@scottmiller42 @Tristan
Right, this. Like…we need to bonk elected Democrats on the head whenever they’re not acting like an opposition party — but that must not, absolutely never, come at the expense of realizing that Republicans made this mess, and Republicans alone have gone full fascist.
Also: politicians follow; people lead. We need to be taking anti-fascist action in our own lives and our own circles if we ever expect elected politicians to do so. And per the OP, the overlap of “complaining on social media” with “doing nothing IRL” is…large.