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 mean it sounds like step one is to actually determine what she’s concerned with - it sounds like you don’t know.
Ya she started the conversation in text but they kept it vague and stopped for op sec reasons, which I appreciate. I might need to switch my conversations with her about these things to Signal if we’re both so paranoid about it lol.
Anyway, turns out it was basically a combination of everything I said. She worries I’d be arrested, or counter protestors would show up and cause trouble causing the cops to show up (leading to the arrested thing again), or I’d be filmed and fired by some Zionist boss or, lose funding if I’m put on some anti-Zionist list by the government or something, etc. Was an amalgamation of everything that could possibly happen to you when you protest a non-lib approved issue.
You’ll feel better about yourself if you go, that I guarantee
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.
Maybedefinitely wear a mask.Mask, faraday bag for phone, let them know your plan to escape if things go bad. They just worried about you so the key is to show how safe youll be.
Leave your phone at home, not in the car. If you take and wear a mask, never take it off.
Preferably don’t go alone if you don’t know anyone there.
Like MF_COOM said, first figure out what she has an issue with and then try to address it.
Dress in black block. Failing that, go to a yard sale/Goodwill/church resale shop for disposable clothing that are a generic and nondescript as possible. Maybe the only “flashy” item being a scarf or something that can (and will) be worn until you leave the protest and dispose of it along with the rest of the clothes. If there some cheapo running shoes or sneakers you can ditch, go for that as well.
