@AlliFlowers , I am at a loss on this. What can an individual do? My state is currently fairly safe for trans folks, Kentucky. But we may slip into darkness here too. So offering shelter to people from other states may not work. But I strongly advise people to flee those states that are falling, now. It's 1930s Germany in Florida and Texas right now. Just being noisy isn't enough, I don't think.
@JonKramer It’s the poem. First they came for the trade unionists. We cannot allow it to begin this time.We are all Other.
@AlliFlowers , I know.... but when do we pick up arms and go to war??? Just talking isn't doing anything. that tree of liberty needs feeding.
@JonKramer No. We continue to put down violence and insurrection.
@AlliFlowers I don't know about that. Would pacifism have worked in 1930 Germany?? I don't think so.
@JonKramer They didn’t understand what was coming then. We do, today.
@JonKramer Only for protection, not as an aggressor.
@AlliFlowers , sounds good in theory, to stay on the moral high ground. I think in practice, the victor will write the history books, and the goal is to win.
@JonKramer Can’t argue with that. I’m just hoping it can all be done peacefully.
@AlliFlowers I posted some holocaust survivors comparing 1930 Germany with the USA today a week or so ago. I think your hope is admirable, but unrealistic. We need Stonewall (1969) and Watts (1965, and 1992) to foster change.
@JonKramer As a Jew, I spent my entire life wondering how Germany got to that point. Now I know. But the ghetto uprisings didn’t work either.
@AlliFlowers , those uprisings had one in 50 armed. Maybe.
@AlliFlowers , and knowing that, you still say no to picking up arms?