It seems more like a proxy civil war. DHS and Ice are invading blue cities and states to terrorize those residents, but plenty of blue states have passed state laws to counter the shit happening in other red states and at the federal level. (New York passed "abortion shield" laws, to protect patients and providers offering or receiving abortion care in NY from legal repercussions (civil or criminal) initiated by states with abortion bans.) We have sanctuary cities. We have blue cities/states instructing their police not to assist ICE/DHS. People within those cities and states are also fighting back with neighborhood watches and protecting each other from ICE/DSS. To say that blue states/cities aren't fighting back is disingenuous.

The tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of patriots. It will come to violence, I don't see this ending any other way. The people that are openly opposing trump and his bullshit are trying to do it via civil disobedience, instead of violence. Violence just gives the right fuel to call the left terrorists and demonize the movement, along with an excuse to institute martial law. Civil disobedience gives the movement more credit. Black people during the civil rights movement and MLK recognized this. They knew violence would demonize, and therefore jeopardize what they were trying to accomplish.

... with the same unlubed dildo of consequences that's waiting on Putin, Trump, and a bunch of Epstein accomplices.

Ratas

Hopefully we can get some more lemmy instances that allow people to say what they want so you don't feel the need to self-censor.

They are absolutely being inconvenienced in a very real way. They are still succeeding though, so the counter-insurgency really needs to step up the use of force.

TRANScontinental railroad; to help relocate TRANS ppl, LGBT ppl, and liberal women.

The American Revolution happened because Americans didn't want to repay Britain for its help in the French and Indian War.

We've been dying for tax cuts for our rulers ever since the country's inception.

That's why they used it despite the fact it's absolute bullshit - we're nowhere near an actual revolution because we're too distracted by shit like social media to get wound up enough.