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White folks are used to being polite and accommodating to cops. Do not fall into your old ways. For once, your silence will not be violence. STFU if the cops come looking for your neighbours. No matter how friendly.

Fascism only works if we go along with it. Fascism only works if we surrender to it. Resist. Do not say a word about your neighbours. As far as the cops are concerned you’re a recluse who doesn’t talk to anybody where you live."


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"Fascist raids by law enforcement should be met with:

I don’t know.

I can’t help.

I do not know anybody’s legal status.

I have no idea who is an immigrant.

White folks are used to being polite and accommodating to cops.

Do not fall into your old ways.

For once, your silence will not be violence. STFU if the cops come looking for your neighbours. No matter how friendly.

Fascism only works if we go along with it. Fascism only works if we surrender to it.

Resist.

Do not say a word about your neighbours. As far as the cops are concerned you’re a recluse who doesn’t talk to anybody where you live."

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I always forget that not everybody had a Buddhist hippie uncle and aunt doing lessons with them on the weekend.

My cousins and I will randomly say, "What is (Uncle's) number one rule?"

And everyone present will chant a phrase thst would dox me, that boils down to "don't help the police!"

We can all play a part. Mutual aid means using whatever you bring to the table. If you can, think of it like a video game or a tabletop game. I look like I do and made a lifelong practice of learning how to talk to people. Now I have a high diplomacy check (and sense motive.) My boyfriend spent most of his life in the military, and his capacity for violence makes him the barbarian. Together, we are prepared to help in many, many more ways than either of us could ever do alone.

And the bigger your circle, the more situations you're prepared for! If you haven't yet, take an honest assessment of your skills. Figure out how you can most help others. You don't have to be an S rank talker or violencer, you can be bad at the skill you pick! The important thing is to pick the skill, *then work on it. *

Even if you don't have a circle, if you're all alone, you can be preparing yourself to help others who need it. You are valued. You are loved, even if you don't know it, even if it's easy to feel like you're not. And when you eventually find your tribe, or when your tribe is being attacked, having skills to help others and yourself is the best thing you can do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

You're hiding enemies of the state, are you not?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Chaos A.D.
Disorder unleashed
Silence means death
Stand on your feet
Inner fear
Your worst enemy

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Fortunately for me, Im a recluse who doesn't talk to anyone where I live

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (23 children)

I was on board until you randomly called out "white people" for no reason, to no benefit. Good job pissing off an ally for no reason.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Then you are not and never were an ally. I have "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo on my reading list. You might consider adding it to yours as well

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problems is that there are many people who, even when they themselves are generally powerless and under somebody's boot, positively relish the opportunity to feel superior to somebody else by helping press the boot on them.

Sadly, some of the oppressed are only meek or nice out of fear because of where they are in their power structure they'e in and when they get or are given the power to do so without consequences, turn into evil oppressors.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right. This is a call for people who haven't already made that choice, to make it. Now.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Since generally there are at least a few assholes around who will totally enjoy the "power" of fucking somebody else's life and often the assholes don't even behave like assholes in every day life (because they usually don't have the power to be assholes with impunity) so one might not even be aware of their low moral characters, merelly a "if you this to not get involved you won't be helping the Fascists" line of advice is not enough.

There has to be something beyond that, at the very least so that wannabe assholes fear being spotted and suffering reprisals if they do act like assholes, which if you want to make it as above the Law as possible (rather than merelly "I know which car you drive and it would be a shame if it got damaged overnight") does require some form of involving the community to create a perception that those who rat will get into trouble with the rest.

The problem is not simply solved or even significantly so with a mere "don't tell the pigs anything" (i.e. "Do No Evil"), even though those who act thus do gain the moral high ground by acting like that.

I'm sorry that I myself am not really offering a concrete solution, and my contribution is just pointing out that a Passive-Aggressive approach won't really do much more than slightly delay the Fascists and their dogs.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

The only proper response to a door knock is "come back with a warrant".

Rights are rights for a reason, don't let that shit erode any further.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Start playing "come out ye black and tans"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's a song about people standing up for their rights and for those of others, doesn't really apply to the US, let's be honest

Most will be sitting on their pile of guns, quivering with fear

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only proper response to a door knock is to not open the door.

If the fascist pigs have a warrant, they'll find their own way inside anyway. Otherwise, they can stay the fuck out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sorry to disappoint, but

they’ll find their own way inside anyway.

Warrant or not.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is fine while you have the rule of law and independent institutions to enforce those rights. When those institutions are eroded or facing the barrel of a gun then people's rights might as well he written on toilet paper.

You can't make up for a dysfunctional political system with demands for fictional rights.

People from one particular notable country always get the emphasis wrong in my opinion. Perhaps they are all brainwashed. They think the rights uphold their system when in truth it is the system that upholds the rights. It has kept them blind to the reforms needed to breathe life into a system that barely qualifies as a democracy by modern standards.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

They think the rights uphold their system when in truth it is the system that upholds the rights.

Totally stealing this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd also like to take this moment to remind how to handle a police interaction in the USA, in a one minute video described by a few lawyers: STFU Friday!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I grew up in a small town on the border when the border patrol would ask us if we had seen any aliens we would always just look up and say I think I saw one flying around up there

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

This is the way.

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