I’m not saying the French haven’t achieved great things with fire but I am begging people on Lemmy or Reddit or Bluesky or whatever to watch the fuck out for agitators trying to push the mass toward a violent/riotous state. You do not want to push the admin to sick dogs on you and declare martial law purely because of ~~ vibes ~~.

Corollary;

a) We all know that if Fox can reasonably photoshop your demonstration to look bad, admin has what it needs. This isn’t a counterargument.

b) We all know things are really fucking bad. I don’t have a good answer.

c) Just remember the French got their reputation over the course of centuries after the Terror. Americans don’t have that historical baggage.

Just don’t get got by psyops, people. Tell Umbrella Man to fuck off and start filming anyone trying to change the tenor of your event.

Perhaps the future will make my apparent timidity look foolish but nevertheless there is a concerted effort going on in these comments to ratfuck this particular movement’s goals and methods.