Authoritarianism doesn't happen from the top down without lower-level support. We need less reporters being stenographers for the WH...
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and more covering local and regional issues. Bathroom bills, white supremacist rallies, abortion restrictions, ID laws.
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I sometimes call those smaller-scale things "micro-fascism." It's not at the scale to swing national policy. But it harms normal people.
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We have people covering Comey and Russia and all that. We need more people--not just rowdy activists like me--talking about what's happening
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at state and local levels. This matters. In a way, this matters more. When you look at fascist history, regimes were empowered by localities
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Without local support, those regimes don't grow the immense power they had. Normal people can't fight against Russia policy decisions.
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But we can fight against exclusionary policies happening in our states, towns, and cities. Those movements need more voice, more volume.
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It's frustrating trying to call attention to, e.g., a bathroom bill when people are focusing on slow-moving issues they can't affect.
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