We've never seen anything like this in our lifetime since the Soviet Union days, which most of us were either too young to remember or not even born yet.
It doesn't matter how it gets spun, this is what authoritarianism under a tyrannical Government looks like.
It's really important that people rely less on just social media to spread these things and instead send them out directly themselves as well. I know that sounds silly and like it won't accomplish much, but when I began doing it after the election in 2020 — when they cut-off people being able to share information — I was surprised at just how many people close to me didn't have a clue what was happening.
It does wake people up. Or, at the very least, it plants tiny seeds in the minds that sprout into questions later as they begin to notice things. That's just how I see it.
I think the worst thing people can do is be apathetic and silent.
If we don't begin taking risks and speaking up then the consequences later seem like they'll be far more pernicious than the potential for being socially ostracized in the present. Those people who would lose a friend for such things are the truly intolerant ones and aren't worth keeping around anyway — that's for damn sure.

We've never seen anything like this in our lifetime since the Soviet Union days, which most of us were either too young to remember or not even born yet.
It doesn't matter how it gets spun, this is what authoritarianism under a tyrannical Government looks like.
It's really important that people rely less on just social media to spread these things and instead send them out directly themselves as well. I know that sounds silly and like it won't accomplish much, but when I began doing it after the election in 2020 — when they cut-off people being able to share information — I was surprised at just how many people close to me didn't have a clue what was happening.
It does wake people up. Or, at the very least, it plants tiny seeds in the minds that sprout into questions later as they begin to notice things. That's just how I see it.
I think the worst thing people can do is be apathetic and silent.
If we don't begin taking risks and speaking up then the consequences later seem like they'll be far more pernicious than the potential for being socially ostracized in the present. Those people are the truly intolerant ones and aren't worth keeping around anyway — that's for damn sure.

We've never seen anything like this in our lifetime since the Soviet Union days, which most of us were either too young to remember or not even born yet.
It doesn't matter how it gets spun, this is what authoritarianism under a tyrannical Government looks like.
It's really important that people rely less on just social media to spread these things and instead send them out directly themselves as well. I know that sounds silly and like it won't accomplish much, but when I began doing it after the election in 2020 — when they cut-off people being able to share information — I was surprised at just how many people close to me didn't have a clue what was happening.
It does wake people up. Or, at the very least, it plants tiny seeds in the minds that sprout into questions later as they begin to notice things. That's just how I see it.
I think the worst thing people can do is be apathetic and silent.
If we don't begin taking risks and speaking up then the consequences later seem like they'll be far more pernicious than being potentially socially ostracized in the present. Those people are the truly intolerant ones and aren't worth keeping around anyway — that's for damn sure.