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  • Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 天前

    The only way to defeat us is if the Trump administration and the movement that undergirds it manages to divide us. We can’t let that happen. To win as a majority coalition, we must always invite everybody who believes in civil liberties and human rights.

    Sooooo we’re defeated? 1/3 of the population voted for this and is actively cheering it on, 1/3 don’t give enough of a shit to take action for whatever reason, and the last 1/3 are the target of the first 1/3.

    How the fuck are we supposed to band together and “invite everybody that believes in civil liberties and human rights” when half of the country is either championing or passively allowing the stripping away of those rights? This would require the right wing to fundamentally shift their views on immigrants and gay people, which they obviously have no interest in doing.

    All that was needed to defeat Hitler was to make the Nazis see Jews as people.

    That’s pretty much what’s being said here. Can we please be realistic and not pretend that both sides are equal and valid in their rationale and behavior? If someone starts punching every gay person around them, you don’t tell the gay people to be more cooperative and understanding, you arrest the fucker and punish them.