The 4 Syndromes of Passivity in the Face of Pending Tyranny - Resistance Army

[RKP5637]

http://commondreams.org/views/2016/12/15/4-syndromes-passivity-face-pending-tyranny

We need you in the peaceful resistance army, starting January 20.

1. Normalizer Syndrome. You want to believe Trump will be just another president – more conservative and pompous than most, but one who will make rational decisions once in office.

You are under a grave delusion. Trump has a serious personality disorder and will pose a clear and present danger to America and the world.

2. Outrage Numbness Syndrome. You are no longer outraged by what Trump says or what he does—his incessant lies, his cabinet picks, his bullying, his hatefulness—because you’ve gone numb. You can’t conceive that someone like this is becoming President of the United States, so you’ve shut down emotionally. Maybe you’ve even stopped reading the news.

You need to get back in touch with your emotions and reengage with what’s happening.

3. Cynical Syndrome. You’ve become so cynical about the whole system—the Democrats who gave up on the working class and thereby opened the way for Trump, the Republicans who suppressed votes around the country, the media that gave Trump all the free time he wanted, the establishment that rigged the system—that you say the hell with it. Let Trump do his worst. How much worse can it get?

You need to wake up. It can get a lot worse.

4. Helpless Syndrome. You aren’t in denial. You know that nothing about this is normal; you haven’t become numb or stopped reading the news; you haven’t succumbed to cynicism. You desperately want to do something to prevent what’s about to occur.

But you don’t know what to do. You feel utterly powerless and immobilized.

Millions of others feel equally powerless. But taking action—demonstrating, resisting, objecting, demanding, speaking truth, joining with others, making a ruckus, and never ceasing to fight Trump’s pending tyranny—will empower you. And with that power you will not only to minimize the damage that is about to occur, but also get this nation and the world back on the course it must be on.

If you find yourself falling into one or more of these syndromes, that’s understandable. Normalizing, numbing, becoming cynical, and feeling powerless are natural human responses to the gross absurdity and genuine peril posed by Trump.

But I urge you to pull yourself out. We need you in the peaceful resistance army, starting January 20.

[DK504]

1. I now I'm not crazy and want to beat a bat against my bed.

"Helpless Syndrome. You aren’t in denial. You know that nothing about this is normal; you haven’t become numb or stopped reading the news; you haven’t succumbed to cynicism. You desperately want to do something to prevent what’s about to occur. "

It won't do any good. Non-stop demonstrations against an illegitimate president (VOMIT) and never letting up the pressure for all the impeachable offenses he has already begun. Never let the media catch their breath in when it comes to how horrible this man is. Never let up.

[Yurovsky]

2. But the key is to focus on actual crimes...

and not simply scream and stomp over everything Trump & Co. do, or you risk making the majority of Americans numb to the criticism of Trump. As they said in the old days, "keep your powder dry". There will plenty of opportunities to nail this bastard, don't force the average non-political person to tune us out when we need their support to impeach Orange Julius Caesar...

[RKP5637]

3. Excellent point!!!!! n/t

[uponit7771]

4. +1