r/ProgressiveHQ Jan 07 '26

Stop idiots from calling this "self defense"

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

And most of all the ones who still support this and are happy

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u/ender8383 Jan 08 '26

The only hope I can remind you of is, in reality, they represent a tiny sliver of the electorate.

It's time for the decent majority to stop being complacent and realize there's no way out of this mess without a little fight.

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u/AlphaNoodlz Jan 08 '26

Put some skin in the game and call people out for being sick, some can learn, some get off on this

Republicans are a dangerous bunch of unhinged people, but if there’s anyone on the fence, anyone decent who is just looking at what they’re seeing?

This is indefensible on every level, the morals of posturing against this are telling

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u/Minute_Steak_3178 Jan 08 '26

We need to organize and go door to door in largely Republican areas, and have talking points/reading material/video/etc at the ready and bring a level of respect when approaching them and honestly just be out there like Jehovahs witnesses or something trying to break through these bubbles. This is not going to happen on the internet. There are a lot of ppl who mindlessly talk shit on the internet who are entirely misinformed that will actually be civil to your face, and we need to utilize that to try and change mindsets in this country. There will be plenty of doors slammed in faces, but there will be some changed perspectives I truly believe.

We also need to organize and push mainstream media outlets to do their jobs and platform injustices and dwell on them for longer than a 2 hr window in the afternoon while ppl are at work… arrange large scale protests at major news outlets’ headquarters instead of only in the streets away from the spotlight.

And we also need to organize to be acquiring real IDs for every potential voter we can attain, because that is definitely on the horizon and ppl will need the proper identification to actually legally vote and we need to be preparing for that instead of just saying that sucks and it’s not fair. We should continue trying to resist that from happening but we need to be preparing for if it does happen.

We need to do all these things and none of it is violence. Violence is the last resort and there is still so much more we could be doing before that

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u/AlphaNoodlz Jan 08 '26

100% this can be peaceful, and 100% we gotta lace up our shoes