The right wing is dying to provoke violent confrontations. Don't take the bait!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Fascist governments like violent dissent because it provides a justification for a retrenchment on civil liberties. They also use it to de-legitimize peaceful dissent. We are doing a great job with the peaceful protests. I have attended two. Let's keep them up.

As an aside that is why the Congressional Republicans are playing games with health care. They want to pass a bill in the dark of the night before the opposition can coalesce.

If those miscreants do get a bill out of the House it still will take time to get through the Senate. That's when we take to the streets, peacefully.

[bettyellen]

1. The women's march made a huge mark without this bullshit violence

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. We can leave another mark if the House passes Chump Care.

[ck4829]

2. Read Sharp's From Dictatorship to Democracy for more tips

Calling the voice hotline about immigrants and phoning in tales of illegal space aliens is another tactic this book would endorse.

This book can not be plugged enough, all non-violent tactics too:

http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/FDTD.pdf

[L. Coyote]

4. They ARE provoking violence for political gain and to pass anti-protest laws.

Anyone who thinks the racial tensions in the run-up to 2016 were not provoked to influence the election is naive. Even the Bundy occupation was likely executed specifically for influencing the election.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Agree and ultimately what they will do is take everything away and

make it politically impossible to oppose them without making the good guys look like the bad guys.

election day was the day to prevent this but...well I cant say more

[Initech]

7. Now we know who the Proud Boys are. Time to be ready for them.