With the Insurrection Act looming, now is the time to learn how it might unfold and the strategic ways to respond — including the power of ridicule.
Authoritarians love some violence in the street. It allows them to swoop in with crackdowns they claim will protect the population from criminals. In fact, ordinary scared people may even call for crackdowns to “restore peace.”
To make these moves backfire, we can actively project calm and communicate a commitment to order, kindness and nonviolence. We can use positive messaging and calmly explain the likelihood of future repression in a way that reduces fear. We can behave in ways that inspire, like mass dancing in the street…
I’m sorry but, what the fuck?
There’s legit only one thing that could cause me to dance in the street right now.
But if that happened. Shit. I’d do the macarena.
You hold hands and sing peace songs while they shoot you and push you into the mass grave.
Yeah it worked out real good at Tiananmen…
Yeah I don’t see this going much different than the early German resistance at this point…we’re in for some rough shit.
Kindness is what is going to get us killed. You can’t be peaceful towards National Christians (Nat-C’s)
I was under the impression that it was Nationalist Christians.
The important part is the abbreviation. Sound it out.
I respect pacifists, but I don’t believe they have the solution to an out of control cycle. That’s more a “try to keep it in control in the first place” or “I think God will fix it” mindset imo.
Then you don’t understand all pacifists. There are those of us that won’t commit any form of violence, unless we are saving someone else. Once that is true, we are defending our community, and you’d be surprised at how good of a shot many of us are.
Well… I wouldn’t want to be labeled an insurrectionist and not actually have the fun of joining an armed rebellion…
Wouldn’t want to make a liar out of the dear government .
The author of this article is apparently trying to buy bridges in bulk.
