They are agents of the opposition who have undermined confidence in democrats not even a week after our confidence was actually being restored.

Brazil ousted the dictatorship. Makes them not too popular with the wannabe dick-tator in chief here.

In the private sector, that gets you fired.

Perfectly said!

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When us introverts stand up you know shit's getting real!

I actually protested. I put on pants, I left my house, and I protested.

(To be fair it was in my tiny city. If I lived in a big city, I don't know that I could have done it.)

I freaking love that you left a sternly-worded voicemail!

They want us to give up, but we're not done ✨

100%.

Flood the zone!

Post, email, call. Post again, call again, email again.

They see how peaceful we are. They see how committed we are.

I know things are bad. I know they are. But how else can we undermine this evil?

I feel like if we resort to violence, they win.

Work on a local level, vote, peacefully resist (in costume if possible!), participate in targeted boycotts, make our voices heard, and lift each other up.

Also, revel in the victories.

These are my values.

Oh, I don't agree with that. Revolution begets revolution begets revolution. Sometimes it works, but chaos opens the door to more evil.

And general strikes are a no go for me. They cause so much unintended harm.

I believe far more in peaceful resistance and targeted boycotts and voting.

The fear of civil war is not even one of the takeaways I get from HCR.

I know next to nothing about France. What did they do that make people not fuck with them?

The best thing I can recommend as an antidote to that feeling is Heather Cox Richardson. She livestreams at least three times a week.

"We will get through this. We've done it before and we're doing it again. Weneed to think about what we want when we come out the other side."

I see what you’re saying. And the military cannot control the country. Nor do I think they want to. I think they actually take their oats to the constitution seriously.

But logistically, there are way too many of us to be controlled by the military.

But we are on our own together. That is a powerful position.

And, bonus! We are rooting out corruption at its core.

Standing up and making our voices heard, it’s not just the Democrats were talking to. It’s the Republicans, too. There are plenty of Republicans who want to jump ship. And the more we make our voices heard, the more appealing that looks to them.

There’s a lot of nuance to the power of our voices.