trump is calling out the National Guard to provoke violence.
As California governor Gavin Newsom said, “that move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”
Exactly. Trump wants to escalate tensions.
He wants a replay of the violence that occurred in the wake of the George Floyd murder — riots, mayhem, and destruction that allow him to escalate his police state further — imposing curfews, closing down parts of Los Angeles, perhaps seeking to subdue the entire state. And beyond.
Please do not give him this. Don’t fall into his trap.
What is needed is peaceful civil disobedience.
- Americans locking arms to protect those who need protection.
- Americans sitting in the way of armored cars.
- Americans singing and chanting in the face of the Americans whom Trump is drafting into his handmade civil war.
- Americans who do not attempt to strike back, but who do what many of us did during the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements —
peacefully but unambiguously reject tyranny.
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