Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.” – Naomi Shulman

Have you seen it? Have you been awake as your country burns? Your fellow Americans are being herded like cattle. They are being dragged out of their homes naked and afraid. The men, the women, the children, they’ve all been stripped of their humanity to be sent to concentration camps.

If you were ever unsure what you would be doing in Nazi Germany, it’s what you are doing now. The time for politeness has long passed. The time to be cordial and nice has disappeared. It’s gone, and dreaming of a better world will not bring it back. The world is darkest when we sleep. It is time to wake up. Leave the comfort of your home. Your walls are no longer safe. They will not keep out the evils that have been empowered, and they have demonstrated it time and time again. If we are not safe in our most private areas nine months in, where do you think we will be if we sleep on this for the next four years?

I would like to tell you that the time to fight is now but the time to fight was years ago. Instead we slept. The longer we sleep the longer the nightmare is going to last. We have what may be the most important fight of our lives on our hands, will you wake up and join the fight?

MJ Mac (22, he/him)