“Who could imagine…that they would freak out in Minnesota…” - Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2026
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This is anarchist praxis even if most people don't realize it!
Yeah, a better version of this article would talk about how Minneapolis has actually always been a kinda radical town, from the general strike in the 30s, AIM being founded there in the 60s, and the whole co-op wars stupidity that happened in the 70s, all the way through the RNC and Occupy protests in the 2000s. Like, there have been self identified anarchists in that city for almost a hundred years at least, and that has got at least as much to do with what we're seeing as "patriotic and Christian values" do.
You don't need religion to be a good person.
Churches are some of the only third spaces left unfortunately.
Fund your local libraries, organize book clubs, go to the independent record shop and put up fliers.
Do this before ICE comes to your town.
How to organize a rapid response from a very high level with further detailed resources. https://southerncoalition.org/resources/rapid-response-101/
Good general advice on organizing, also a good resource to find groups near you that are likely aligned. https://www.fiftyfifty.one/organizer-resources
The world would be a better place without religion.
I don’t agree: some people need the fear of divine retribution to keep them from gestures broadly to the Epstein files
Others need the earth based divine retribution because gestures broadly to the Epstein files
You don't, but it is something that lets you organize a community in a way that enables them to act, for good or for ill. No reason to cede that exclusively to those who want to create a worse world
straight to hell
All the fun people went there anyway.
Minnesota has emerged as a heroic example of state and local and neighborhood-level resistance in the name of core patriotic and Christian values.
Christian values.
I thought Christian values were causing all of this in the first place? A cabal of white Christian nationaist pedophiles have coopted the government and are attempting to kick off the apocalypse by baiting Israel into being destroyed.
When you write it all out there, you really do feel insane.
Strictly speaking, Christian values directly oppose treating immigrants poorly. Or as second class citizens. Explicitly stated in the old and new testament. You know, Biblical law that we 'should' all be following.
On the other hand, "It's easier for a camel to get through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven." And "Love of money is the root of all evil." Doesn't seem to be cited by Prosperity Christians.
Growing up, I was always told to remember John 3:16. As I get older, I become more and more partial to John 2:15.
There's "Christian values" then there's "Christ's values". Never the twain shall meet.
Sounds like the last ~2026 years to me.
There are about 235 million people in the US who identify as Christian. They are far from a monolith. There is considerable variability of values between all of those different denominations and congregations.