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Originally Posted by Manx
Will -
I understand your first paragraph. I am of the opinion that all fascism is unacceptable and the past 3+ years of American gov't have accelerated the course to full-on fascism. I'm sure there will be a lively debate on the "question" of fascism in America today, primarily from those who support the actions of this administration. I can tell you right now that debate is not going to interest me.
As for your second paragraph, it is admirable. Unfortunately, the days of effective protestation (if they existed for more than a fleeting moment at all) are over. When the world, including millions in this country, protest a war and that protest is either ignored or viewed as the actions of lunatics or viewed simply as an annoyance in traffic congestion while you drive to work - protest has failed. There are two options: change the method of communication (from rational, in the case of liberals) or give up. As this article has offered one means of a change in communication, I feel the need to consider it. My initial thoughts, as expressed above, are apprehensive. Is there an alternative method of change? I have yet to see it.
When the lowest common denominator is, in fact, so low ... how do you raise the level of discourse?
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Media! I've been involved with FSTV (Free Speech TV, Dish channel 9415) and several independant media radio stations. Finding larger media outlets without corpriate funding is almost impossible, I've found. We may have to go through regular media. Find people with the credentials to work at a particular media station. Get a lot of people working at the media station who are friendly to the cause and add an extra story every once in a while about what's really going on.
There are alternatives. Sabatoge comes to mind. If someone were able to get a hold of a piece of the plan, people could take steps to ensure failure while avioding lawbreaking or violence.
This is all off the top of my head. Any real attempt to stop what's happening would be a serious endevor to undertake. It would take the efforts of hundreds or thousands of people working in cells in various media and governmental organizations. We'd probably be caught and sentenced to death for treason. Is America worth fighting for? I've been contemplating fighting for a country that is apathetic and passive to a government that is openly torturing people and is gaining control of most of the resources on the planet.