Well, it’s zero day, a.k.a. go time. What do we do?<\/p>\n
Shore up some bulwarks, is what.<\/p>\n
First: get your local governments<\/em> into non-cooperation mode with the new administration’s overtly racist, misogynist, and fascist agenda. Yes, fascist. Maybe not Mr. Trump; he’s just an egomaniacal authoritarian, but people like Steve Bannon? Absolutely.<\/p>\n Work on that now. Don’t just try to get them to oppose it until it starts happening for real – because if he keeps his campaign promises, it is going to happen<\/em> – but to get them to refuse to cooperate from day one<\/em>. Particularly with the mass deportation plans and Muslim registry plans, as a start.<\/p>\n Whereever you are, you need to establish: we don’t do this<\/em>. Our governments<\/em> don’t do this. We Don’t Do This Here,<\/em> full stop.<\/p>\n We’re talking local governments because those are the ones you can actually reach. If you write to your city council, odds are real<\/eM> good you’ll get a response. Same with county, most of the time, and generally, state representatives. Occasionally<\/em> you’ll maybe even get something from the governor.<\/p>\n So you need to phone<\/em> or write<\/em>:<\/p>\n With messages hitting these points:<\/p>\n I think the phrase “refuse to cooperate” is critical, because it means “even once it starts, don’t give in, don’t stop fighting.”<\/p>\n Once you’ve<\/em> done it, try to get other<\/em> people to do it too. We need a meme<\/em> of non-cooperation; we need to normalise non-cooperation<\/b>, and states matter. Counties matter. Cities matter. The Feds get a lot less done if they have no<\/em> local help.<\/p>\n Talk it up. Tell other people. Make it happen.<\/p>\n Second: don’t let other people normalise any of this. Not media, not anybody. One explicit<\/em> goal of the white supremacist and misogynist ~~alt-right~~ shitheel pack is to make their racism and overt hatred of women socially acceptable<\/eM>, to move the Overton window even further over into douchebag territory. Deny it.<\/p>\n Last night gaming, I ran into some guy who started gleefully chanting racist slogans and n****r n****r n****r into Overwatch team chat. For fun<\/em>. That can’t stand, so I hit my mike and said, “Fuck you, I don’t play with racist motherfuckers. I’m out” and dropped on them mid game. Even if he didn’t individually care, even if nobody else dropped after I did, everybody got a tiny demonstration: this will cost you something<\/em>, even if the momentary cost is trivial.<\/p>\n Do not game<\/em> with fascists, do not work with<\/eM> fascists, do not cooperate<\/em> with fascists, do not negotiate<\/eM> with fascists. Do not hand fascists a platform.<\/p>\n Why? Because their agenda is intrinsically uncivil<\/em> – as all eliminationist agendae are – and therefore, they do not get civility<\/em>. They have abandoned any legitimate claim to it. The only claim being made is to raw power<\/em>, and that’s the only thing they care about – or that matters. They don’t get a debate, they get a – metaphorical – boot to the head.<\/p>\n So never<\/em> let any of that shit just go by. Resistance has to be personal<\/em>. Fascism, misogyny, racism – it has to have a daily cost<\/em>. In social life, in standing, in money, in whatever way it can be had. When all that matters is power, when all that counts is what you can get away with, then all that works in response<\/em>… is taking that power away. Yeah, it might be socially uncomfortable at times, but deal with it – because if they have their way, they’ll make millions of peoples lives a whole hell of a lot worse than “socially uncomfortable.”<\/p>\n So get out there, and give ’em hell. Everywhere you can, be it small change, be it big money, be it grit in the gears, be it sand in the eyes, scale doesn’t matter when it’s coming in from every front.<\/p>\n Every chance you get: make ’em pay<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it’s zero day, a.k.a. go time. 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