Hey y’all! Here’s another fundraiser I’m hoping folks will get behind. Link in bio
Hey y’all! Here’s another fundraiser I’m hoping folks will get behind. Link in bio! I think for many on the left it’s difficult to hold the right to bear arms and self defense with the toxic American gun culture and the immensity of loss of life due to guns in this country. Having grown up around guns with uncle being an avid hunter, I struggled with this as I grew older, but where I am now and where I have been for years is here: guns are not leaving this country and the racist right loves them and especially white supremacist militia are incredibly proficient with them. If we maintain the liberal narrative that guns are immoral we continue to invest in the notion that communities and people most harmed by white supremacy should ONLY resist nonviolently as ideology and not strategy. The black panthers were not the first armed community defense groups by any means and they weren’t the last. The reality in Minneapolis this past month is that we were & still are under attack, specially black and brown people. It is important to see more black and brown queer and trans folks especially proficient and armed and training others to best defend themselves and neighbors. Covid-19 and the #georgefloyd uprising should let you know that the “stability” of our society at large is an illusion, and as we build toward a safe, liberatory abolitionist world we have to be prepared to defend that vision, and each other on the way. Let’s arm some Queer, Trans Black and Brown folks. If you stay ready, you never gotta get ready. Link in bio! (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCB1aLbHpfT/?igshid=olyv5xgt82oo -- source link
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