My mother told me that violence was never the answer.
My mother told me I was handsome; you can’t always listen to your mother.
What happened to letting the other guy throw the first punch?
Nazis don’t throw the first punch. Nazis burn the first Reichstag.
Aren’t the Left supposed to be the tolerant ones?
Supposed to be the smart ones, too, but they keep falling for that “I
thought you were supposed to be the tolerant ones” horseshit.
What about dialogue?
Dialogue is for reasonable people acting in good faith. Dialogue is
between two acceptable positions. “Taxes need to be raised” vs. “taxes
need to be lowered” is grounds for dialogue. “Taxes need to be raised”
vs. “Jews should be thrown in ovens” is grounds for a beating.
But isn’t this sinking to their level?
That depends. After you punch the Nazi, do you espouse the tenets of National Socialism?
No.
Then you’re better than a Nazi.
But doesn’t this just give the other side ammunition?
The other side in this argument are lying fucks who can twist any
piece of information into a swastika-shaped balloon animal if you engage
them in good faith; lacking a piece of information, they’ll just make
shit up. Might as well punch a Nazi.
What about peace, love, and understanding?
Great goals, and once we get rid of the Nazis we can get to work on
them. All three are completely impossible when Nazis are about.
When should you punch a Nazi?
Whenever you get a chance. Preferably when they’re not looking.
What if they’re smaller than you?
Hit them with your fist.
What if they’re bigger?
Hit them with a bat.
Isn’t this a slippery slope?
After we defeated the Nazis in World War II, did we keep shooting people or did the troops come home and start having babies?
The second thing.
There you go. The slippery slope argument is nine times out of ten
bullshit. Human beings are good with slippery slopes: we build stairs.
What if you think you’re punching a Nazi, but you just hit a white guy with a shitty haircut?
Run.
What should you do if you hit a Nazi?
You should run then, too. Don’t get me wrong: punching Nazis is still illegal. We’re discussing morality.
But I don’t want to punch anyone.
Then get off your duff, mister, and give aid and support to the boys on the front lines. We’re all in this together. Again.
The media is WAY underplaying the women’s march in DC. there are OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. Not “around half a million.” OVER A MILLION.
It’s amazing. Chanting “Black lives matter” and “my body my choice” and “lgbtq and e; we just want equality.” Over a million people shoulder to shoulder with signs and anger channeled into action. THAT’S what the march was.
I talked to a police officer in DC today who said that there were about 1.6 million people. A guy who’s lived in DC for twenty years said that this was bigger than any Independence Day celebration he’s seen, which usually reach about a million.
Don’t let the news tell you that there are only 500k people (which would be impressive in itself). There are at least twice that.
I was at the Women’s March in DC today and didn’t have cell service all day, so I couldn’t get any news updates while I was marching. I thought it was weird when i got back to my campus and saw news sources reporting “about 250k, maybe pushing 500k” turning out.
This event was beyond monumental. We were lined up, completely packed in the roadways, from the end of the National Mall (the rally itself was staged somewhere around the Smithsonian American Indian Museum, with viewing screens and speakers set up intermittently down the Mall, because that’s about as far as they expected us to go) all the way to the Washington Monument and beyond. About two miles, maybe, of residents, students, and tourists, all turning up with their handmade signs for this event.
The Women’s March planning committee had estimated that there would be 250k to 500k people; that’s where they’re getting these numbers. In fact, the crowd so surpassed this estimate that the march itself had to be delayed as alternate routes and new logistics were worked out, because they literally had no clue where to put all of us. We were only supposed to march on Constitution Ave after the rally, but they ended up having to close new roadways for us to march on just because we couldn’t fit.
TL;DR: The inauguration’s turn-out was small enough Trump could hold it in his tiny hands, meanwhile Women’s March was yuuuuge, and now he’s throwing his first official presidential tantrum. Sad!
The media is WAY underplaying the women’s march in DC. there are OVER A MILLION PEOPLE. Not “around half a million.” OVER A MILLION.
It’s amazing. Chanting “Black lives matter” and “my body my choice” and “lgbtq and e; we just want equality.” Over a million people shoulder to shoulder with signs and anger channeled into action. THAT’S what the march was.
I talked to a police officer in DC today who said that there were about 1.6 million people. A guy who’s lived in DC for twenty years said that this was bigger than any Independence Day celebration he’s seen, which usually reach about a million.
Don’t let the news tell you that there are only 500k people (which would be impressive in itself). There are at least twice that.
if you’re not willing to punch a nazi in the face you shouldn’t be allowed to write captain america
also? when that “cap is a nazi” storyline came out and people who sensibly hate nazis said it was complete bullshit, not just for what it was but for all that it represented, there was a significant number of people saying that it wasn’t that deep, that it was just a ploy to get readers signifying nothing. meanwhile it took all of five minutes for the man to write another comic about how people who are “too obnoxious” about wanting equal rights should apologize to their allies, and now he’s on twitter saying people are being too mean to nazis. like??? jack kirby was ready to personally and with gusto kick the ass of every white supremacist and now this motherfucker is arguing that advocating genocide is nonviolent free speech that should be protected.
So in case you missed it, because this kind of weirdness is easy to miss at its entry point, the WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY stood in the briefing room today and actually tried to insist that the 2017 inauguration was the most attended ever, and that the media were irresponsibly lying about it.
Here’s the problem: whole segments of the population who saw this report broadcasted live, with no critical analysis of it or proof to the contrary, believe it.
This is not gonna be about one day or one march, y’all. Stay calm, stay focused, create small and manageable goals, but stand up for yourselves, for others, and for reality. Every. Day.
This link explains in better detail the strategies being used by the Trump administration and how to best combat against them
Unfollow him. Starve him of attention. Drive down his ratings. When he or his minions appear on TV, change the channel.
Strategy #2: Seek the Truth
Keep close tabs on what Trump does to America and the world, but rely on news source(s) that will rigorously fact-check his every utterance. Follow only credible outlets that are willing to call out a Trump lie when they encounter one. Avoid those that repeat his falsehoods as if they were true, or give his minions a platform for lies and the “Three Ds.”
Strategy #3: Fight Back
Boycott and tweet out the companies sponsoring irresponsible platforms, so they are held accountable for their actions. Take a look at Sleeping Giants. It provides a do-it-yourself approach to influencing companies that advertise on “hate news” sites. Most of the businesses you challenge will be grateful to hear from you because a computer algorithm chooses their ad sites. Literally, these companies don’t know what they’re doing. The strategy works for “fake news,” too.Throughout the campaign, Trump’s strategies produced ratings that were a media bonanza. Not any more. Remember that your time and your clicks translate into money for media outlets.
TL;DR: “For eight years, American colonists fought to win freedom from Great Britain. Every citizen has a duty to preserve and protect it.”
Isn’t this a form of gaslighting?
Yes it is. This is the very definition of gaslighting.
Female staffers adopted a meeting strategy they called “amplification”: When a woman made a key point, other women would repeat it, giving credit to its author. This forced the men in the room to recognize the contribution — and denied them the chance to claim the idea as their own.
“We just started doing it, and made a purpose of doing it. It was an everyday thing,” said one former Obama aide who requested anonymity to speak frankly. Obama noticed, she and others said, and began calling more often on women and junior aides.
If you’re wondering what amplification looks like it really is as simple as listening to a person’s point and then saying “Yes I really agree with (this person’s name) that (the point they made) and I think that (build on point)”
So for example, “Yes I agree with the female staffers that amplification is an effective process and I’ve seen great results from similar techniques used by my own colleagues”
Support, Credit, Reinforce. It’s simple and effective and it really does work.
