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PSA: if you're talking about doing actual political violence on social media in public, you are a dangerously ignorant twerp who lacks the situational awareness required to do anything useful for anyone.
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If you're taking shitpost reactions to SCOTUS's decision this seriously, you're an idiot
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what i am saying is "don't say dumb things on the public internet that could theoretically be used to give authorities an excuse to fuck with you"
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Bold of you to assume a future fascist regime would need an excuse
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well, speaking as someone who used to report in a dictatorship on how activists were using the internet and has talked to a lot of people who were jailed for online speech, i can assure you that even fascist regimes usually pick and choose targets, and it's good to avoid being one.
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good opsec is not in fact futile, and anyone who tries to tell you that there's no point is suspicious
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It will certainly keep your comms safe, but if the softest, most orderly thing you can organize thru secure opsec is going to be met by riot cops -- with the robust support of the gov't and press -- we still have a problem. At least it's easy to remember sound cannons can't penetrate umbrellas.
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wait. is that umbrella thing real? the sound cannons have always horrified me...
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I'm so here for these guys discovering physics on the fly.