seriously. it’s not that big a deal. if people in gaza are still standing up to their oppressors every day then you likely have zero excuse for not doing more IRL shit (political reading and writing at home are good, but don’t mean anything if you’re not applying that theory as practice and then assessing the results and adjusting your practice accordingly).
So I’m not saying that encouraging people to go outside is bad by any means, but I think finding out why people can’t or don’t want to go outside is something we could probably do better at as a community. I don’t think saying “it’s not that big a deal” is nearly as useful as having a good discussion/plan on how to overcome those issues that keep people stuck inside.
I literally did this and the answers for people are depression, the sheer suppression that the US specifically does to orgs, burnout caused by school and work, Covid, and overworking. Telling people to go organize seems… well it’s good, but until we start posting resources that can help with one or all of those issues, very few people will actually do it
If I can suggest a resource for one of these problems - COVID - for people like me who can’t take on the risk of (re)infection/are already too disabled by COVID to do anything in person. Basically try joining a mask bloc or similar from the directory here, the people there should understand better than most your need for protection from plague https://linktr.ee/COVIDAdvocacy
we have this conversation every week tbh but you’re right