I'm serious.

[artemis@dice.camp]

"but people are going to get hurt."

People are going to get hurt, y'all. People are being hurt. Over time more people will be hurt. People will be killed, are being killed.

Dems will not put on the brakes. Yes, Republicans will continue to obviously & aggressively pursue fascism while Dems are going to play it cool but also pursue fascism. The system serves & protects oligarchs, & this is what they want & need.

[artemis@dice.camp]

To stop people from getting hurt, to stop the murders, the oligarchs have to go. The power structure has to go.

I am not telling you what to do.

But KNOW that with electoral politics oligarchs are playing a rigged game. We never win. They always do.

The fascism is here to stay unless we end it, & that WILL NOT HAPPEN AT THE BALLOT BOX. Until then, the death & destruction continues.

I'm not an accelerationist. We've already accelerated.

[artemis@dice.camp]

It is perfectly reasonable to draw the line at "this person is backpedaling on trans rights". Actually seems like a great reason to draw a line.

After trans rights, it will be something else. It will not stop. Dehumanizing folks & stripping away their rights *is* the plan.

[artemis@dice.camp]

A lot of folks drew the line at Palestine. You know why?

Well, one reason is that getting onboard with ANY genocide is a declaration of intent.

You see it?

If those people can just be murdered & it doesn't "count", then eventually anyone can be murdered, & it won't "count".

[burnoutqueen@todon.nl]

@artemis I drew the line at Palestine because what is happening in Palestine right now is what the Germans did to Warsaw.

[artemis@dice.camp]

I know, I know, it feels like we are so trapped. What else are we to do?

Support our trans neighbors. Never let people forget or ignore Palestine. See what you can do in your daily life to put a wrench in the gears of industry.

We can't keep doing this forever. We can't keep voting for annihilation & authoritarian control. They will keep saying "see? Trans rights don't matter. Palestine doesn't matter."

That's not what your vote meant to you, but it IS what it will be used for.

[crow@irlqt.net]

@artemis@dice.camp

I remember asking my friends that "if genocide isn't your line what is? two genocides? three? four or more?"

never got an answer :\
some would nervous chuckle because it sounds so ridiculous, and it is ridiculous! Ridiculous that you would trade the lives of an entire people for your comfort.

[artemis@dice.camp]

The fascism is here, & the Dems won't change that.

They will put on a "law & order" pretense. They will try to keep the violence behind closed doors. But the violence will continue.

Look at Biden's border policy. We didn't stop putting kids in cages, y'all. We just stopped talking about them.

[artemis@dice.camp]

"So we just let the Republicans run rampant?"

Abso-fucking-lutely not.

We get in their way.

Look at people resisting ICE. We do that. In every area. We make it difficult for fascist policies to be carried out. We look for tactics that stop the gears of industry from turning. We refuse to be silenced. We refuse to conform. We keep testing out new ways to resist.

And we continue to resist the same way regardless of who is in power. We don't slow down. We don't let up. We refuse ALL OF IT.

[franceskamann@freeradical.zone]

@artemis

I notice that folks on facebook are afraid to take direct action. The platform discourages democracy in 1000 different ways.

[artemis@dice.camp]

And also: let's keep showing that WE embrace trans rights. Keep putting trans representation in art. Keep showing that it is a lie that abandoning trans rights is being driven by "the culture." WE make the culture. Let's make it super fucking trans.

We will get more & more pushback. The fash are going to try to silence us. It won't be easy, but we don't let them reshape OUR world.