It’s really hard to keep track of everything that’s happening, on so many levels, in so many states, so many communities, all at the same time.

But it’s all one big story: A multi-level reactionary counter-mobilization against egalitarian multiracial, pluralistic democracy. 4/

Let’s be clear: The country is the United States of America, and it is the twentieth century, any time before the 1960s rights revolution - that’s the vision.

Mercilessly restore and entrench traditional hierarchies of race, gender, religion, and wealth - that’s the project. 5/

More news from just the past 48 hours.

Wisconsin. Nebraska. Michigan. North Dakota.

One political project. A comprehensive reactionary offensive. Everywhere, all the time. 7/

@chairgirlhands @tzimmer_history my concern, which has been my concern for years, is that the only effective options available to us are ones we have been staunchly indoctrinated against. Conversations with leftists and liberals alike in my experience get to a point that says "the cancer in our country must be stopped!" And then when I ask what they are willing to do to stop it we all look at each other uncomfortably and try to avoid looking at the elephant in the room, wearing plate and armed to the tusks. None of us want to be that. But with the alt-right consistently showing up dressed for war at school board meetings, children's story hours, and where ever else they feel might be an easy target, we need to start hardening against these threats, or as has been said... They will not stop. There is no end point for them.

Even in this post I dance around what I think the responsibility of every able-bodied anti-fascist should be, because this thought is a third rail in my mind. Utterly reprehensible. And yet there it is: we are at war and we are unarmed. Violence is being enacted on us and those we love, systemic, and direct. We must arm up to defend ourselves and our community against this fascist cancer. But I fear we do not have the stomach for it. I know I do not, at least not on my own. Not without mentors.

There are folks pursuing this goal, I am at least aware of @yellow_peril_tactical, and @beautfc has done a lot to at least push me away from straight up "gun bad!" mentality (though a large part of me is hoping he sees this and swings in and tells me I'm an idiot and that all I should be doing is, idk, telling people to vote or some other comfortable thing), but I am having hard time seeing enough folks start making the next logical moves. If we don't start defending ourselves, what will happen to us?

@poorpossum @chairgirlhands @tzimmer_history @yellow_peril_tactical @beautfc

Sounds like you should head over to Reddit r/liberalgunowners