I don’t really know what to say right now, and I don’t think posting “we told you so” over and over again is helpful, but fuck if it isn’t tempting!
It’s been way too many years of antifascists sounding the alarm and being ignored. Of antifascists fighting back against nazis only to be condemned, demonized, and disproportionately targeted by the State and arrested while they look the other way for and collaborate with white supremacists unleashing violence on our communities and seeking to destroy democracy. People have been ignoring us because their lives have been too convenient and unaffected to care. They’ve been ignoring cries about a fascist police state because they think if they don’t immediately see people in camps then people are just being dramatic. This fascism has been a “slow” burn. I use quotation marks because for some people it has been anything but slow- not everyone has the privilege of living their lives unaffected by the systems of oppression we’re forced to operate in. Not everyone has the privilege of being unaffected by fascism.
What happens when it does finally affect those who refused to see it, but there’s no one left to fight? People need to stop clinging to norms that have long been tossed out by the GOP. The democrats are sure as hell not going to fight for us. It’s on us and only us to build our communities and fight fascism.