If you don’t speak out against Trump, you are complicit

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-america-first-european-leaders-silence-b2710889.html

43 comments

  1. But commenters continue to at least act like if they vote (or just don’t vote at all) with their heart during the general and that it’s going to help. Examples: ‘Genocide Joe, we’re just not showing up.’. ‘I’m so upset Bernie got railroaded so I’m voting Trump’.

  2. Actually, you’re not. His supporters won’t listen to you and you’ll never change their mind. They use some kind of convoluted logic that only they can make sense of. People who don’t support Trump already agree with you, so they just nod in agreement and upvote your Reddit posts. It’s basically an exercise in futility and a way to waste time on an otherwise lazy Sunday.

  3. And really you need to do more than just speak out to not be complicit. There needs to be active resistance. 

  4. I see the gringos talk, talk, talk and being sad, but besides that most do fuck.

    Where are the protests? Where are the riots? Where are the Molotovs? Where are the hungers strikes?

  5. Absolutely. If usa lawmakers are too cowardly, at least other countries are speaking out.

  6. Yeah guys keep up the facebook posts ur doing good work

  7. Since 2016, USA has turned into two countries – MAGA-land and Democrats. Trump has got his name all over this, and is the main reason behind the split.

  8. Actions, not words!! Spineless bastards impeach the turd!!

  11. We voted, what else can we do? Biden left us hanging and now the ping pong paddles.
    Don’t blame it on us, take some responsibility and admit the Democratic Party needs a reform.

  12. This time America, thoughts and prayers are not enough.

  13. Speaking out isn’t enough.
    Even protesting isn’t enough.

    Literal fascists have taken the White House and they will not leave peacefully.

  16. These comments are a cesspool of despair. Despair is useless and it’s basically synonymous with compliance. You don’t stop resisting just because you don’t see the exact results you want. Members of the civil rights movement didn’t stop marching even when black people were being lynched in the streets. It took decades of organizing to work toward desegregation, and even now, we still face a lot of the problems they fought to solve. We need resilience. We need to be in this for the long haul. And we don’t stop if we don’t get what we want. We keep resisting. And no matter how delirious, we keep faith in hope for strategic purposes.

  17. Am I complicit if I don’t pay for a premium subscription to read that article?

  18. Rather, what I do is turn to community building, mentoring youth, assisting with children’s classes, attending county crisis line (six years so far) because a tree is fed by the roots, not by the monkeys leaping among the branches.

  19. Nope, fuck this headline. I spent like 9 years speaking out against Trump and voting against Trump. When the American people elected him back into office, my voice got tired. I’m not complicit I’m just tired of fighting for the last decade.

  20. You’ve got to take sides… says The Independent. I’m moving to Mars.

  23. Your country is no longer the United States of America, just the States of America

  25. I’d rather discuss the 77 million that voted for Trump that are **actually complicit.** Weird article that is trying to invent an enemy when we already have 77 million of them confirmed.

  27. The whole administration feels like intentional rage bait.

    Like the ‘I’m not touching you’ game.

    And interacting with any of Donnie’s supporters is like being surrounded by body snatched clones.
    They don’t even hear themselves, reciting the sound bites from the night before, regardless of how asinine they sound.

  29. I don’t remember seeing Elon Musk on the Ballot last year but here we are being gaslit again. And yes if you don’t speak out while we’re losing our democracy you’re complicit. So say your peace while you can still say or live regret when you’re not allowed to speak anymore because it’s “disrespectful”. None of this is normal.

  31. I spoke by voting. Generally speaking in my business, bringing politics into it loses you business.

  32. It’s fucking pathetic how all these people talk about freedom and then turn around and say freedom isn’t worth fighting for if it will be hard. The perfect summary of how impotent Americans are in terms of honour and intellect.

  34. More than half the country and a good part of the developed world are all speaking out against him.

    The maga Kool aid drinkers will never speak out against him unless they are severely personally affected by his antics. Even then, I’m not sure they will.

  36. Serial election fraudster Trump is following Putin’s playbook to bankrupt and isolate America. We are so numb to hearing about staggering sums of money being wasted on golf trips and all of Trump’s corruption. The purse is not infinite. Putin does not want America to come out of the Trump regime as a superpower. We are letting this criminal cabal ruin our country and our future.

  37. I always to squeeze in a “fuck trump” in every conversation.

  38. I am 58 years old. I live deep in maga territory, about a hundred miles from the nearest place that protests are happening. I live in a very rural area and work for my city. I am one of only two, maybe three blue dots of all the city employees. In my city of 1500, 67% of the votes went to Trump. Neither my husband or I voted in that majority. My husband is disabled, I am our sole support and I make 15.00 an hour. My husband and I are pagan and have openly practiced in our community. We are known for helping addicts and other what would be considered undesirables to these maga folks.

    I sit in my office all day, everyday listening to the mental gymnastics, often with alex jones playing in the background. It has been mentally challenging to say the least. Nauseating actually. But there is no talking to these people. People I used to like and respect, I now paint a face on and try my best to ignore. I am terrified, I feel frozen, I can’t breathe.

    But what am I supposed to do? Open defiance. Lose my job, face religious persecution? In my mind, then they win. I won’t give them that. So what I am doing is keeping my head down and my eyes open. I have been slowly stocking my basement and with a little help from some friends, I have a veritable grocery store down there, plus two freezer packed full. I have medical supplies and pet supplies. I am slowly getting my basement cleaned out to store some household stuff like cots, dishes, a table and chairs, just in case we need to play host to someone that lets just say needs it. I will resist every way I can, I will help my neighbors when times get bad, I will not comply in advance.

    These are the only things I can figure out to do. If anyone can think of anything else, I am open. But don’t call me complicit because while I am currently silent, I am absolutely not that.

  39. Definition of Complicit:
    Associated with or participating in a questionable act or a crime; having complicity

    So… not participating means I am not complicit

  40. Americans have to do more than just speak out against Trump. We are seriously in a danger zone and we’re not even done with the First 100 days.

    If we have ANY chance of surviving this administration, we need to take action. Things will get worse before they get better. Stay safe out there.

  41. Fuck the trump administration, they are a threat to freedom & they are dirty as fuck poloticians that do not belong in the highest office of the country.

  42. Fuck non-voter shit heads, vote motherfuckers, choose a fucking side but vote.

  43. It would have been better if you voted. But what do I know?

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