What do you do when people don't care?
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I don't begrudge you for not knowing this, it certainly wasn't something that I was taught in school... But LGBTQ people, and trans people specifically, were among the first groups targeted by the Nazis in Weimar Germany.
I am well aware that communists were pretty high up on that list as well, but maybe there's a reason why the LGBTQ stuff wasn't taught to us in school...
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lmao are you trying to talk me out of working to help you?
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I did not check their post history. I simply read the post and concluded if this is the point OP starts...
This is incredibly presumptuous reasoning in any context. Maybe be a little more careful throwing around accusations of genocide approval, eh, jackass? You don't know them.
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No, I'm asking what happens when you work twice as hard to fix things.
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Actually, I don't remember if I ever thanked you for your work; We don't always agree on everything but your positions are thought-provoking, your delivery respectful, and your patience seemingly infinite. I wish there were more people like you on the left.
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Thank you so much for the kind words! Genuinely. Many will slander me a troll or whatnot, but it's words like yours and the others that say similar that keeps that patience going. I mean it.
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I've never done something on the scale I'm describing, so this is mostly just speculation, but I hope it could be useful.
First of all, find the people who do care. Talk with them. Make a local antifascist group in a secure messenger (Matrix/XMPP, or at the very least Signal), or join an existing org that you disagree with the least (don't be afraid of the word "socialist" if you stumble upon them). Do not discuss anything illegal, as it could spell trouble for everyone - you live in an (increasingly) authoritarian country with a wide range of tools to repress you. Keeping it legal at least makes it less likely.
Now that you have a support network, you can start reaching out. Until/unless your organization gains serious traction, unite over common goals instead of squabbling over your differences. DO NOT guilt anyone for being financially well off, voting for the wrong candidate, believing in stupid things, etc. Find people who are somewhat unhappy or unsure about concentration camps. Try convincing them that concentration camps are bad - it probably would be easier if they are on the fence already. Do not be condescending or use the words that may trigger them (Nazism, etc), instead appeal to humanity and empathy to specific people who are being repressed. Bring some examples of unjust repression with you. Do not overdo it - you don't (yet) have to agree on anything except that these concentration camps are bad. Propose to do something together - it can be small at first, like calling your representative or organizing a picket - common action builds connections and mutual understanding.
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Dude I'm a lot older than 18, I've asked you several times what you meant about "fixing" things. Apparently that was just BS, so whatever.
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