"Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again? Is That What It's Comin' To My Friend?"

[Atticus]

Despite laws passed or proposed in some states, I will give water to thirsty people whenever and wherever I encounter them. And, if an elderly or disabled person asks for a ride to the polls, I will provide it.

The desperate and vindictive Republicans in Georgia and Florida and Texas and wherever else they are in power can go to hell.

I choose to be an "outlaw".

[samnsara]

1. same here!!..easy for me to say since I live in true blue Wash State and we are 100% mail in..

..but if i was in a situation to commit good trouble i would do it in a heart beat.

[gab13by13]

2. So, can you sell it for a penny?

Just a thought.

[Rorey]

16. Something to think about

And maybe a penny could accidentally get dropped if a thirsty person didn't have one.

[bluestarone]

35. Hope so. Hell i'd even have

A bunch of 1 penny iou's ready for people to sign, just in case they don't have a penny on there person. (gotta have proof you know)

[taxi]

39. a moment for thought please for

Eric Garner

[grantcart]

46. Tell the cop you got paid by bitcoin

[thucythucy]

3. Didn't the savior they pretend to worship say:

"I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink'?

That was one of the requirements to becoming a follower, along with other tasks to demonstrate one's solidarity with the rest of humanity, such as feeding the hungry, giving succor to the poor, visiting people in prison, and tending to the sick.

You'd think civil disobedience in this instance would be defended by them as a matter of freedom of religion.

Of course, so many of them actually worship the Mango Mussolini instead.

[Atticus]

4. Book of Mathew, I believe. ( Or, possibly, "Two Corinthians" LOL! ) nt

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[wnylib]

12. Nope, not 2 Corinthians. They were friends

of Paul.

Definitely from the Gospels and I believe it was Matthew.

[plimsoll]

29. The way he said it always sounded like the windup to a joke.

2 Corinthians walked into a .....

English speakers would say second, I’ve never heard clergy say “two Corinthians.” That sounded like the intersection of ignorance, lazy, and a scam. That his followers lapped it up is evidence that P. T. Barnum underestimated the birth rate of suckers.

[soldierant]

55. There used to be a convention

that Arabic numerals represented cardinal number whereas Roman numerals represented ordinal numbers. that's why it is written "II Corinthians" Or "Henry VIII." That's become less rigid, but it does hang on in some things.

[ChazII]

19. Your post got me to thinking

that the churches in the area could (should) start collecting bottles of water right now. They could start planning now for the upcoming elections and begin to map out which polling area they could serve. If they are not wearing anything political would it be okay? Like I said I need to research this topic but it seems like something that several different congregations might be able to help.

[Captain Zero]

36. We could create test cases in the primaries; sue their ass off before the general

no waiting around on this.

[ChazII]

47. I have mailed in my ballot

since 43 took office. I know of spots where we can drop off our mail in ballot if we choose not to mail it in. That is what I do, I drop it off.

If not churches than maybe service organizations like the Masons, Shriners, LOS or Eastern Star could pass water out to those in line. These organizations are not political.

[Tanuki]

21. Yes, in Matthew 25

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biblegateway.com/passage/%3fsearch=Matthew%2b25&version=KJV&interface=amp

"...31. When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

[Ilsa]

25. Yep, Matthew 25 is where Christ tells us we should treat

each other as we would treat him; that good things we do for each other are good things done to/for Christ. Here we learn how to create and live in a kind society, with empathy and generosity. Be a sheep, not a goat.

Of course, much more is in those scriptures.

[BComplex]

51. This needs to become a nationwide voters movement: Matthew 25: 31-46

Actually, that needs to become a nationwide Demoratic party movement symbol!

T-shirts, posters, jewelry, baseball caps, protest signs.

Send all those phony "evangelicals" that vote against humane treatment running for the hills.

[Alliepoo]

5. I'm with you, brother!

I think it might be called “good trouble”.

[bullimiami]

6. so much screaming about freedom when it comes to masks or guns. so little when it comes to

voting, a womens body, helping another person in need.

[BigOleDummy]

7. Indeed

Well said.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Must have driver's license to drive to the polls. It's a poll tax in another form. /nt

[gab13by13]

18. I got a notice a month ago,

here in Pa. asking if I wanted to vote by mail again this year. This year to vote by mail I had to provide my driver's license number.

[PhylliPretzel]

43. Last year, too

PA folks had to provide drivers' license info last year, too. It is an easy way to provide the verification that a person is indeed a PA resident over the age of 18 and therefore entitled to vote. Also includes your signature for comparison to returned ballot, if necessary Shuts up those damn Republican voter fraud claims!

P.S. The Lt. Gov of Texas still hasn't paid our Lt. Gov. the $3M he offered for evidence of voter fraud. Yeah, 3 Reps in PA voted in the name of others; no Dems.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. Hear, hear. FORTY states adding new restrictions. Disturbing. nt

[pazzyanne]

10. I'm rid'en with ya, Atticus!

My oppositional defiance has been triggered!

[NNadir]

11. It might be fun to be arrested for carrying water to a thirsty person.

[wnylib]

17. Start up a water brigade to appear

at polls throughout Georgia.

Or, offer people lemonade. The law specifically says water doesn't it?

[MissMillie]

13. "good trouble" (n/t)

.

[jcgoldie]

14. I love how these GOP fuckers freak out over...

Vaccine passports robbing them of their freedom and then pass a law against giving people fucking water.

[Lonestarblue]

15. Many heinous crimes have been committed in the name of religion.

All religions. But the Christian religion has been right at the top, from burning so-called witches at the stake to the Crusades to the Spanish Inquisition to the murder and torture of Irish Catholics and on and on. And today’s far-right white evangelicals are just as bloodthirsty. Many of them bleat about their loss of religious freedom when it is their ability to force everyone else to follow their rules, based on nothing but bias and arrogance, that they have lost.

I will borrow from Grover Norquist and apply his comment on government here to the intolerant religious right: May their religious extremism be reduced to a size that can finally be drowned in a bathtub. I am not anti-religion because I don’t care what other people believe so long as their beliefs do not infringe on the rights of others or get inserted in secular government in any way—and so long as my tax dollars are not supporting them. The megachurches that rake in millions tax free come to mind as a right-wing religious organization that needs to be taxed. If they’re going to get involved in politics, as they have, they should no longer be tax exempt.

[usaf-vet]

22. Totally agree. One political word spoken from the pulpit, in the church, in newsletters......

..... etc. Say goodbye to your tax-exempt status.

[WardChurchel]

23. Like

[broiles]

24. +1

[AverageOldGuy]

20. And if the cops . . . .

After I give water to people or give someone a ride to the polls, if the cops want to sit on my neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, or, pull a Bull Connor and turn their dogs loose on me, then, have at it.

I'm in my late 70's and am past giving a goddam about Republicans and their oppressive laws.

As a college student in Alabama in the 1960's, I was bitten by Bull Connor's dogs and knocked over by his firehoses. And we won.

Remember: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
https://apnews.com/article/2315880316

[Tbear]

28. Averageoldguy ?

This is anything but average:
“ As a college student in Alabama in the 1960's, I was bitten by Bull Connor's dogs and knocked over by his firehoses. And we won. ”
Nicely done sir.

[CaptainTruth]

33. +1000

[Piasladic]

44. Welp, that seals it

I am officially in love with AverageOldGuy,

[electric_blue68]

60. Wow Props to you for you activism

The infamous Bull Connor, and his lackeys. My goodness!

Was a little too young to be watching the nightly news but saw the TV images a few years later.

[ananda]

26. Hear hear!

Two thumbs up!

[Harker]

27. When water is outlawed only outlaws will have water. n/t

[Percy]

30. So according to this new law

can the person accepting the water be arrested too? For participating? Or are the perceived more like the victim of assault?

[WinstonSmith4740]

31. You're not alone.

I'm in Vegas, so none of those problems are here, but I'm only a couple of hours from Arizona, and chance are they're going to try. Hell, yes! I'll be there.

[Tommymac]

32. This.

That is all.

[CaptainTruth]

34. I'm with you!!!

[bluestarone]

37. You know what?

The scary part is that there are actually a BUNCH of these same QTHUGS that would do what Chauvin did, to STOP us from voting! ( i really believe this)

[ancianita]

38. You are not what you are called. Only what you answer to.

[Historic NY]

40. Reich Party making fascism come alive .

[Mme. Defarge]

41. Law Don't Go Around Here

[Paper Roses]

42. This old timer would be happy to help anyone to the polls.

Shame on any state that restricts the right to vote, no matter how they word it. This direction is UN-AMERICAN!

[Mme. Defarge]

45. A law must be reasonable

AND ENFORCEABLE.

Something I learned from my one and only law class.

[USAFRetired_Liberal]

48. This post was just mentioned on Thom Hartman's Sirius XM show

[TheRealNorth]

49. Someone else on DU suggested we have a priest bless the water as holy water

Then, we can blame Republicans for attacking religious freedom

[scarletwoman]

50. Ha! Love it!

[NNadir]

54. I really, really, really like that one.

[Irish_Dem]

66. Love it. Great idea.

[Mr.Bill]

52. I wish I lived in Georgia.

Sounds like the food and drinks in line at the polls are going to be excellent!

[Sugarcoated]

53. They made it against the law

...to drive someone to the polls?

[Atticus]

58. It was proposed and discussed by the Republicans in the Texas legislature. They did pass a bill

that will restrict voting, but I do not know if that restriction---primarily aimed at stopping the transporting of the elderly or disabled from "sheltered care" facilities---is in that just-passed bill.

[BobTheSubgenius]

56. Good for you!

An admirable sentiment, and I'm sure legal issues would come to naught. I can't see a case reaching court and having a guilty verdict.

[soldierant]

57. They know, on some level,

that if they don't act to make us "outlaws," their behavior will make them "outlaws" in the eyes of all decent people. I suppose it's a kind of projection.

[zipplewrath]

59. Ride sharing

The GQP is going to find themselves at odds with the whole Lynx/Uber legal concept of "ride sharing" once elections come around. Imagine democrats creating a "ride sharing" app for people wanting to get to the poles. The GQP would be loath to develop one and the democrats could use one to get people to the poles. The GQP are already at a disadvantage because they don't know how to develop an "Act Blue" type vehicle.

[ShazzieB]

61. Here is our theme song for when we go pass out food and water to exhausted voters!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

62. Oh, heck. I am not one of those "Christians" people like to talk about.

But I do know that things like giving water to thirsty people is the right thing to do.

[Irish_Dem]

65. I'm not either, but I was thinking the words "what would Jesus do."

Giving food and water to people in need would be on the list.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

67. Yep. I can't imagine Jesus would want the hungry and thirsty to remain

hungry and thirsty.

I am not myself a follower of Jesus, but I am someone who thinks basic human compassion is paramount. We are here in life to help one another. That's my essential belief. So giving food and water to those who need food and water is essential, a base imperative.

[Irish_Dem]

68. You have innate compassion so don't need someone showing you the way.

I always think of Jesus as a teacher, showing people the road to a civilized society.

[blitzen]

64. James Talley...

[Hortensis]

69. Meanwhile the GOP-controlled legislature will be stealing the elections

as necessary -- because their power grab gives them the ability to override any unfortunately ethical public servants who get in their way.

Hopefully, our For the People Act combined with court challenges will stop their planned elections-based takeover.

If worst comes to worst, thank you in advance for your plan to oppose. But it might be a lot more dangerous at that point than you realize. If we can't stop it, this would be happening in many states, and the next step when RW authoritarians seize power is establishing control by smashing resistance.

The rule of law as we know it would of course be suspended. Who knows when or if you might be released or what charges might be trumped up against you? And I think we should assume none of us would be able to discuss any of it here.

[Atticus]

70. I share your hope that the For The People Act can be passed and rectify the transparent voter

suppression the Republicans are enacting. I think we will find a way to accomplish that. But, if we don't------

I will not permit them to take away my empathy and decency. If that gets me arrested, so be it. I honestly believe I will have lots of like-minded company.

[Hortensis]

71. So be it. One thing's sure, those of us who don't drop dead first

will live with whatever comes. This is our time to protect what we inherited from those who came before.

[Atticus]

72. 👍 nt