If there is one thing we learned from Trump’s first week in office, it’s that there is no crime or act of violence too heinous to get away with as long as you are wearing a MAGA hat, a Camp Auschwitz t-shirt and chanting “we want Trump!”
Sounds about right... you just missed the Silk Road guy, so add to your list anyone willing to facilitate hundreds of millions of dollars in death and destruction of families all over the country via opioids...
I am so happy that I stumbled upon your substack. Honestly, your approach is one of the very few approaches that makes any sense. I spent the entire morning reading through almost all of your substacks. Somehow, you have to figure out a way to get your messages amplified. I wish you could set up a meeting with at least one of the Dems or Independent Senators or Congressmen/women. AOC might even be receptive to meeting with you. I have not felt any direction since Election Day, until now. Thank you! If and when you start an organized movement, I would love to be a part of it, in whatever capacity I can be of assistance.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and the vote of confidence.
Yeah, this is my biggest challenge right now. I have no idea how to get this amplified, and I fear that our biggest challenge right now is timing.
I'm mostly relying on algorithms and behavior that borders on spamming on BlueSky to try and get this message out. It seems like the response is overwhelmingly positive, but the growth seems much smaller than what's needed. My hope is that at some point my message will hit someone like AOC, or Raskin, or an influencer whom the message will resonate with and who will amplify the message into virality. I'm not sure what else is there, it just sucks to have to rely on luck.
I don't even care if my "messaging strategy" is the IT that will save us, but I have no doubt that it anything will, it will be a messaging strategy. And it blows my mind that Dems seem to have literally none whatsoever. I can't even point to a thing and call it bad because such a thing that can be described as a strategy simply does not exist.
As for a movement, it reminds me of a quote I learned a long time ago (20+ years) from Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience:
"Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already."
I bring this up not from smugness, but in the humility that even if it's just one or two of us who have the conviction and moral fortitude to say what needs to be said and to take the actions that are necessary to defend what we believe, that we are already—not something that remains to be started or organized—a movement.
Excellent article. Keep this topic upfront. Some have joined us, some are dabbling, some are getting concerned, but they are in time zones of acceptance that fascism is here. Reminders or reinforcement articles are needed. Thank you for putting this out front where it belongs. I hope other writers in the resistance will join you.
This organization is what we need to help fight Christian Nationalism.
It is called Indivisible.
Go to their website to see how you can get involved.
They’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
Thank you so much for this on point clearly written article. I have shared it to my FB feed, local Dem group , and Blue Rev. This needs to be on the op page of every newspaper in our country.
If there is one thing we learned from Trump’s first week in office, it’s that there is no crime or act of violence too heinous to get away with as long as you are wearing a MAGA hat, a Camp Auschwitz t-shirt and chanting “we want Trump!”
Sounds about right... you just missed the Silk Road guy, so add to your list anyone willing to facilitate hundreds of millions of dollars in death and destruction of families all over the country via opioids...
I am so happy that I stumbled upon your substack. Honestly, your approach is one of the very few approaches that makes any sense. I spent the entire morning reading through almost all of your substacks. Somehow, you have to figure out a way to get your messages amplified. I wish you could set up a meeting with at least one of the Dems or Independent Senators or Congressmen/women. AOC might even be receptive to meeting with you. I have not felt any direction since Election Day, until now. Thank you! If and when you start an organized movement, I would love to be a part of it, in whatever capacity I can be of assistance.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and the vote of confidence.
Yeah, this is my biggest challenge right now. I have no idea how to get this amplified, and I fear that our biggest challenge right now is timing.
I'm mostly relying on algorithms and behavior that borders on spamming on BlueSky to try and get this message out. It seems like the response is overwhelmingly positive, but the growth seems much smaller than what's needed. My hope is that at some point my message will hit someone like AOC, or Raskin, or an influencer whom the message will resonate with and who will amplify the message into virality. I'm not sure what else is there, it just sucks to have to rely on luck.
I don't even care if my "messaging strategy" is the IT that will save us, but I have no doubt that it anything will, it will be a messaging strategy. And it blows my mind that Dems seem to have literally none whatsoever. I can't even point to a thing and call it bad because such a thing that can be described as a strategy simply does not exist.
As for a movement, it reminds me of a quote I learned a long time ago (20+ years) from Henry David Thoreau's Civil Disobedience:
"Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already."
I bring this up not from smugness, but in the humility that even if it's just one or two of us who have the conviction and moral fortitude to say what needs to be said and to take the actions that are necessary to defend what we believe, that we are already—not something that remains to be started or organized—a movement.
Excellent article. Keep this topic upfront. Some have joined us, some are dabbling, some are getting concerned, but they are in time zones of acceptance that fascism is here. Reminders or reinforcement articles are needed. Thank you for putting this out front where it belongs. I hope other writers in the resistance will join you.
100%
The 90 minute, 2024 documentary “Bad Faith”, does an excellent job showing us our enemy.
It is about authoritarian Christian Nationalism.
They are well funded and well organized.
Will check it out, thanks for pointing it out
This organization is what we need to help fight Christian Nationalism.
It is called Indivisible.
Go to their website to see how you can get involved.
They’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
https://indivisible.org
Thank you so much for this on point clearly written article. I have shared it to my FB feed, local Dem group , and Blue Rev. This needs to be on the op page of every newspaper in our country.
You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to read it and share with others!
Thank you for keeping us informed!! And forklift letting us listen ! Or read!!
Thank you for reading and sharing with others!
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