Amidst the dark chaos, we got a "masterclass in effective resistance" this week when former NFL punter Chris Kluwe rose in a California city council meeting to decry a dumb, unctuous proposed plaque that spells "MAGA," which he deemed "explicitly a Nazi movement." As the packed room cheered, he dec...
Are you asking because you’ve memorized the speech and wanna give them a second helping of badassery?
I’ve read (and have no idea what to google to find a source so take my thoughts here with a heaping grain of salt) that it’s not the hardest to be the “first” person to stand up. It’s hardest and most important to find the second. After people see the second, it’s much more likely to snowball. Some assholes would pucker SO HARD if there was a follow up.
That almost made me cry. Seriously, it’s a snowball effect. Think about it in the opposite way. If I was in a crowd of people and someone yelled “Seig Heil!” and made a Nazi salute I would probably yell at and ridicule them, but if two or three more followed and suddenly hundreds are chanting it I’d be scared as fuck even though I’m one Aryan looking dude. Protests are important but they need to feel tension. Then it becomes fight or flight and whatever long-term plans they had just go out the window.
Are you asking because you’ve memorized the speech and wanna give them a second helping of badassery?
I’ve read (and have no idea what to google to find a source so take my thoughts here with a heaping grain of salt) that it’s not the hardest to be the “first” person to stand up. It’s hardest and most important to find the second. After people see the second, it’s much more likely to snowball. Some assholes would pucker SO HARD if there was a follow up.
This video kind of illustrates it: https://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ
That almost made me cry. Seriously, it’s a snowball effect. Think about it in the opposite way. If I was in a crowd of people and someone yelled “Seig Heil!” and made a Nazi salute I would probably yell at and ridicule them, but if two or three more followed and suddenly hundreds are chanting it I’d be scared as fuck even though I’m one Aryan looking dude. Protests are important but they need to feel tension. Then it becomes fight or flight and whatever long-term plans they had just go out the window.
That’s perfect; saving this one.
I show this video whenever possible because it’s so fucking awesome
But it’s now a guidebook