Don’t obey in advance. With the exception of the Supreme Court, most other systems and protections remain in place and may continue to exist regardless of Trump’s intentions, especially if they are fought for and protected.

But direct action of the type the author is discussing has been very successful across many contexts, including brutal dictatorships with no human rights guarantees. So the whole thrust of your comment fails to grapple with the real history of popular struggle.

Haha yeah he’s not too memorable otherwise but it’s a funny mistake since Romney and Trump hate each other.

Romney? Did you mean Perry?

Why do you think he was selected for AG?

Biden has backed Israel since Hamas-led gunmen attacked the country in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages. Since then, more than 43,500 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Gaza, with 2 million displaced people and much of the strip reduced to rubble.

How mysterious. I wonder who killed them?

Only those 75ish million. No more, no less.

Although it’s also worth noting that not everyone who voted for Trump supports everything he does. In fact I suspect most don’t, but they’ve been fooled into thinking his “business acumen” will make their lives materially better.

I don’t know why you think this is naive. We might not be able to know or actualize the path the peace but that does not mean it isn’t there.

The present danger doesn’t say anything about what is the most effective way to resist or diffuse this danger. Do you think you have the strength of arms to defeat the US military? Now that I would call naive.

Then you are extremely naive about the horrors and harms a civil war would entail. We should all care.

I don’t agree that justice requires going through war, nor that war is even likely to lead to justice.

There is always a path towards peace. I admit it may be unclear to me in the present moment but I’ll be searching for it in the coming years.

We certainly don’t need to do anything to accelerate civil conflict, inevitable or not.

Since no one seems to be taking OP’s question seriously, I’ll take a stab at this. There are a variety of reasons.

Some people feel that voting is offering material support to a specific candidate or system, and they simply cannot bring themselves to do so given the horrors that that person or system is either supporting or failing to condemn.

Others may feel that strategically withholding their vote as a punishment may motivate democrats to take these types of issues more seriously in the future.

Or they may feel that their vote is more impactful in magnifying the voice and power of third parties who offer more meaningful solutions to end the killing, even if they won’t win.

Others still may believe that Trump’s incompetence will accelerate the end of America imperialism and lead to a better global political situation sometime in the future.

Finally, some people feel that voting won’t matter at all and is a distraction from efforts to directly slow or stop the war machine.

I don’t personally endorse any of these viewpoints, but some are relatively serious positions and others are not, in my opinion.

The answer will depend on what orgs are in your local area. If you’re willing to share a general location and any specific interests I could do some digging.

I don’t know anything about this site but I just found it by searching: https://www.mutualaidhub.org/

Or if you’d rather search on your own, I’d look for things like [your city/region] mutual aid, resist, antifa (the last one going to be about more confrontational action so consider whether that’s your specific niche).

Another approach is to just ask friends who seem politically connected if they’ve heard of any local orgs.

Personally I would be wary of any highly top-down orgs that enforce a particular narrow ideology. Some of these can be a bit cult-like. Also get a feel for how people interact and leadership operates. Are people supportive and kind to one another or is there a lot of tension and fear? Personally I haven’t had any bad experiences yet but it’s something to be aware of if you don’t have the lay of the land in your local area.

In most cities there will be a variety of groups with different approaches and focuses, so shop around a bit and find the one that is a good fit for you.

Previously yes, though it’s less clear with Trump.

This is outright dishonest. Why post this?

Don’t worry, appeasement always works out against these guys.

Early voting is not an accurate prediction of the results of the whole electorate. Very different demographics.

If you need some hairy male nipples to show off then let me know, I’ll contribute to the cause 😂

Maybe a cultural or regional thing? Or is it related to a hobby or something? I can’t think of a single time I’ve heard this phrase in normal conversation.

I think it’s a bit different. Female at least refers to a real biological trait (or at least collection of traits). As a scientist I use the word female in my work all of the time, and frankly I’m not sure what alternatives to it even exist.

Bloodline is like… weird racist antiquated European ideas about ancestry that are more or less completely unscientific and wrong. I don’t think I’ve ever once heard it used in a scientific context.

Maybe it’s used in animal breeding but that’s because animal breeding has uncomfortable connections with outdated race “science”. It doesn’t come from the real scientific community.

Who is actually using this term? I’ve only heard it in like medieval period fiction.

If I heard anyone start rambling about their bloodline I would immediately start to wonder if they were a fascist.

I was wondering but I guess I don’t understand why say it that way instead of the other way around.