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I hear you @maddoggonemad1. This is an important discussion. I do feel @MakePigsCry has valid call-ins to those who are not there and is often minimized in their tweets of frustration, which is NOT cool. CONTINUED... https://twitter.com/maddoggonemad1/status/1340004935400706048
Opting Out of OTG Work
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(1/9) There are certain privileges that award those to heal at home and find a mental health counselor. There is a privilege to being white and choosing when to engage with the police. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
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(1/9) There are certain privileges that award those to heal at home and find a mental health counselor. There is a privilege to being white and choosing when to engage with the police. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(2/9) There is privilege in housing security and having enough money to not have this fight HAVE to be your fight TODAY. Cal Anderson got swept because many folks can choose to not care. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
3/9) There are privileges that allow us to be “home safe” and it is important that white, able-bodied, housing-secured folks, reflect on their position within this movement. And think about the ways and times they choose to opt in or out. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(4/9) As someone who has been OTG everyday since May, who is white, able-bodied, trans, semi-secure housed, I know that me not being there for nearly a whole month was a CHOICE I made. And black organizers demanding for help should be supported. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(5/9) From my trauma, I struggle to live through each and every day, a reality for most protestors. I would often wake up in the night screaming or shaking, thinking that I was being killed, often breaking down in the middle of the day. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(6/9) Fuck, even bike brakes and Amazon Vans make me ventilate, which is stupid. I have been arrested, strangled, beaten, spat on, gassed so bad that I now have asthma (wild that’s a thing) and concussed so bad I struggle to remember simple things. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(7/9) But i also can CHOOSE to be out there or not. A HUGE PRIVILEGE. So I understand guilting people to be out there makes sense when the sweep could have been stopped with numbers. @MakePigsCry should always be boosted, never silenced! #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(8/9) @ENDDSeattle venue should be supported and attended. always. @codenamemiku @ComradeFlute @antifagargoyle ask for people to be otg because there is a NEED. PLEASE SHOW UP! If not, please reach out to @CapHillCenter @AddamsMx and offer SUPPORT. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
(9/9) Please talk to your houseless neighbors and get them what they need. Support Black and Indigenous Communities! Protesting is Needed. Follow all the folks i just tagged and SUPPORT THEM. and plllz STOP THE SWEEPS! We will not win without you. #seattleprotests #stopthesweeps
I forgot to mention: @CohoCollective @FreeFoodUD can ALWAYS use help in supporting houseless communities.
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