White folks are used to being polite and accommodating to cops. Do not fall into your old ways. For once, your silence will not be violence. STFU if the cops come looking for your neighbours. No matter how friendly.

Fascism only works if we go along with it. Fascism only works if we surrender to it. Resist. Do not say a word about your neighbours. As far as the cops are concerned you’re a recluse who doesn’t talk to anybody where you live."

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"Fascist raids by law enforcement should be met with:

I don’t know.

I can’t help.

I do not know anybody’s legal status.

I have no idea who is an immigrant.

White folks are used to being polite and accommodating to cops.

Do not fall into your old ways.

For once, your silence will not be violence. STFU if the cops come looking for your neighbours. No matter how friendly.

Fascism only works if we go along with it. Fascism only works if we surrender to it.

Resist.

Do not say a word about your neighbours. As far as the cops are concerned you’re a recluse who doesn’t talk to anybody where you live."

Credit: @Raeeka Yassaie

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    141·
    21 hours ago

    Then take one for the team.

    The violence that would be given to a lawful, rights bearing, legitimate citizen with full rights and privileges will pale in comparison to the violence that will be done to someone who doesn’t have all those privileges.

    If something is done to a lawful citizen, then they can have some kind of recourse to do something about it. Someone who doesn’t have the same rights will have little or no choice to do anything about the violence done to them.

    Once you give in to any kind of violence … the violence only becomes worse for everyone.

    • TurtleSoup@lemmy.zipEnglish
      10·
      21 hours ago

      It’s like part of me wants to follow MLK’s way of doing things but then 5 minutes later it’s “welp. Guess we’re doing it Malcom X’s way instead.” Then I have to sit there and remind myself that violence only begets violence and sooner or later history will look back and say “nobody remembers why the fighting started, just that it did and that it’s been going ever since.”

    • metaStatic@kbin.earth
      4·
      21 hours ago

      I wasn’t suggesting you capitulate.

      You think you have rights until there’s a gun in your face, that’s the whole point, you get it worse if you don’t capitulate because standing up to them is the biggest most unforgivable crime there is.

      • Zron@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Eh, I’ve had guns in my face before.

        I’d rather do what’s right than lick boots because of some twerps with guns.

        I legitimately don’t know the legal status of many of my friends. I know some of them are going through the immigration process, but have no idea of their current status.

        At the end of the day, I’m not lying to an officer when I say I don’t know. I’m not an immigration official. I don’t ask to see my friends’ green cards when we hang out.

        I would rather live with being in jail on bullshit charges than thinking I might have helped ruin the lives of people I care about. But I also recognize that I’m in a privileged position to do that. I already own my house, I have skills and knowledge in a trade, and can easily start a small business to support myself and my family if no one will hire me.

        Do what you think is right for you. But if you rat out people you care about just because some dipshit waved a gun in your face, you’re a coward.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      20 hours ago

      Then take one for the team.

      Very easy to go on an internet message board and beat your chest and say you won’t break.

      Very difficult to take an actual beating.

      Once you give in to any kind of violence … the violence only becomes worse for everyone.

      “I won’t break under torture” is a sentiment held briefly by untold numbers of torture victims.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        20 hours ago

        I’m Indigenous Canadian and I’ve had my share of dealing with law enforcement for minor stuff. I never did anything wrong, I just had to stand my ground and even when I did, I still faced difficulty and it took allies around me to make it easier. The point is, it’s easier to fight and challenge now when the violence and provocation is minimal.

        You are right, I would probably be a wuss as much as anyone else under torture … which is why I would rather fight and challenge now, rather than wait until things get much worse and I have to break under more extreme conditions.