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   Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:57:54 JST Erin Conroy

   The options and opportunities to contain the spread of fascism are endless. They are small, large, in-between, and constantly being created by YOU, ME, and everyone.

   Heroes are birthing themselves daily:

   https://getpocket.com/explore/item/one-woman-s-mission-to-rewrite-nazi-history-on-wikipedia

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:57:41 JST Erin Conroy

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     The small core part of me that has hope and love is genuinely excited to be a part of healthier communities. I guess there is some freedom in this massive loss, in that we really just have to get on with that. I hope more people will recognize that there is such terrible danger in "reconciling" yourself to working with fascists. Because there is no working together, & there is no reconciliation in fascism. Fascist power RESTS on continual provocation of conflict/scapegoating - or it can't grow.

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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:57:42 JST Erin Conroy

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     atm I am sad, tired & need to build stamina. My goal is to: do all I can, support you all in doing what you can, and do better at seeking & creating communities that are sources of support - wells of strength we rely on & turn to.

     Because the right wing has worked hard to develop the skill of sapping us with division.

     Airing conflict is good, & also we need ways to repair breaches & tolerate what is yet to be repaired. That can't mean unspoken demands that the less powerful just suck it up.

     藤井太洋, Taiyo Fujii repeated this.
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     Erin Conroy (chargrille@progressives.social)'s status on Friday, 24-Jan-2025 07:57:53 JST Erin Conroy

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     Platform choice is one of these decisions that will contain fascism, or keep giving it fertile ground.

     It may seem small, or hard, but choosing to build up this diversely-owned platform instead of an easier route on a privately-owned, monopolistic system, will make our job of containing fascism vastly easier in the long run. And we need every advantage we can build for ourselves.

     So thank you for building here, it does matter structurally. If we use other SM sites, let's use them to build here