[yellow, a finger up, looking smug]
The answer to oppression is NEVER violence
Turn the other cheek
Pacifism always wins
You could earn rights by asking nicely instead
[yellow, proudly showing us a huge book]
Don’t believe me?
Open a history book!
[yellow, looking frustrated as they are shuffling through the book’s pages]
Ok so…
Uhm…
Not this page…
Wait…
The next one…
Awkward…
Another…
Yeah but…
For sure this time…
[yellow, sweating, protecting their book, a hand raised towards us]
Can you stop looking?
You’re being rude
That’s my book
https://thebad.website/comic/please_resist_responsibly
I’m all for everyone doing their own thing. Defend if you want to defend, feed the children, etc. Even if you feel like you want to do suicide by cop, go ahead. Promoting a general idea of fight and chaos seems like trolls trying to get America to descend into a civil war, which is the stupidest, most asinine, only good for Russia and China thing America could do. It’s always foreign trolls that say and promote that kind of shit too. It really makes you wonder.
It’s essentially the same thing the US has done for ages in foreign countries, so it makes sense for other governments to do the same. That’s why it needs to be principled and smart, not reckless and ham fisted.
I know some of the people doing this hate America because of legitimate reasons, but they hate our government, not most of the others. Maybe I’m jaded because of where I live, but the city empties when a world catastrophe hits because they’re running around the world to help. That’s the America I know.
The headlines will always lean negative because it sells. So it’s healthy to always remember that good things are happening on a smaller scale in local communities, and we can’t forget about that. Even contributing to shared garden spaces and producing your own vegetables is a form of protest in its own way.