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Ellie Kona's avatar

As Heather wrote, "we are still in a dangerous moment..."

However heartening the trend of forces weakening the Big Lie and Trumpism, this is no time to be lulled into complacency. As Heather wrote about the Civil War, “But, once they declared an insurrection, they found it hard to keep up enthusiasm for it. Confederate leaders approved the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861 in part because interest in creating a new nation was fading…Sparking a crisis made sure that southern whites did not abandon the Confederacy…Wars are far easier to start than to stop.”

Our vigilance is necessary now more than ever to be on the alert for such a spark of a crisis by the far right, whether the spark be another organized insurrectionist move, or escalating an incident of violence:

• Monitor the far right extremists.

• Counter toxic negative messaging on social media and amplify positive supportive messaging for the Biden administration.

• Don’t react; assess for truth and respond effectively.

• Be prepared to participate in nonviolent resistance.

https://americansofconscience.com/

https://www.commoncause.org/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/why-nonviolent-resistance-beats-violent-force-in-effecting-social-political-change/

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Rose (WNY via OH/OR/MA/FL/CO)'s avatar

Barr: "It was all bullshit." We could as well describe Trump's entire presidency with those words!

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