As we face the incredibly dangerous and uncertain future with the probability that TRAITOR Trump and the other TRAITORS who support him and his fascism, it is incumbent on all of us who understand that danger to do everything within our power to resist that fascism and the immeasurably destructive potential outcomes which are sought by TRAITOR Trump and those other TRAITORS who support him. With all three branches of government in their hands, there is little that can be done to prevent that incredible potential damage to both America and American Democracy. Political resistance is the only weapon we have which has been proven to be effective in such situations. Patriotic and determined resistance groups have given us effective examples of how this resistance is accomplished. Those groups in much of Western Europe during both World War II and World War I. There are also excellent examples of effective resistance in countries such as Turkey, Iran, Chile, and Syria. Study those examples! Emulate those examples! Read recent books about political resistance! Attend educational opportunities to learn about fascism and how to resist it! Become an active resister! It is the only effective option we have!
The quotations below are from several famous writers and politicians. Study them and the brave souls who verbalized them and practiced political resistance on a daily basis in their lives. The first five of those quotations were all used as part of my official e-mail signature from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021. I will be using and posting them wherever it is appropriate in the coming four years. So should you! Learn what you can do as a political resister at this most dangerous time in America since the day Fort Sumter was fired on. GOD HELP US ALL!
“I
have lived my life and I have fought my battles, not against the weak and poor—but
against power, injustice, and oppression.”
Clarence Darrow
“Why,
this far into the twenty-first century, are we once again talking about
Fascism? One reason, frankly, is Donald
Trump. If we think of Fascism as a wound
from the past that had almost healed, putting Trump in the White House was like
ripping off the bandage and picking at the scab.” Madeleine Albright, “Fascism A Warning”, p.
5-6.
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“Bigger
misfits haven’t been seen inside a White House since William Taft got stuck in
his bathtub.” John McCain, “The Restless
Wave”, p. 267
“I
am asking you to hold fast to that faith written into our founding documents;
that idea whispered by slaves and abolitionists; that spirit sung by immigrants
and homesteaders and those who marched for justice; that creed reaffirmed by
those who planted flags from foreign battlefields to the surface of the moon; a
creed at the core of every American whose story is not yet written: Yes We Can.
Yes We Did. Yes We Can.” President Barack Obama
“These are the times that try men's souls. The
summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink
from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves
the love and thanks of man and woman." Thomas Paine
"Fascism is capitalism plus murder." Upton Sinclair
"A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such and intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions, or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends." Henry Wallace
"There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind bars, and the man is outside." Upton Sinclair
"Fascism is a lie told by bullies." Ernest Hemingway
"But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him." Upton Sinclair
"I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system." Noam Chomsky
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