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Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:35 PM Jun 2018

So....How do we fight now? The cards are quickly being stacked. I say it's time to hit the streets.

Not for just one cause but for the sake of the nation. I want to be positive. I don't want things to go bad. But I already have visions of riots in the street.

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So....How do we fight now? The cards are quickly being stacked. I say it's time to hit the streets. (Original Post) Lint Head Jun 2018 OP
it is war... handmade34 Jun 2018 #1
Hit the streets and do what exactly? ADX Jun 2018 #2
Most people only have one weapon HAB911 Jun 2018 #3
Peaceful protest? I know you're not trying to be a smart ass. I see a Marine insignia by your ID. Lint Head Jun 2018 #9
The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor avatar I use denotes my status as a Marine Corps veteran... ADX Jun 2018 #20
I was told by a DUer that the court's job wasn't to help us..just sinkingfeeling Jun 2018 #4
Target vulnerable Republican Senators jpljr77 Jun 2018 #5
McCain probably won't make it that long shanti Jun 2018 #17
That's actually a pretty good point; outgoing Senators probably don't want to see their country die. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #18
You also have Collins and Murkowski, who have shown defiance to Republicans on some matters... jpljr77 Jun 2018 #19
Time for a general strike n/t SubjectTrip Jun 2018 #6
Agree!!!! Lint Head Jun 2018 #10
Start Saturday! yallerdawg Jun 2018 #7
Arizona Democrats need to be camped outside the offices of McCain and Flake. Tatiana Jun 2018 #8
Exactly. Lint Head Jun 2018 #11
Every sucker for him/herself I guess. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #12
So. Do we just give up the dream that was America? Lint Head Jun 2018 #14
Yeah, I think so. America as we knew it is gone. Some say it has been for a long time. Still In Wisconsin Jun 2018 #15
This is funny. Tipperary Jun 2018 #13
They've already prepared for this scenario, you know shanti Jun 2018 #16

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
9. Peaceful protest? I know you're not trying to be a smart ass. I see a Marine insignia by your ID.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:19 PM
Jun 2018

I assume you are military or a veteran. (No insult intended. I do not know you personally. Some have used icons to fool folks and their intentions.) So you know what sacrifice is. Everything my relatives and friends died for and fought for, during previous wars, is now being slowly consumed by an authoritarian beast. Do we just sit back and let it happen? Voting is just one element for change. I myself will contact every congressman and senator I can to ad a voice. But I am just one person. I am willing to listen to any and all opinions on how to end this nightmare.

 

ADX

(1,622 posts)
20. The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor avatar I use denotes my status as a Marine Corps veteran...
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 04:02 PM
Jun 2018

...and as such, I definitely know what sacrifice is. That being said, I most certainly don't intend to just sit idly by and watch our great country devolve into a morass of ultra right-wing lunacy. The Rethugs are just waiting, looking, and hoping for an excuse to go kinetic on those whose views differ from theirs because they firmly believe they'll have the decidedly upper hand if/when it comes to that. I'm all for getting-out-the vote, writing letters, fundraising, contacting congressmen and senators, etc. and so on but I'm more concerned with what happens if/when those efforts fail and we edge ever-closer to the abyss. We all have our parts to play and we all have our own areas of strength and expertise so...

Never mind. I'll just leave it there...

jpljr77

(1,004 posts)
5. Target vulnerable Republican Senators
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 02:59 PM
Jun 2018

We need two Republican Senators to block any nominees. Target ones who think they might have something to gain: maybe Heller.

Other than that, see if we can swing the outgoing ones: Flake, Corker, McCain. Man, wouldn't it be sweet, sweet justice if McCain rode to the rescue as one of his final acts?

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
18. That's actually a pretty good point; outgoing Senators probably don't want to see their country die.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:30 PM
Jun 2018

Call these guys if you are one of their constituents!

jpljr77

(1,004 posts)
19. You also have Collins and Murkowski, who have shown defiance to Republicans on some matters...
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:33 PM
Jun 2018

especially on health care and women's issues. Pitch it to them as a check on generational rollbacks of progress.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
7. Start Saturday!
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:07 PM
Jun 2018
https://act.moveon.org/event/families-belong-together/search/?

Donald Trump and his administration are cruelly separating children from their families. But we won't allow it to continue. On June 30, we're rallying in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell Donald Trump and his administration to stop separating kids from their parents!

Join us on June 30 to send a clear message to Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress: Families Belong Together!

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
8. Arizona Democrats need to be camped outside the offices of McCain and Flake.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:09 PM
Jun 2018

These are our best bests to vote against the Republican nominee.

Corker won't stand up to Trump, IMO, but it might not be a bad idea to try to appeal to any sense of decency he may have.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
12. Every sucker for him/herself I guess.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:23 PM
Jun 2018

If people wanna march, then march. If they wanna riot, then riot. And if there are folks who chose a quiet exit from all of this, that's ok too.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
15. Yeah, I think so. America as we knew it is gone. Some say it has been for a long time.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:28 PM
Jun 2018

Like I said, every sucker for him/herself. Vote if you want... I will if I'm still around. Riot if you want but I'm too old for that shit and don't want to die in prison. March if you want. Whatever works for you.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
13. This is funny.
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:24 PM
Jun 2018

After the dotard’s election, I remember countless posts saying people were too afraid even to have a Hillary bumper sticker.

Our “fighting back” ideas right here on du were: wearing safety pins (never got that one), turning magazines back to front at the grocery store, changing channels from Fox to other channels at family homes...lord, I have forgotten the other brave and revolutionary resistance ideas. Has something changed?

shanti

(21,675 posts)
16. They've already prepared for this scenario, you know
Wed Jun 27, 2018, 03:28 PM
Jun 2018

And they're just itching to use their new-fangled devices against us.

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