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I dont think you get it, I can't vote against any of these things, they are not options in my state. I dont get choice, we did not have a primary, the democrats are NOT viable in my state.
My plan is to stand between the fascists and my neighbors who are identified as part of any "other" group. Fascism already runs my state, and they are just waiting for the rest of the country to get on board.
The only choice left to me is to physically risk my life and the life of my family, because even protesting is against the law in my state. So when it gets to that point, it will be what I have to do.
If they were, it wouldn't matter - you made it clear that you won't be 'held hostage' by them if your vote WAS the difference between fascism and non-fascism. What a heroic stand you've made in favor of fascism!
How convenient it is for every would-be martyr that martyrdom is the only option they're willing to go through with, and not any of the long, boring, tedious, thankless work the rest of us do day after day to stop things from getting to that point. If we succeed, you don't have to do anything except crow about how nobly you were ready to sacrifice yourself. If we fail, we won't be in any position to demand you follow through on your rhetoric.
I somehow doubt that.
Fair, its semi-hyperbolic as I do enjoy basic federal protections regarding free speech. The problem is that in practice and enforcement its effectively illegal.
https://www.ericjburch.com/blog/2021/1/new-tennessee-law-may-make-protests-illegal.html
https://wpln.org/post/tennessee-gov-bill-lee-signs-law-that-will-increase-punishments-for-protesters/
https://tennesseelookout.com/2023/08/22/tn-house-passes-rules-to-restrict-speech-limit-disruptions-and-public-during-special-session/
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/04/29/tennessee-bill-offers-immunity-drivers-running-over-protesters/4881949001/
https://www.aclu-tn.org/en/know-your-rights/your-right-protest-tennessee
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/tennessee-gop-expels-2-democratic-state-lawmakers-gun-protests-rcna78531
The summery is that if a duly appointed officer of the law says, even unconstitutionally, that I cannot protest, and I do not instantly and polity comply with this unconstitutional order, then I have committed a felony.
My only redress is to prove that the request was unconstitutional in court, AFTER i have been arrested and put in jail.
So yeah... GL.