The Vibes today are Very Bad and if you're out there mansplaining fascism and its ills right now after ignoring our warnings for years, I hope you have an even worse week than my own
I think it’s sinking in that this is real and that they don’t have any idea of what to do
So they’re lashing out as a way to feel less helpless
It’s counterproductive AF but these folks don’t understand collective action
Non-marginalized (plus many young marginalized) people have no idea what collective action is because they’ve never had to do it. They need their hands held. I don’t mean this in a derogatory or dismissive sense. It’s a practical reality. They need to be told exactly what to do.