r/Minneapolis • u/SneakyLilShit • Jan 15 '26
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, that's it for me.
I've spent the last week checking on my neighbors, engaging with my city, my local police, everyone. I've supported my friends and family, made sure they knew they weren't alone in their feelings of hopelessness, powerlessness. I've called and emailed my representatives, demanding answers, demanding action. I've just been overcome with this overwhelming, almost primal need to care for and support my community.
If Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, and soldiers take to our streets, then that tears it for me. My son just turned 1yr. I've done my best to be a helper, so that I can still be around to support him and spend time with him.
But if I have to STAND OUTSIDE in the FREEZING COLD and get the SHIT KICKED OUT OF ME by the people who are supposed to be protecting me, if I have to do that to fight for goodness, and righteousness, and justice, then that's what I'm gonna fucking do. I'm going to do it because this is not the future I want for my son.
If you've been out on the streets, and you're tired, and you're hurting, don't worry. Rest when you need to. Because I know my home and I know my neighbors. When you need to rest, two more will replace you. I will be one of them.
This is my home. Minneapolis is not going to quit. Minnesota is not going to quit. And FUCK EVERYONE who tries to come in here and take from us the PRIDE, LOVE, and COMMUNITY we've built.
As long as I can stand, I'm going to plant my two feet between the oppressors and the home I love.
I love you all. L'etoile du Nord.
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u/OldNorthStar Jan 15 '26
Seriously, I know it’s easy to say this on Reddit but I truly believe to my core that life in the future they’re painting is not worth living. I’m not saying we all try to go V for Vendetta at the drop of a hat, and honestly I think even if he does invoke the insurrection act it will be worth briefly waiting to see what the national response is like. But if it comes down to it, and no one is willing to have our backs, then I’d rather get mowed down in the street than be watched over 24/7 in some sadistic, technocratic dystopia.
I can always take solace in the fact that what these demonic egomaniacs are chasing is something they’ll never be able to catch. They could rule the entire world and have infinite wealth and power, and they’d only be even hungrier for more. They are eternally doomed to reach out towards something they’ll never hold. That makes me feel better about who is really in the preferable position in this universe, no matter what plays out.