Right?! I’m 4’11” and 100 lbs. If you don’t have a warrant, back the fuck up I’m because I am not intimidated by bullies. Why are grown ass men so chicken?
Amen. For every post claiming "elections no longer matter" i think of the women who fought to vote for more than 100 years. And did not take no for an answer.
Also what the GOP is counting on. As long as we have such an elevated standard of living as a nation (and we do), the risk of truly popular uprisings are very low.
They would melt into a puddle of piss if they were subjected to 1% of the abuse directed at any woman who achieves any level of prominence on social media
Meanwhile AOC, who has probably gotten thousands of death threats in her life, just keeps rolling because she knows they're all talk and she knows she's faced worse and handled it
I’ve been reading a lot of 20th century totalitarian history recently and I’m legitimately so worried for her. once the secret police start eschewing due process during a fascist takeover it basically ALWAYS ends with the mass murder and torture of your political opponents. this is so bad
Yeah, I think it’s quite plausible they’ll try to pin a fake scandal on her, then disappear her on bs charges. Or worse. Absolutely insane that AOC and Bernie are the only ones saying anything
As I saw someone put it, if these GOP reps are afraid because of the threats they receive as politicians, they should be grateful they're not female sportswriters because they wouldn't last a day.
Powerful white men: how dare modern society strip us of our god given right to be heros
Modern society: Hey, here is your chance to stand up to fascism and help save democracy
Powerful white men: *crickets*
Exactly. Retirees with no job to lose. Wealthy people who could live comfortably without working. Self employed people with flexibility. But it's those of us with everything to lose who do the bulk of the risk taking.
I live a pretty low key queer life and I still don't tell my mom most things that happen to me. (I left home the year Matthew Shepherd got killed and she was terrified for me. I learned that *years* later)
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Thin-skinned whiny piss babies, almost across the board.
-TS
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Modern society: Hey, here is your chance to stand up to fascism and help save democracy
Powerful white men: *crickets*
woulda been great if the Nazis had defeated the Nazis 👍 WWII would've been ez pz
Meanwhile, I've given food I needed to someone hungrier from a much humbler position.
There's a relevant statement about this somewhere... Something about camels and sewing equipment.
We mock the French for surrendering 80 years ago, when we surrender every day, all day, since Reagan.
Which I am sure Germany and France will be happy for