Apparently she is a survivor herself.

Edit: aaaaaaaand the libs are co-opting this of course.... I’m proud of AOC for sharing her story. I wouldn’t be nearly as brave or intelligent when I was her age. critical support, as usual. AOC good today. Who knows what tomorrow holds.

  • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I’ll live tweet it to you all:

    This was Monday the fourth: So apparently a crowd of trump people were around her car and capitol police hadn’t secured the area and they were accosting her and the best they could do was say “oh she’s driving a car!” (It was an electric car). Lmao. Like she was scared. I’d be terrified, but they just said stupid boomer shit.

    So on Monday they were already having heightened reactions with these people

    Edit: Tuesday there were tons of MAGA hat people all over DC escalating shit with her at grocery stores and in parking lots. She came to the conclusion on Tuesday that it was not safe for her to be outside.

      • ShoutyMcSocialism [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        meanwhile my terminally online ass knew right wingers were planning to storm the capitol weeks earlier

        They were talking about it on TheDonald.win for said weeks earlier. Screaming it in all caps. At the very least letting everyone know something more was going to happen than just a peaceful protest.

      • kateuptonsinclair [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        BECAUSE THE LEFT HAS SO MANY FALSE ALARMS. THINK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES OTHER TRANS PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME, THIS IS A CLEAR AND DEADLY THREAT, BE AFRAID. AND YET, OFTEN I END UP GETTING THROUGH THINGS SAFELY, OR FIND OUT THAT THE THREAT/WARNING WAS IN THAT SPECIFIC CASE OVERSTATED OR PARTIALLY A MISPERCEPTION. I AM THINK OF HOW MANY TIMES ANY WOMAN OF COLOR IN AMERICA HAS TO THINK ABOUT THREATS: EVERY TIME THEY GO OUTSIDE. BUT THE REALITY IS, USUALLY THESE THREATS, EVEN IF THEY'RE REAL THEY STILL DON'T MATERIALIZE WITH THE DEADLY FORCE OF A VIOLENT MOB ATTACK 99% OF TIMES IN DAILY LIFE. WITH 4+ YEARS OF HYPERNORMALIZATION, AND 40 YEARS OF NEOLIBERALISM, WE'VE LOST A GRIP ON REALITY ITSELF, AND SO OUR ENEMIES HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF OUR TRAUMA-INFLICTED INABILITY TO DISCERN REAL FROM IMAGINARY THREATS. IT'S ONLY HUMAN FOR US TO DISREGARD THE BARRAGE OF DISCURSIVE THREATS TO SURVIVE THE DAY TO DAY AND BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN SOMETHING GENUINELY THREATENING ACTUALLY GOES DOWN POLITICALLY. THEREIN LIES THE EFFICACY OF POLITICAL TERROR.

    • congressbaseballfan [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Talking about how republicans are using language of abusers (“just move on,” etc.) which is definitely true

    • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      This really shows to me the thing with chud militias who want to overthrow the government, they are too stupid to succeed, but they are also too stupid to try it.

      Don't get me wrong here, in an event like what happened at the Capital, people like AOC were very much at risk. I am not trying to downplay that.

    • kateuptonsinclair [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      STUPID BOOMERS KILLED MILLIONS OF EUROPEANS & JAPANESE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE INTELLIGENT TO KILL PEOPLE, YOU JUST HAVE TO BE ARMED AND WILLING OR PRESENT AND COMPLICIT