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.
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.
That is a hell of a conflation, between vocal opposition to fascism and a fucking assassination attempt.
No, I don’t think anyone here is advocating suicide by amateur assassin cosplay. Even just dispassionately calling this as it is will be held up as ‘dangerous’ - it’s not at all about the optics.
If all you’re doing is just waiting for your next opportunity to cast a ballot, you’ve already lost.
Go do stuff. Just don’t be dumb. That’s all I’m saying.
Just don’t do anything that’ll raise attention to your opposition to fascism, tho