I don’t know if they’re scared of Zionist counter protestors, or the state cracking down and arresting people, me losing my job, or what. Tbh, those are all fair reasons to be nervous, but I can’t just keep reading about stuff without doing something. I know protests don’t do a lot, but I feel like I should do something to start coalition building, organizing, and doing stuff on the streets with actual real life people. And I feel like I have to for all the people who can’t for other reasons (social anxiety, disabilities, work schedules, etc).
On the other hand, we have a lot of debt, and I have a job that relies on government funds, plus I’m not the biggest guy, so I understand why she’s scared. But I doubt anything will happen and I’ll take precautions (leave phone in car, maybe wear a mask). Anyone got advice on how to navigate a relationship situation like this?
I wish I could say if we left the country we wouldn’t have to worry about these things, but Europe is getting just as militaristic, fascist, end pro-Zionist. I think people are going to have to risk it and organize everywhere if we want a better life in the future. But that means some of them will get beat up, arrested, deported, imprisoned, or even killed as an example by the state of paramilitary groups. But then, the people before us made these very same risks and they must have had families and stuff who worried about them, too, but they did it anyway.