Thread by @frodofied

I'm not an asshole.

But I'm absolutely about to sound like a huge one.

I realize that what I'm about to say will lose me many followers and I'm ok with that, but I refuse to cede a single inch.

If you celebrate tomorrow, you are celebrating Trump.

This is #resistance:

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When a nation suffers a fascistic takeover patriotic celebrations almost always become compulsory.

The crowds, the chants, the flags, and the photos are used as propaganda tools to convince everyone that dissent does not exist.

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Trump is going to do that tomorrow. He is going to point to all the flags and all of the smiling faces and he is going to say, "Look at how happy Americans are. Look how unified we are. The resistance is nothing. America is becoming great again."

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Let me state that what I'm about to say need not apply to young children, or only when it can be done without causing more trauma in already traumatic times.

But...

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If you are an adult who claims to be in the resistance then every single dollar you spend beyond pure necessity is helping to bolster a pirated economy that will be weaponized against us in November.

Every poll, everywhere shows the resistance is losing ground.

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There is a pretty good chance at this point that we might not even take back the house.

Resistance is more than just marches and tweets, it's also sacrifice.

And if we can't manage to sacrifice some luxuries and a holiday to prove a point?

What is this movement then?

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I'm asking my fellow resistors to take a knee. Refuse to stand while those around you celebrate and salute a completely empty promise.

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That is true patriotism.

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When a country suffers an internal coup, especially aided from the outside, the purest form of resistance is refusing to take part in things that help strengthen the usurpers. Remove yourself from economic participation. Don't celebrate patriotic holidays. March. Protest.

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It's all a part of it.

If we had actually been invaded by a foreign power then resistance would become celebrating our patriotic holidays in open rebellion

It's the French singing La Marseille as the Nazis we're rolling into towns.

There are actually methods to this work.

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Tomorrow true resistance would be flying a flag upside down. It would be spending time volunteering for @ppacr or the @ACLU. It would be standing in front of a grocery wearing a #resist tshirt. It would be walking along the beach w/ a bullhorn while reading the Constitution.

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It would be sitting at home with your family and talking about what the holiday once meant, and will hopefully mean again someday soon.

Resistance is taking a knee.

But it's not eating dogs and drinking brew while colorful lights are exploding overhead.

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This is serious work.

But it requires shedding your skin and denying yourself much.

Refuse to take part in celebrating this version of America, because soon you might not have that luxury.

#Resist