It’s not the flags or the chants or the slogans that scare them. It’s what happens when we stop waiting for permission. When we connect the dots.
When we realize that what’s happening to trans kids in one state, to Palestinian students on campus, to underpaid workers in grocery stores and grow rooms, it’s all part of the same playbook.
And when we start organizing across those lines, when we start building with each other instead of just reacting to the next crisis, that’s when their grip starts to slip.
That’s what they’re afraid of.
It’s not the performance; They fear the practice
They’re not afraid of Pride parades. They’re afraid of trans youth organizing and demanding more than visibility.
They’re not afraid of a union vote. They’re afraid of workers who talk to each other before the boss does, and move like they mean it.
They’re not afraid of protest signs on the sidewalk. They’re afraid of a community that holds its ground after the cameras leave.
They’re afraid of walkouts in red states. Of teachers refusing to rewrite history. Of neighbors standing between landlords and evictions. Of Indigenous land defenders who never gave up. Of Gaza encampments that refuse to be ignored. Of queer joy that won’t shrink, sanitize, or make itself smaller to survive.
They’re afraid of people organizing not just to survive, but to win. To fight smarter. To fight together. To build the kind of world that makes theirs impossible.
This isn’t about social disruption. That’s noise they know how to absorb. What they fear is intention. They fear structure. They fear people working in formation across issues, building relationships instead of just reactions.
They don’t fear disruption. They fear coordination.
This is the moment we’re in. This is resistance with vision. Not just surviving the attacks, but getting stronger through them. Finding each other. Backing each other. Staying in motion.
If you’re feeling targeted, ignored, or overwhelmed, know that means they see you. And that means it’s working.
Keep going.
We build power when we stop playing defense and start playing for keeps.
