Thread by @RefuseFascism

Y’all wanna refuse to accept a fascist America? Here’s a thread from our new Statement of Conscience. #TrumpPenceOutNow #OutNow

Silent No More, We Say:
The hour is late. For over three years, the Trump/Pence regime has brought an unrelenting barrage of insult, injury, and atrocity, with catastrophic consequences for all humanity. #TrumpPenceOutNow

There are times in history when a people must reach deep into their collective conscience and act with unprecedented moral courage to stop the crimes of their government.

We must say out loud what has been too often spoken in whispers & riddles. An American fascism is here & advancing, wrapped in the flag & Pence’s Bible taken literally—spreading its poison of white supremacy, misogyny, & xenophobia.

The world as we have known it is being torn asunder. Fascist regimes are taking root everywhere as tens of millions of people are forced to seek asylum from wars, climate change, and enormous economic dislocation.

Thousands fill stadiums and cheer as Trump spews heinous, bigoted rhetoric. His acolytes threaten civil war & carry out acts of terror.

Trump’s acquittal has set a legal precedent for him to do whatever he wants—even steal an election—as he barrels ahead w alarming vengeance.

The regime bludgeons the very notion of objective truth; trafficking not merely in lies, but in flagrant campaigns of disinformation. #coronavirusus #CoronavirusOutbreak

They purge those who refuse to march in lockstep, then pack the judiciary, the police & the military, the executive and legislative branches, & the state houses with fascists and zealots who see this as their last chance to cement their domination for generations to come.

The damage already done cannot be easily reversed, & worse is surely to come. History has shown that fascism must be stopped before it becomes too late. It might only take a single serious crisis, international or domestic, for this regime to drop the hammer. #NeverAgain #OutNow

Enough. We raise our voices here to say:
In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America. #TrumpPenceOutNow #OutNow

The hour is late. If we do not intervene now, we cannot ask how the German people accepted the horrors of the Nazi regime. What we allow is not just what we condone…it is what we become. No longer will we stand aside while this regime shreds the rule of law.

No more moving the goalpost of what we will tolerate or retreating into our private lives as the regime fills concentration camps at the border, cages immigrant children, bans Muslims, & threatens whole countries w fire & fury. Trump/Pence #OutNow!

We will not allow LGBTQ people to be slammed back into the closet and women to lose the right to abortion and birth control. Trump/Pence #OutNow

It is long past time we cast aside illusions & self-delusion. For years people have waited—for #BlueWave, for Mueller, for #impeachment. But the normal channels turned into dead ends as the regime shredded norms & changed the rules.

The Democratic Party cannot be relied on to stop this nightmare. Trump has branded them as enemies and “traitors,” rallying crowds to “lock them up.” Yet, the Democrats have repeatedly jumped to work with Trump when he let them, normalizing what should only be opposed.

They (Dems) have not called forth the one force that could change the whole political equation—the power of the people in the streets—and they’ve refused to say publicly what many of them know in private, that Trump is a fascist. #OutNow

Let us not hope against facts that the 2020 election—the same election that Trump was on trial for sabotaging—is enough to resolve this crisis. What will we do if Trump wins, or loses and refuses to step down?

What damage will the fascist forces he has unleashed continue to inflict even if he does lose and leaves vengeful? No election, fair or fraudulent, can legitimize what has been normalized over the last three years. #TrumpPenceOutNow

The hour is late, but we can look to the people around the world who have taken to the streets in sustained, non-violent mass protest to drive out hated regimes & win a chance to shape their own destinies.The eyes of the world are on us now.They want to see whose side we are onyx

Will we capitulate to this regime with our silence and passivity, or resist every injustice of this regime and act decisively to knock it off its collision course with humanity? #TrumpPenceOutNow #OutNow

We will follow our conscience, sound the alarm, & organize so that it becomes possible for thousands to take to the streets across the country in non-violent sustained mass protest demanding #TrumpPenceOutNow, growing to millions, & staying in the streets until our demand is met.

This is not the easy road, it requires sacrifice, yet our actions will reflect our ❤️ for humanity in stark contrast to the bigotry of the Trump/Pence fascist regime, & create a political crisis for the ruling powers, leading to a situation where this regime is removed from power

WE MUST ACT to make this real. The hour is late, but it is not yet too late.

WE PLEDGE that we will not stand aside while there is still a chance to stop a regime that imperils humanity and the earth itself.

WE COME FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, but united in our determination,
WE SAY:
In the Name of Humanity,
We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! This Nightmare Must End:
TRUMP/PENCE #OUTNOW!
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Read the full statement, add your name, spread it on social media, & chip in 💰 so that this reaches millions! refusefascism.org/2020/02/27/ref…