I am looking for ideas to persuade Canadians not to contribute to the Nazi regime with their money, time and presence. There are a lot of people still taking day trips to the U.S. for shopping, I want them to think about what they are doing (if at all possible).
I plan to set up near a U.S. border crossing with some signs to support the effort to stop the lawlessness in the U.S., and show solidarity with the resistance.
So far I have the following sign ideas:
Flush the Turd Reich
Don’t Feed the Nazis
Don’t Feed the Fascists
Boycott USA
Boycott the Fourth Reich
Stop Supporting Nazis
Stop Funding Nazis
Stop Supporting Fascists
Stop Funding Fascists
Turn Back, its a Gulag
Fascism Ahead
US Goons will shoot you in the face.
Principles are worth more than bargains.
Punch a Nazi/Fascist in the pocketbook.
Any and all ideas will be considered. Thanks in advance.
more ideas:
USA Kidnaps and kills Canadians
Is you life worth more than cheap milk?
$$$ spent in USA fund Tyranny
Remember Johnny Noviello
Don’t be the next ICE victim
I would skip using words like “nazi” or “fascist”. If someone isn’t very politically involved and they see that, they’re going to immediately roll their eyes and dismiss you as an extremist.
It’s hard to hit on a message that sticks with people without offending them, and I think you want to remain on the side of keeping them as allies since you’re running more of a messaging campaign than anything.
These are all terrible, but they have the kind of vibe I’m thinking of:
Should you be shopping down there?
Crossing the border isn’t safe.
ICE doesn’t care if you’re just buying groceries.
Is your family really safe travelling to the US right now?
Thanks for the input. I will certainly be rotating signage, and trying to judge reactions. I like the emphasis on safety that your suggestions bring up, perhaps appealing to their and their families’ self-interest might make them think.
In my opinion the time for non-extreme dialog has passed, since the ICE Gestapo are already publicly executing innocents with absolute impunity, but I understand a lot of people are not there yet.
I agree with @i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca that it’s better to aim for selfish reasons than to use inflammatory (though accurate) terminology. Most people are not terminally online and do not read the various (justly) strident social media stuff; indeed will, as said, “roll their eyes and dismiss” when seeing it.
But everybody has heard of ICE disappearing people, including Canadians, and the points to hit are:
- ICE and safety.
- Fair play: they’re charging tariffs on us and now you reward them?
That kind of thing. Rare is the failure of campaigns based on selfish self-interest. Rare is the success of campaigns based on strong, divisive language. If you’re doing this to have genuine impact, you need to worry about effect, not how good it makes you feel to call ICE Nazis. No matter how accurate it is that ICE are Nazis.
Thanks for the feedback, great points!
Fair play: they’re charging tariffs on us and now you reward them?
I need to figure out how to make this into a concise message that someone driving by will be able to process.
I won’t be able to start my project until the weather warms up, so I will have time to think about it.
Principles are worth more than bargains
Of the ones you suggested, that’s the one I like.
This one will definitely be in the starting rotation.
You have plenty already. Even if you succeed in getting one person to reconsider, I think it’s a win. Godspeed warrior.
Thank you kind person! I know these messages would speak to me, but I am more radical than most, so I don’t know how well they would resonate with the general public. I do know the power of just standing up for what you believe.
I feel most people are neutral, those can be influenced, but it’s almost impossible to make a far right or far left reconsider their views. If they agree that what’s happening down south is inhumane and fascist, then they can think twice.
