You don't need to look to Nazi Germany to understand that the people firing professors who don't teach the "right" ideas & threatening librarians do not believe in democracy.

Democracy is grounded on debate, compromise, & electoral contests for power. And it's being savaged, step by step.

#democracy #authoritarianism #gop #education

Two community organizers in Florida are the first to be federally prosecuted for Jane’s Revenge vandalism against "crisis pregnancy centers." All they're accused of is graffiti.

The two have been charged with one count each of Conspiracy Against Rights and two counts each of Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, a law designed to prevent the blockading of abortion clinic entrances and the intimidation of those seeking abortions.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2023/fbi-harasses-activists-in-florida-two-indicted-on-federal-charges-for-janes-revenge-actions/?_thumbnail_id=84525

Remember: Twitter is Elon's company, he has the free speech and free association right to run it pretty much however he wants and to ban people for petty narcissistic reasons.

And we have the right to laugh and point at his ridiculousness and at the free-speech pretenses of his gullible fans.

The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words.

Genocides do not start with mass murder. That's where they end up.

Genocides & other mass atrocity crimes begin with words - specifically, with powerful people dehumanizing a minority.

Once they are seen as less than human, anything is possible, even mass murder.

👉 You can speak out loudly today for the rights of others, or you can stay silent & wait for tomorrow, when your rights will be taken away too.