There are a lot of scared, confused people out there right now. People who do not know how to react to the greatest democracy in the world practically disappearing in real time. I took about a week to come up with my own reaction, maybe this is what your reaction could be. I hope this helps, I call it “The 3 Rs 2.0”
Recover
Do not feel you are totally without recourse, because you are not (at least not yet). There are laws that still protect people and ideas. Also, you are not alone, there are still good people in this country. My boy Tom Angelo posted a statement declaring himself a “safe place.” I declare the same. Share this if you do as well. I hope it goes viral.
Reflect
It’s ok to Monday morning quarterback this election and ask
how the fuck did this happen. I did in 2016. The reasoning is not too hard to
see.
The simple, brilliant message: "I hate what you hate, I
fear what you fear."
Joe Biden is a
good man and an excellent public servant, but should have dropped out sooner. Kamala Harris ran a great campaign but
there just wasn't enough time. And she made a few mistakes that could have been
corrected with more time and better advisors.
Ignoring/distancing herself from Biden's record of the last
4 years was one. It didn’t work for Al
Gore in 2000 either. Why not remind people that unemployment went down and
so did the deficit? They needed to remind everyone about how dreadful the four
years under that fascist shithead criminal Donald
Trump actually were. Inflation was a major issue, but the government doesn't
regulate prices. Had Biden/Harris tried to do that, the other side would scream
communism. And just how is Trump going to dramatically lower prices? When has that ever happened
in the history of the United States?
This country will not accept being run by a woman. Sorry but
right now, this is where we are at, and it’s time for Democrats to face reality. Wanna win in 2028? Start grooming your
version of Ronald Reagan now.
Ignorant people will routinely vote against their own
interests. Education has to be more important to people. Americans home school
their children because they do not want them to know the truth about the
darkest times in our country. Mostly the Civil
War, slavery and the Civil Rights Movement.
Their attempts to whitewash history using the school’s curriculum is already
well documented. But imagine what would have happened had Germany done that in 1946? This is the perfect example of having to
repeat history when you do not learn from it. The main reason why this is
considered a racist country is because we have yet to confront our racist past.
The grotesque result of that is the electing of the racists in our present,
racists that should have been marginalized decades ago.
Resist
In 2016 I was at Standing
Rock, protecting Native Americans
who were protesting against an oil pipeline being built on native land. I had
been to more than a few rallies in my life, but that one was the one
where I faced the most danger. The only thing standing between water cannons,
smokers, and APCs were myself and a few thousand fellow veterans. I thought it
was over after that, but looks like I may have to get the cape and boots out
one last time.
Do what you can, folks. If you cannot stand in front of a
water cannon when it is -11 degrees, that’s ok, I will. But do something. Get
involved in voter registration, volunteer your services, call out hate crimes
when and where you see them, but most of all, let the most vulnerable of your
fellow human beings know that you are there to be supportive. However…
“I hope that no one who voted for the tyrant ever
experiences the utter fear that much of our marginalized communities do
today. As an individual within the queer
community married to a Black man with a biracial girl child- I am shaking to my
core.”
I asked my Comadre (that’s parent of my godchild in Spanish,
for those of you who don’t habla) Stephanie Hill for permission to repost this.
This is the sentiment of someone who lives in a “swing state” that went to
Trump. That’s my Godchild she is talking about. Here I will not be passive.
Anyone makes that little girl afraid, peaceful negotiations have ended.
Even more disturbing, someone I know whose parents came here
illegally and is now a US Citizen, actually posted that they were happy that
Trump won. Wait, what? Do you honestly believe that just because you are
fucking a white person now, that they will not come for you? You know who else were
citizens? The Jews in Poland that ended up in Auschwitz.
Lawfully resist this ignorant, fascist, rapist, criminal
brute with everything you have. Remember that you are on the right side of
history. Stay safe, I’ll be here if you need me. Oh yeah and one more thing…
FUCK DONALD TRUMP!
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