"Molon Labe" Jesus, Democrats. Meme better.

They are doing just fine. www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent...

Clearly not Texan if you don’t get the import of that for the state

Buckle up hot wheels

enough of the fucking wheelchair joke. it’s 40 years old and it makes it sound like democrats want to attack disabled people. get some discipline

Is voter suppressor better.

That one works for me

Agree. I would make fun of his choice of shoes though - why lifts?

I didn’t choose the name. It chose him.

Eat shit bigot

"It's ok to shit on someone's disability if they're a bad person"

And you chose to perpetuate it. Standard lib move.

Doesn’t sound like that to me. Sounds like they want to attack Abbott.

The implication here is that it's okay to make fun of someone's disability if it's a bad guy. But at the end of the day, you're still making fun of someone's disability. You can attack Abbott without attacking all wheelchair users in the process.

It isn't the scolder’s message but his method to which I take exception. I know this much about the way language works; an Inference is not necessarily an implication. I can do as I please without the approval of random strangers, as can the autistic over-sharer, but thanks for the oversight.

I wasn't interested in scolding anyone until you decided to be snarky. I'm just explaining why people take issue with the joke. It's perfectly reasonable to be upset about wheelchair jokes made at anyone's expense. Communication is a two way street, after all. Don't be condescending.

I see. You are the arbiter of perfect reason and communications crossing guard. You must be very busy not condescending to random strangers on the internet. Thank you for all you don't. I care, I really do.

Not gonna keep arguing with you. But you don't really have a right to get offended at people calling out ableist jokes. So at least take a second to understand why people are bothered by them, or stop being so offended by people calling them out.

As for the “offended” business, see inference/implication. Half a nice day!

Your not arguing looks very much like arguing to me, but I haven't cleared my perception with you yet so I'm probably wrong about that. I'll do as you suggest if you’ll take a second to understand why some people find virtue signalling, as you kids say, to be a suffocating pomposity.

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You’re on a liberal/lefty dominated social media site. Who are you doing this performance for? Who do you think is gonna see your ableist attacks?

you should learn how language works

Or what?

Is Abbott gonna see it?

New joke: TREE 2026: FINISH THE JOB

idk what sonny bono did to deserve this

It's Molon Labe! Lot of maga chuds have those μολὼν λαβέ stickers and flags. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_an...

Quick question, but does their flag have a 💩 on it?

There's a lot of Maga overlap

Is Mr. Hanky a magat??

I’ve got a better thing, Arrest Abbott and throw his ass over the border

Mexico doesn’t deserve that! 😳

I called all the reps to thank them for standing for democracy and against authoritarianism.

Hell yeah!

Unironically the most badass shit Democrats have said in a long time.

When they DO try to take it I hope people who are able turn out in their tens of thousands to make them reconsider the cost. Democracy only exists as long as you are willing to defend it.

Dear Gregory POS Abbott, my governor JB told me to tell you, …..

Ok that’s actually a perfect response. Respect.

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It has long been time for Democrats to have a “Molon Labe” moment

If a tree falls on the governor, and no democrats are there to hear it, does it matter if he makes any noise?

Awesome

Remember the alamo! (It sucked for everyone)

Gonzales

Fucking brilliant!

yeah, abbot doesn't have any law enforcement power in IL and his expulsion threat is more f*ckery from a dumb-a*s' mouth. He does not have the constitutional power he is claiming. That might not mean much however in texass tho'

Take what?

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I like that. Smacking Abbott with that maga slogan.

That’s a battle of Gonzales slogan for Texans

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Killer Bees strike again! This is the Texas I remember (although perhaps through rose coloured glasses).

Why is Abott so upset? Texas Dems following a time honored tradition of elected officials in Texas started by Senator Ted Cruz. Head to Cancun.

The Texas Dems have fled Texas to avoid the quorum necessary to move Abbott's gerrymandering plan through and are each being fined $500 per day for their patriotism. If you have a few bucks to help them through this, here's the link: riggedredistricting.com #FightFascism 👊

This is the energy the people have been crying out for!!! Praise Gawd!

Come and take...what, exactly?

Either you're being facetious or you're not very versed in history. "Come and take it/them" is an ancient battle cry dating all the way back to the Spartans, if not much older. Surely this can't be the first time you've heard this or seen these words used in this context?

All the way back to the Spartans, you say?! Incredible! Can i see your sourcing for this historical fact?

Bro...have you never heard the battle cry "Molon Labe" (Come and take them)? Please please go look things up instead of being a jerk for no reason. Educate yourself. You're on the Internet where the information is, for fuck's sake.

"Them?" Hmm. Pretty sure the pronoun in the statement of discussion is "it."

Okay, we're good here. If you can't connect dots I'm not going to connect them for you. Enjoy your night arguing about "it" with the people who like to argue about pronouns. I'm not one of them. 🤷🏾‍♀️

You still never answered what It means but i guess you don't know.

You're kinda blanketing all threads about this, huh. 'It' in this case refers to power, rights, elected office, freedom. The Democrats, threatened by Abbott with removal from office, are daring the governor to take their offices from them. 'Come and take it' means 'we dare you to take our power'.

Hmm thats a generous reading!

If you think this ridiculous response makes you look less of an idiot, I assure you it does not.

What's ridiculous about it.

There you go. www.chron.com/news/houston...

They sound like the nerdiest geekiest kid in every movie trying to be tough and using the wrong words. Lame af.

A very poorly deployed "i know you are but what am i"

What did you want them to say? "Okay, we're coming back"?

Non sequiturs are never satisfying I guess?

It's not though? It's a very (dumb, sure) Texas thing to say with specific meaning going back to the Battle of Gonzales. It's more shorthand than non sequitur.

Ok!

Oh snap I didnt realize there were only two options. I guess that was the better choice then.

I didn't say there were only two. I asked what would you have them say or do. What, in your infinite political wisdom and giant ballness, would you advise?

They threatened “arrest”. “Come and take it” is a nonsensical response. “It”. The word is taking place of a noun. In English. What’s the noun?

It’s not a non sequitur if you understand anything about Texas.

Also, I didn't ask about the subject/verb agreement or a grammar lesson--this person still hasn't said what they would've issued as a response. I'm still hoping for a full statement draft.

Bro.

I would have used a different pronoun

I'd tend to go with "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!"

Admittedly I think ‘I fart in your general direction’ would’ve been pretty good.

“Oh yeah??? Well, your mom smells pretty nice, and her car is cool too.”

It’s a reference to the Texas Revolution

When Texans fought for their right to Mexico’s land. The good old days?

Thats fine but its still quite silly.

It’s not silly, it’s a huge slap in the face to Texas repubs

They’re speaking in Texan, this is exactly what Texas Republicans have also repeatedly said. Using their own words is fitting.

Ok!

I'm sure theyre quaking in their boots!

It actually goes back to the ancient Greeks!

Wow! That changes nothing!

True! They’re definitely specifically calling on the Texas revolution one (there’s a whole replica flag in the Capitol and everything). The full history is neat tho!

Yeah, it doesn't quite apply, but I'm willing to give enough extra credit for style and historical resonance that I'll overlook that quibble.

All they gotta do is go to Chicago. Conservatives are scares to go there so they’d be safe.

Now some democrats are talking

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bsky.app/profile/ronf... -ONE.

According to what I've read, they've even gone as far as to — cut Rep. Jasmine Crockett out of her own district. These people are really WARPED. They want TOTAL CONTROL over EVERYBODY & EVERYTHING. -ONE. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Apparently she’s not the only sitting congressional Democrat the TX legislature gerrymandered out of their current district. That’s a transparently flagrant effort to unseat elected Democrats, since they specifically asked each congressional representative to confirm their home address

Why is Texas redistricting wrong.? Corrupt..? TX is using it to deliberately gain political advantage. That is the only reason. Redistricting should be population diversity to equitably allocate representation. Texas Republicans are not even pretending that this is to help the voters ..

Why can't this sick action be stopped? Jasmine is a jewel for democracy! It is getting so hard to hang onto hope, but we must! America, WE THE PEOPLE are looking like the only hope is for us to get MILLIONS ON THE STREET UNITED & STANDING UP DEMANDING THE RETURN OF DEMOCRACY!

Now why would his expectations be that — representatives from the TX house would actually sit for a quorum— designed to dismantle their districts??? That's like you know somebody is coming to END YOU @ 12 NOON, YET you'll stay to sip tea @ 11:55am... -ONE.💯😂😂😂

Well it is congressional districts, it impacts their constituents but it doesnt change their own district lines. For scale: state House districts - about 190k residents Congressional - about 770k residents State Senate - about 950k residents

NO matter which way this is being spun, it's going to affect people. I have a tendency to go with it is. -ONE.🇺🇸 bsky.app/profile/bara...

Hero’s of democracy Well done

Love it!

There's gonna be ICE bounty hunters after them. When they go out, they need lots of security, lots of cameras, and t-shirts reminding the president to release the Epstein files.

Yes!

Additional response to Abbott...

Can't Abbott just do it anyhow with them not being there? I feel like the 'come and take it' doesn't make sense, like he can still kick them out, even if they're not there.... The right only play their own shifty rules, all others don't apply.

But Republicans left DC early to protect their favorite pedophile. See the difference?

"Show up for the vote where we'll gerrymander away your seat or we'll remove you from your seat" is a particularly weak threat.

They're gerrymandering their federal Congressional map. These are state legislators.

State legislators vote on state matters, like district maps. This is why voting in local elections matter as much as federal.

This! This is the fight I want to see from ALL of the Democrats!

The only ones that should be arrested are Texas Republicans. They are committing huge crimes by trying to rig elections.

This country is on a speed shift towards hell. I a whole party had to flee to keep the country safe from a power grab, but somebody is blaming Democrats somewhere.

They aren't blameless... They need to play dirty or they will never have a chance.

Play dirty when they don't have the tools that the American people stripped from them. They don't control nothing. But noted."Democrats fault"

Control isn't necessary to actually perform your role. This situation is an excellent example of that.

True when it's applicable. There are times when it's not applicable, and this is one of those. If you have any ideas on how to perform that role in this situation, I would most certainly love to hear it.

Republicans hurt the Democrats with a minority for decades, if Democrat's can't imagine any way to do the same they are useless and we are completely done as a country.

Ok. Cool

No one's gotta convince you, personally of diddly shit, dude. They're doing something without your permission.

Who? Texas Democrats? This isn't the first time that this has happened. But despite that, this does nothing to fix the stuff that White people broke by voting for the orange man.

These people like him are full of shit. They arw the problem. And why we are here. Fuck'em.

The thing is, I asked the person above the question to get a different view. He went and said this ridiculous shot because there is nothing else they can do. That's why they never have answers.

I was asking you stupid ass man to learn. That's why I said it. But you had to slide in with dumb shit.

Go ahead...

Dayumn. I hope non-Texans understand that response.

This is what’s been lacking for the past 6 months. Better late than never. Keep the pedal to the metal. I hope to see lots more stuff like this going forward.

Amen!!!

Texas is a republican shit hole time to bankrupt Texas it doesn’t even contribute much to America how about it fuck off back to Mexico

Cue american badass by kid rock

MOLON LABE. Love It!

This is the way to fight. 💪👊

Hell yes! ✊️💙

this is what actual resistance looks like

"Take" what? I don't get that part

the quorum that he doesn't currently have

I see! Thank you.

It's a slogan that was used by texas settlers back in their war to keep slavery

Thank you! Context is helpful!

You have to admit- the younger generation of DEMS are really leading the charge. Being more vocal. We all have to fight back. Be fearless. Think of the generations to come behind us. WE NEED TO BE THE HERO OF OUR OWN STORIES!

Great points to place on the commentary here, it has always felt like the party is locked to a regimen of seniority of time over talent.

Which means start supporting the younger Dems and not support the corporate Dems like Hakeem, Jefferies and Kirsten Gillibrand and Cory Booker and all the people that get money from AIPAC.

It's worth noting that the originators of the μολὼν λαβέ ("Come and take them") meme were killed to the last man a few days later. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_l...

You went too far in history. Not what they are referring to. It's from the Battle of Gonzales. It's a Texan message of refusal to a government.

Also worth noting there’s not a chance they chose this phrase accidentally; I’m sure they know the history. Absolutely insane that it’s come to this, but man… courageous as hell.

The history they're referring directly to in their statement is not Thermopylae but the Battle of Gonzalez during the Texas war for independence.

Yes, and its origin *is* Thermopylae.

Right. That's the indirect reference.

True, but the Greeks did successfully fend off the invasion in the end

Yeah it's time to have that mentality

In this Texan context, it is referencing this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_an...

i suspect the texans had heard of the spartans tho

you're overestimating us

they were stuck up texans who still sent the ladies the charm school and a woman put it up

Was there a part of the US or Mexico where upper class women were not sent to finishing school in 1835?

probably not no

This is why we can't have nice things. Yes, both Spanish and European colonists had heard of the Spartans, and there were volunteers from all over the world in the Texian Army. Can we just be proud of the legislators for a bit?

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Refusing to repay a loan, then shooting at the repo man, does seem on brand for Texans

Yeah and if abbott tries the same shit he will be starting the second civil war

Americans will never fight. At least none of the current generations living.

This is a governor who, in my opinion, demanded that over 300 cops surrounding a small school with a (1) shooter inside murdering 3rd graders not attempt to enter the school to save them or let anyone else do it. Texas! Guns/texas/macho/gun toting/apb out on jasmine et.all arresting/forcing a quorum

Wild West tactics. We are under arrest, hostage to a group of madmen who can choose anyone to do anything to and the country and the non-GOPs are just to stand by and watch it!?!? We’re all just extras in “The Hague”sewer slush sick mind of that old mash-potato-hat pedofile ‘Caligula’ monster.

Remember the ALAMO. IYKYK

Hey, Greg. The people will gladly wheel you into the Nuremberg Trials.

'bout fucking time

Have them come and teach the DC Dems how to stand up.

Illinois is probably the worst offender of gerrymandering. Y'all are clownin. www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-ext...

the GOP should be very familiar with this response, given they love to use it in its original classical greek: molṑn labé en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_l...

Texans like to use it in English

Reminder: after the Dodd decision, Abbott is the goofy dude who said we were going to end rape in Texas. In 2023, Texas reported 15,097 forcible rape cases, the highest number in the U.S.

Turns out all the democrats with spines have been in Texas this whole time.

Got tough fighting uphill battles for a long time in that fucked political climate.

Some mother motherfuckers actually succeed at ice skating uphill..?

You dig in the edges and stomp.

God created the desert to train the faithful.

People really should stop quoting Spartans who lost both times they said shit like this. Still, more power to Texas Democrats.

They're specifically alluding to when the phrase was used in the first battle of the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Gonzales in 1835. The Texians who used the phrase won in that particular instance.

Fair play…you’ll forgive me for excluding including minor skirmishes in crafting my larger point (regarding the fetishization of Spartans).

Of course! But I can't help but remember this:

Now, see, I would have state and national Democrats take a page out Cato the Elder’s schtick… Find an issue and hammer that issue at every opportunity (even on unrelated topics). “Carthago delenda est.”

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Fair play…you’ll forgive me for excluding including minor skirmishes in crafting my larger point (regarding the fetishization of Spartans).

This is good, but he is 100% going to "come and take it" so they better not be bluffing. (spoiler alert, they're definitely bluffing) 😔

MAGA love taking things without consent

And when this whole stunt is over we will have fewer seats in Congress Where is the energy to win the state legislature, who is going to sue Texas over these maps, what are we doing for the long term?

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT 🗣️, fuck these idiots and their stupid threats. Belittle them and mock them and dare them to do something about it. Wipe your ass with the arrest warrants if they're stupid enough to push it that far. No more pre-cowering to these fascist chumps.

THIS is resistance! 💙 Hell yeah Texas House Democrats!

In December 1944, when in Bastogne and surrounded by Germans at the Battle of the Bulge, the Nazi's demanded the 101st Airborne's unconditional surrender; acting commander General McAuliffe responded: "NUTS!"

Yesssssssss

Abbott is going to do his absolute best to turn James Talarico into a viable 2028 candidate. Dude just had a great showing on Rogan. He can speak to the Christian right and support the values of the left. A strong Texas candidate could cause all sorts of problems for MAGA.

Don’t think it has anything to do with being Christian, although it may for those that feel the need; the man is simply one of morality and integrity.

It matters a BUNCH to a lot of Texans.

He is a wonderful authentic man to me and I don’t even know him personally… He has the gift that even when he is calling them out it’s done with grace ..you all are very lucky to have him💖🇺🇸 All due respect to all Texans

An evangelical left democrat. Democrats need someone to get behind. James Talarico is amazing! #Talarico #Democrats #2028 #Election

Talarico is not an evangelical and why the evangelicals hate and fear him and have called him a “false prophet” Because he takes the Bible at face value when practicing his religion, not mindlessly taking peoples opinions on what the Bible should mean based on what they want it to mean.

Oh. OH. That was a revolutionary cry, not a threat. WOW. Go Texas Dems!

Good for them!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

Are national dems paying attention or nah

So happy some Dems are finding their courage and upholding/using the rule of law to fight Abbott’s unconstitutional threats.

Oh damn Dems doing something good and cool finally

Sane Texans to Abbott: DON'T DO IT ANGELINA!

Tell them to come to NY No one extraditing them from here

Pitch perfect. 👌🏽 More of this tone Democrats.

This is good. I like this. More please.

This is a prime example of meeting the moment. If they acted like usual, they'd have okay'd it because that means 5 more seats to vote out

Powerful yeehaw energy

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Things you learn from europe: holidays block decisions

In the U.S., weekends also remain uninterrupted. Priorities?

God we suck

Expulsion requires a two-thirds vote of the full chamber—not just those present. So, good luck with that, I guess 🤷🏾‍♂️

Have a strong feeling this is gonna escalate past rhe state level and to the federal once a certain someone decides to step in. I easily see this spiraling into a constitutional crisis

I think Pritzker is ready for that. I think he's at least aware of the possibility & took precautions. Don't forget how incredibly outmatched they are intellectually.

You left Constitutional crisis in your dust a while ago. This is full tilt authoritarianism. You're about to enter the fight of your lives for your liberties. I hope you have what it takes to win & I hope the people get out & stand with these Texas Dems. Finally, they're fighting for you. Join them!

Finally.

I'm all in for Liberalism with Texan Characteristics

Don't mess with the Democrats from Texas.

Molon Labe, used a lot by gun nuts these days but nice to see it used by the good guys.

It was also used during the War for Texas Independence.