The strategy for rolling this country over to a fascist dictatorship revolves around the fantasy that the Stable Genius is some sort of beloved, broadly popular figure, and that the only ones who don't feel that way are sick, America-hating weirdos. But when millions and millions of people take to the streets and march in opposition to fascism and autocratic rule, all over the country in states red and blue, the old and young alike, it shatters that convenient illusion.
Every Fakebook and Instagram post I've seen about the protests is littered with comments trying to discourage people from going. The most popular comments are variations on "We already have a No Kings holiday - it's called the Fourth of July," and "If we had kings, you wouldn't be allowed to protest." They must find those remarks hilarious, because user after user keeps repeating them or riffing on variations thereof.
More ominously, some have even threatened violence. One commenter on Fakebook said he plans to be out driving that day, and if any protesters are blocking the roads he's on, slowing his progress down, or otherwise inconveniencing him, well, he's just going to keep on driving right through them as he feels is his alleged right. In other words, if he sees people who upset him tomorrow, he's going to kill them. Nice.
The Stable Genius' cabinet members and the House Republicans are all over the news, trying to rebrand the protest as "some sort of Hate America" rally. But I've got news for them: the "Hate America" rally already happened - January 6, 2021, when MAGA-crazed fascists stormed the Capital, killed police officers, smeared shit on the walls, and threatened to kill the vice president.
But don't be afraid, nation. Last June's event was a nonviolent and joyous celebration by the really, actual, true patriots who love this nation and that for which it stands, or once stood. Freedom. Liberty. Equal justice for all. Anti-fascism.
Antifa now. Antifa tomorrow. Antifa forever.
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