#troublemakers — Public Fediverse posts
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There are greater forces and means for attacking than for defending the State. The reason is, that reckless and abandoned men need only a nod to set them moving, and their own natural disposition incites them against the State; while honest folk somehow or other show less activity, neglect the beginnings of movements, and are aroused to action at the last moment only by simple necessity; so that sometimes, owing to their hesitation and indolence, while they wish still to enjoy peace even with the loss of dignity, through their own fault they lose both.
[Maioribus praesidiis et copiis oppugnatur res publica quam defenditur, propterea quod audaces homines et perditi nutu impelluntur et ipsi etiam sponte sua contra rem publicam incitantur, boni nescio quo modo tardiores sunt et principiis rerum neglectis ad extremum ipsa denique necessitate excitantur, ita ut non numquam cunctatione ac tarditate, dum otium volunt etiam sine dignitate retinere, ipsi utrumque amittant.]Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 47 / sec. 100 (56-02 BC) [tr. Gardner (Loeb) (1958)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #citizenry #Constitution #democracy #humannature #incitement #insurrection #participation #procrastination #recklessness #republic #sedition #state #troublemakers
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RE: https://mstdn.ca/@NMBA/115800255943610941
"After filing the girls’ reports to the RCMP, she recalls receiving death threats as well as physical abuse. The breaking point came when a truck rammed into her vehicle, which prompted Reynolds to move to Alberta for her safety, she says."
Be like Brenda Reynolds.
#residentialschools #activist #troublemakers #abuse #shakethesystem #FightThePower #BrendaReynolds
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#FreeLelo #ICE Detained Activist Farmworker Alfredo Juarez Zeferino in #MountVernon #Washington on Tuesday morning.
He was initially held in a secret ICE facility in Ferndale, WA, then transferred to ICE facility in #tacoma WA.
Update: (new) "United States Disappeared Tracker" website to visualize where all the abductees are
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map#AlfredoJuarezZeferino is Washingtons' #MahmoudKhalil
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Desperate #Musk is now targeting (doxxing) citizens for exercising #FreeSpeech rights in #nonviolence #Peace -ful protests
"A Tesla protester targeted by Elon Musk speaks out: 'I have to protect myself'
"When one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful person in the world is saying you've committed a crime, it doesn't matter what the truth is,"
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328626/elon-musk-protests-tesla-takedown
#ActBlue #Troublemakers #Seattle
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@TomAoki multiple separate overlapping of-topic discussions are inevitable at times such as this.
Partly off-topic, one of the things that I love about Discourse is the automated cross-referencing (linking) when quoting from one topic in another. Readers can be aware of the spread of things, with zero fuss.
There can be no cure for the few people who will not tolerate Internet links (to external content, beyond the bubble of The FreeBSD Forums).
That aside: a shift from XenForo to Discourse could, slowly but effectively, cure a fair amount of what's problematic – without admin/moderator intervention. True: the most hostile offenders might, in the early months of a transition, abuse the aspects of Discourse through which moderation is automated.
The optimist in me believes that Discourse is mature enough for such abuse to become apparent, and then easily stamped out. Result:
― a better community, for everyone.
Food for thought, <https://forums.truenas.com/>:
― the result of a swiftly executed, effective move from XenForo to Discourse.
#FreeBSD #iXsystems #TrueNAS # #Discourse #XenForo #forums #forum #discussion #abuse #troublemakers #narrowminded #clique #hostility
