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.

  • asg101@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    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.

    • ZDL@lazysoci.alEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      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:

      1. ICE and safety.
      2. 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.

      • asg101@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        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.