Sharing this again because I am seeing way too much "we're cooked indefinitely" or "we're doomed" bs going around. Being honest about the dangers we face also means being honest about the fact we can fight/survive and we are not the first to do so. History offers hope as it does warning. - ThreadSky

davidforbes.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Sharing this again because I am seeing way too much "we're cooked indefinitely" or "we're doomed" bs going around.

Being honest about the dangers we face also means being honest about the fact we can fight/survive and we are not the first to do so. History offers hope as it does warning.

Reposted from David Forbes

Feeling fear is understandable. But we are responsible for our actions in the face of it.

We do not have the luxury of surrender www.patreon.com/posts/we-do-...

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davidforbes.bsky.social•5 days ago

And I'll be honest a lot of the worst panic (often along with outright misinformation) is coming from queer gentry whose reality is imploding because they can't imagine community and survival, let alone defiance, outside official government sanction and their relatively cushy lives.

puddlesofcustard.bsky.social•5 days ago

Hope is all well and good, but when you have an army of assholes who are ostensibly "on your side" telling you every idea you suggest is simply too much or too difficult, it's easy to get into the "then die" mindset.

davidforbes.bsky.social•5 days ago

Again: feeling fear is understandable.

puddlesofcustard.bsky.social•5 days ago

I'm not talking about fear, I'm talking about abject fury and being stymied at every turn, to once again paraphrase MLK: the great stumbling block is not the fascist, but the moderate.

davidforbes.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes, this piece is from a place of agreement. I've got no love for moderates.

tutusntinyhats.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah, I reposted a thread that had some of that language, because I thought the other info in it was so important, and I don't feel great about it. I wish there was a way I could be like, "Please take the practical info from this thread and not the catastrophizing,"

davidforbes.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yeah, it's possible to just say "this is very dangerous" alongside reminders that we keep fighting no matter what.

tutusntinyhats.bsky.social•5 days ago

but I didn't feel like it was my place as a cis person to say that. *sigh*

wordstock.bsky.social•5 days ago

From "On Tyranny"
Timothy Snyder:

Chapter 1
Do Not Obey in Advance
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

adklibrarybear.bsky.social•5 days ago

My good friend has a quote, to paraphrase “all that was built before us was done by people who had less than we do, against worse odds.” I really believe in that - the mandate for us to survive is one way I express love to the community ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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