In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
Why can’t your congress person do anything? Of course they can. If nothing else they wield power through influence, and at present they are not using that power to push back against these actions in any meaningful way. Clearly they are not being pressured enough by their constituents. And yes, you do need specific scheduled actions. Be part of that change and push back against the government who ultimately answers to you, the people.
edit: like c’mon, the response to your president enacting illegal & fascist orders is not to say “well who is going to do anything?”, it’s to speak out and act up. Are y’all really that defeatist?
That’s not what I’m saying at all. I think you’ve lost the context here. Let me summarize the exchange:
“Who is going to hold him accountable when Congress and the courts won’t?”
“The people should rise up”
“How?”
“By using the courts and Congress”
This is where I’m confused. I’m not saying those aren’t things we should do, but this was explicitly a question about what to do when those methods are failing.
No, I don’t think enough people are doing that, and I think that organization and advocation is needed rather than going on social media to spread defeatism.
Why can’t your congress person do anything? Of course they can. If nothing else they wield power through influence, and at present they are not using that power to push back against these actions in any meaningful way. Clearly they are not being pressured enough by their constituents. And yes, you do need specific scheduled actions. Be part of that change and push back against the government who ultimately answers to you, the people.
edit: like c’mon, the response to your president enacting illegal & fascist orders is not to say “well who is going to do anything?”, it’s to speak out and act up. Are y’all really that defeatist?
That’s not what I’m saying at all. I think you’ve lost the context here. Let me summarize the exchange:
“Who is going to hold him accountable when Congress and the courts won’t?”
“The people should rise up”
“How?”
“By using the courts and Congress”
This is where I’m confused. I’m not saying those aren’t things we should do, but this was explicitly a question about what to do when those methods are failing.
I’m afraid I don’t understand. If Congress won’t hold him accountable, make them.
How though? You think people aren’t already calling, emailing, literally writing letters? How do we make them?
No, I don’t think enough people are doing that, and I think that organization and advocation is needed rather than going on social media to spread defeatism.
No one is promoting defeatism, I think you might have a habit of assuming questions are rhetorical when they aren’t.
The question is that of organization. Just saying to organize isn’t an answer. How do you organize millions of people?