My little brother (lives close to where Renee Good was shot & killed in Minneapolis) has been 3D printing ICE whistles & handing them out to neighbors & giving some to local businesses & churches to hand out.
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Yes, we do need a lot *more* resistance, but resistance builds. These are the little tiny seedlings of resistance. They have to be nurtured, for sure, but they are growing.
A little fire has to be slowly built up so that it isn't smothered & extinguished. The wood has to dry out before it will catch flame, & you need to fan that flame to get it to spread.
Small things can become big things.
@artemis A lot of our wood is wet, needs drying out, so every little flame, every little sun ray, helps.
Great thread!!!
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ICE whistles may be "small potatoes", but they have proven to be helpful in many scenarios to get people out obstructing the Feds. Probably even more important though are the burgeoning relationships with both "ordinary people" & organizers in his local community.
@artemis yesterday or the day before there was a story about a woman hiding a doordash driver from ICE in her house, and the whole neighborhood showed up.
One of those neighbors said that she only knew to come out because of the racket people were making on the street, and she specifically mentioned people using whistles!
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Plus, there actually is some real potential power in giving out those whistles for free.
See, people don't like to turn down free stuff. "Completely free?" So you might pick one up with vaguely good intentions, but no expectation to actually use it.
But now you have it. Now if a situation came up where you might use it, it's burning a hole in your pocket, so to speak. You have the thing right there, shouldn't you do something?
Small things can sometimes be incredibly persuasive.
@artemis also, who doesn’t love to blow a whistle? Childhood joy put to proper use by an adult.
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@artemis also, who doesn’t love to blow a whistle? Childhood joy put to proper use by an adult.
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Fuck yeah. Honestly most adults need to be reminded how to be loud & make ourselves heard. It gets trained out of us. Whistles help! -
ICE whistles may be "small potatoes", but they have proven to be helpful in many scenarios to get people out obstructing the Feds. Probably even more important though are the burgeoning relationships with both "ordinary people" & organizers in his local community.
I for real heard multiple horns honk and whistles blow this afternoon and stepped outside to see what it was.
It was brief and not visible on my street, but we already know to check it out.
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