FiftyFiftyOne
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It was a great moment of respect for our 500 or so marchers and the first amendment.
Originally Posted By u/WayOfTheRosebuds At 2025-05-01 09:47:40 PM | Source
Someone asked why we bother. Why keep posting. Why shout into the void while the cult doubles down and the media plays dead. Why scream warnings while friends scroll past and family shrugs. The answer is simple. Because silence is surrender. Because when a nation is being gaslit and groomed into authoritarianism, staying quiet becomes complicity. Because when fascism is normalized, conscience must become louder than comfort.
We don’t speak out to convert the unconvertible. We don’t post for the ones who proudly gave up their ability to feel shame. We do it so we never forget who we are. So the lies don’t erode our sense of right and wrong. So the country doesn’t rot our soul while it rots its laws. So when the history books are written, we’re not footnotes in cowardice.
This isn’t performance. This is preservation. Of memory. Of integrity. Of humanity.
You speak because truth still matters even if it only echoes inside you. You speak because propaganda only wins when no one resists. You speak because your children, your grandchildren, your future self deserve to know that when the time came to choose between silence and resistance, you chose to stand up. Even if you stood alone.
One day, the smoke will clear. One day, those who survived this era will ask, “Where were you when it all slipped away?” May your answer be honest. May your answer be loud. May your answer make them proud to carry your name.
Originally Posted By u/CannaB-Ber At 2025-05-01 03:30:42 PM | Source
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texas now requires a “disclaimer” for political memes/ satire/ altered images…
Originally Posted By u/janders_666 At 2025-05-01 10:43:01 AM | Source
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