the fact that the federal government is removing sections from the Constitution on its official website should be the final nail in the coffin for anyone holding on to optimism or those remaining skeptical.
if you are in your 30s ask yourself if Bush would have thought about doing anything to even suggest altering or changing the constitution. the constitution of this country has long since been championed by conservatives to be “law of the land” as essentially infallible. they used to foam at the mouth if anyone attempted to revise a single part of it lest the entire document become obsolete.
it’s done, you guys. Project 2025 has won and we are not a constitutional republic anymore. dictatorship is being OPENLY attempted and if you still think at this point fascism is not here you are delusional.
wake up and get ready for whatever is coming after.
it doesn’t matter. die then. you do not allow this to happen unchallenged.
I would suggest that committing suicide by cop is not going to be an effective way to defeat fascism.
also, posting shit like this on a public forum is a great way to get a Flowers By Irene van parked outside your house.
In fairness, Irene does have the best flowers.
lol well i wouldn’t be a lone wolf. i think that is a waste of good energy. there needs to be an organized movement, and also i am already on a thousand lists i couldn’t care less.
yeah…
so here’s the problem with that.
you’ve got your organized group, of people who agree that violence is necessary to fight against fascism.
your group has a membership list with 100 names on it.
and you think that’s great, your group is getting traction.
except of those 100 people, 50 of them are undercover FBI agents.
of the remaining 50 people, 40 of them are informants who are reporting to the FBI.
oh, and someone in the group volunteered to do the boring, unglamorous work of maintaining the membership list, of taking the handwritten signup sheet you passed around and making it into a Google spreadsheet? that person is 1000% one of the FBI agents.
seriously. go read about the history of COINTELPRO. read about how the post-9/11 FBI made entrapment of would-be Muslim terrorists into their bread & butter. if you enjoy podcasts, there’s one called Alphabet Boys that is about this exact thing. listen to the 5-4 episode about Hampton v United States if you want to know about entrapment, because it’s much more than “no, they don’t have to tell you they’re a cop, if you ask”.
also, there’s a damn good chance someone is going to PM you saying “the people in that thread didn’t get it, I think you’re right, violence is necessary”. that person is an FBI agent.
this isn’t about “oh I’m on a list already lol”. this is about they will charge you with federal crimes, and your public defender will tell you your only chance is pleading guilty. prosecutors love this shit because easy cases pad their conviction record.
i know about COINTELPRO and what you’ve brought up here. i am aware of the incredibly difficult nature of it all. i appreciate your concern for me, friend, but i can watch out for myself. i’m not trying to claim to be the smartest person but my skepticism and cautious behavior is something i am constantly updating and being aware of. i just recently had an experience with an LLM scammer that took me a minute to catch, and because of that i’ve changed how i view everything from that point forward.
i don’t have any delusions about this being done easily or without significant risk. i know.
The evidence of you posting all over another Lemmy instance encouraging people to go kill cops makes me think you didn’t learn your fucking lesson.
it is worth the risk to myself. the least i can do is encourage somebody who might actually follow through. i do not care if i end up in prison for the rest of my life. i have done the right thing.
Making a post on Beehaw, a place that shares many like minded opinions on this, complaining why no one is ruining their lives/getting themselves killed over it and calling us cowards. Fucking yikes.
From what I can tell you’ve done nothing. Have you been to protests? Are you using 5calls.org to call your representatives every day to complain about what is happening? Are you going to your towns halls to speak on issues?
Congrats! After however many years I’ve been on the internet, you’re the first to tell me to die!
Go fuck yourself.
while i meant what i said in a larger sense it wasn’t to you directly unless the statement you made was specific to you. i was saying as a larger community, a collective as a people. i’m saying: go out and fight and be prepared to die. it is unfortunate and terrifying and sad, but it is ultimately the kind of person we need to change this path.
Sorry, I misread your comment then. I agree that we need a lot of people to band together and fight back, and we’ve seen that happening. But we can’t ask people to go out and die for the cause. They need to make that decision themselves, otherwise it won’t happen.
A battle fought with blood first needs to be fought with words. Change peoples’ hearts, and they’ll bleed for you.
no need to apologize, this is a heated topic and i am responding a bit flippantly due to the passion and anger i feel, so i understand.
you’re right, of course. however, what i would suggest then is to create a culture of rebellion and honor in fighting tyranny. there are countries that have had this mentality built into their culture, like Japan, so it’s entirely possible to do over time. i guess i haven’t yet figured out how to speak in a way that does that. i am ultimately ineffective at what i want to achieve culturally because i don’t know what i’m doing lol. i’m just flailing and hoping others get me.