? Pride and dignity be damned: Discretion is the better part of valor.
At the polls, yeah people who have already voted should be protesting and building morale to encourage everyone to show up.
But when it comes time to cast yours, nobody should give you a second look. Walk right in there like a ghost and check the box. At all costs. Even if you gotta look like a complete tool. Shower at home afterwards if you have to.
Being loud and proud and getting hauled away (or killed) beforehand is one less chance to get to fixing this thing, and even worse, you would be used as a tool to further scare away others from voting.
Not being able to tell who the true believers are vs. the saboteurs undermines factions all the time, and they absolutely use that tactic against us all the time.
I don’t personally think things will be so dramatic. The biggest battle is getting our side to actually vote at all, but we need to be prepared for this possibility and not be intimidated or foolhardy.