Folks are talking about Asma Shuweikh, rightfully praising her. What she did was brave because of the risk she took upon herself by doing so. Standing up for folks who are the targets of bigoted harassment is dangerous. Because it is so dangerous /1

we must demand institutional responses. It cannot end with individual bravery. For example, there *must* be a national campaign against white nationalist violence, which the President opposes. Until that changes, the brave sacrifices of /2

Ricky Best, Taliesin Namkai-Meche, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher are incomplete. They are incomplete until their deaths and injuries suffered because they cared are augmented by actions that show we all care. Because while we laud brave, selfless people /3

we cannot make it normal that people must selflessly accept extreme risks especially if they know that beyond the applause that follow their deeds, those deeds will not be followed up with meaningful institutional action. /end