DO Something

But what?

Yes, I very much want to do things to fight the rich, fascist, kakistratic psychos. What can I do, specifically?

I see vague shit online like:
     Refuse to comply
     Make yourself ungovernable

What do these even mean? Gimme an example of how I can be more noncompliant or ungovernable.

Is it as Heinlein said in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?

I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

• If I know of an undocumented immigrant, I’m obvs not turning them in.

• Trans person in the MGH bathroom with me? I’ll urinate and wash my hands in solidarity.

• Taxes? They’re taken out of my check automatically. I would love to find a way to ONLY pay state taxes. I don’t want any of my money going to this horrific administration.

• I imagine placing IEDs (improvised explosive device) in Tesla dealerships (AFTER the joint's closed and employees have gone home) might count as being noncompliant or ungovernable. IF I wouldn’t get caught, I'd certainly think about it. If the Ketamine Creep kills Medicare and Social Security, all bets are off.

Healthwise, I’m on the sidelines AND I live in a cobalt blue state. Resistance-wise I feel kind of useless BUT my house rep is Stephen Lynch. My senators are Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. I don’t need to camp on their doorsteps, hectoring them to do the right thing. They’re already on it.

What else can I do?

• Join a charity or activist group. Like:

         Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival
         MoveOn.org
         Action Center on Race and the Economy (ACRE)
         Check out Swing Left:

We believe that action towards a goal is the antidote to anger and despair. Our entire community is brought together by a focus on what we can all do to effect positive change in the near and long term. (source)

Go to their Explore Local Groups page (the big yellow button on their main page) and tippy tap in your zip code to find groups near you.

• Get my news from independent news sources like ProPublica, TruthOut, the Guardian, Mother Jones, etc.

• Take part in local protests and demonstrations. Wear a mask to protect myself and others!

• Do you have MAGAts in your work or family life? IF you do, get info/facts to them before they’ve gotten their Fox talking points. Getting there first with facts has an impact. If nothing else, it plants a seed of doubt about whatever “alternative facts” they hear next.

If they’re hopelessly logic and empathy impaired, ditch ‘em. Cut them off from your friendship, time, and warmth. Spend your energy on people who aren’t advocating for your inequality (and mine) and the death of the country. 

Report bawbag cretins if they’re fudging their taxes or building a deck without a proper permit. Expose them, dox the motherfuckers. The law may not apply to their golden idol but it sure as hell applies to them.

• MAGAt businesses in your town or mine? Don’t shop or dine there. Also, you could post about that biz championing Diaper Don’s grotesque, angry destruction of America in reviews online. Increase awareness of who’s in league with the fascist cockwombles.

Staying connected with a community of real, off-line people is important for your mental health, your morale. If If I had hearing, I would be hitting the live music clubs every damn week, just as I did in my 20s and 30s. In lieu of that, I have movie/teevee nights con la famiglia. 

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"
Paul Simon—The Sound of Silence

Don’t be silent. Don’t be quiet.