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“Cowardly billionaires at the Wash Post, LA Times have revealed how dictatorship can thrive, in the cynicism that the media and our other institutions can no longer be trusted

Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease #Trump.

Let's join with the heroes who refuse to obey in advance.”
If @willbunch wrote it, you should read it.© & I 🧵it. 1/…
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in reply to Laffy

2/ “Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.

— Yale historian Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny”

in reply to Laffy

I have a Harris/Walz sign in my Arizona front yard. (Second sign, first was stolen.) It’s my way of telling 🍊 🤡 cultists that I support freedom, and of telling sane people that it’s okay to publicly support freedom.