making walls great again (East Berlin)
Posts by Richard Sherwin
Memory is a needle in the wound of history.
How the Rhetoric of Borders Justifies Erosion of Rights: "Resisting the lawlessness of state agents constitutes resistance against the hate and cruelty and violence on which those agents thrive. Lovers of freedom, therefore, must embrace the stranger in our midst.” merotribune.com/2026/02/15/h...
Resisting the lawlessness of state agents in a tyranny constitutes resistance against the hate, cruelty, and violence on which those agents thrive. Lovers of freedom must embrace strangers in our midst. For each of us, as freedom lovers know, is of incalculable worth. merotribune.com/2026/02/15/h...
In 1777, the first Congress resolved that the union flag shall feature 13 states each an identical white star—no rank, no privilege—standing for equality. The 10th Amend sealed that image (“The powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the States") to defend against federal tyranny.
It’s precisely because the government cannot be trusted to self-police that we need regulations against knowing and deliberate dissemination of verifiable falsehoods.
It is precisely because the government cannot be relied upon to self-police that we need regulations against its knowing and deliberate dissemination of verifiable falsehoods.
Intimidation is the point.
Law has become irrelevant.
Patriotic American citizens are insurgents now.
The road ahead will be difficult.
What are you prepared to sacrifice for the values you love most?
Patriotic American citizens are insurgents now. The road ahead will be difficult. What are you prepared to sacrifice for the values you love most?
Patriotic American citizens are insurgents now. The road ahead will be difficult. What are you prepared to sacrifice for the values you love most?
Given Trump's increasingly extreme rhetoric, rising disapproval is cold comfort. The fact that he’s doubling down on unpopular policies - like militarizing democratic strongholds - suggests he is laying the groundwork to interfere with midterm elections.
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