Ocasio-Cortez took to Instagram after the Department of Homeland Security suggested they may pursue arrests of three Democratic lawmakers who partook in a protest outside of an ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey. Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Rob Menendez (D-NJ) and LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) all attended the protest.
You first 🤷♂️
I get this seems flippant but truly, I see so many “we need a general strike” and “we should be protesting/rioting” comments but whenever a protest or something is done people go “look at the neolibs patting themselves on the back” from the safety of their keyboards.
What have you done lately? What have any of us done lately? We’re all sitting around waiting for someone else to go “get out there and do it!” It’s not going to happen. We have to organize. And here’s the unfortunate truth: Organizing isn’t sexy. It takes a LOT of work and you get told “no” a lot. I find it very hard to participate sometimes. But we all have to do it rather than smash our keyboards about it.
I look at these types of comments with complete contempt. You have no idea what I’ve done and I don’t plan on posting about it publicly.
You are asking me to risk my life and well being. You said “WE” should be rioting. That means YOU too.
Yes I can ask who you are to do such a thing and what you have given up. I can ask when you rioted and are rioting. You are the one who threw down the gauntlet.
You are saying “we should be doing something right now why aren’t we?” and you get mad when I say “well, are you serious?”