THREAD: With TWO WEEKS until Election Day, we need to talk about #HowFascismWorks. Philosopher @jasonintrator saw it coming - and his book lays out the warning signs.
Follow along and find more ways to fight back at fckyourfascism.com! (1/12)
Fascists are *obsessed* about a perfect past. Sound familiar?
*cough cough* MAGA? 🙄
Say F off to simplistic stories about American greatness, and learn to love America’s big beautiful mess. Check out projects like @ZinnEdProject to spice up your knowledge (2/12)
Fascists are 🌊FLOODING our feeds with #misinformation like never before, and it’s coming all the way from the top.
Fascists love to play on a false sense of #WhiteVictimhood by attacking things like racial sensitivity training - the minimum we can do for racial equity.
F*ck fascism by showing up for racial justice every...damn...day. ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿 Plug-into a @ShowUp4RJ chapter near you. (7/12)
Fascists will stop at nothing to shut down dissent, and #authoritarian leaders often lean on "law and order" to hold on to power.
Cops won’t save us, but a new vision of safety might!
Fascists want us to think trans and queer folks are the "enemy." From military bans, rolled-back rights, and increased violence, they want to put us back into tired gender roles.
F*ck this scapegoating by supporting orgs defending LGBTQIA+🌈 lives like @SRLP and @TLDEF (9/12)
Fascists like Trump are trying to play on 🏡suburban/🏙️urban divides by fear mongering about encroaching affordable housing.
Say F off by defending housing as a human right, and supporting the orgs making this a reality like @HFA_RenterPower (10/12)
Fascists say that work will set us free, even as they force millions of essential workers to risk their lives in the middle of a deadly pandemic!
#FACTS: Only movement building will set us free. Vote. Organize. Mobilize! It’s our only hope. #FckFascism! (11/12)