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We let this happen twice.
5 months ago
Take care of your friends.
In the United States we recently elected a man who’s name will enter history along with Mussolini, Stalin, Caligula and others. He will use the tools of office to steal from us. He will corrupt the institutions of government and society. What he cannot corrupt he will break. What he cannot corrupt or break he will ignore.
We let angry people sane wash his crazy and blame us for not understanding.
We let him lie to us and about us.
We allowed his supporters to pass off his lies as political hyperbole.
We let echo chambers of hate and ignorance develop without adequate response.
We let him complain about lawfare while promising to do exactly that to his opponents.
We watched as he eroded our institutions with a fire hose of lies and blamed us for it.
We allowed his propaganda to SHOUT down all other voices.
We have what we allowed because too many of us were disengaged and did not vote, did not speak truth to propaganda, did not stay engaged and involved. We could not see how it could even be close and stayed home. We were complacent in the face of voter suppression. We remain reluctant to point to growing evidence of vote stuffing afraid to be painted as election deniers.
I helped let this happen by not responding to the lies, by letting the crazy pass because I did not want the fight, because I wanted to keep the illusion of harmony.
For my compliance my existence in this country is in jeopardy. My status as a retired veteran and the native-born child of native-born citizens will not protect me. Each person disappeared for speaking out or following the law or detained for inconvenient protected speech is one person closer to me and to you.
I watch people “disappeared” without due process.
I watch attacks on our body of law leaving one man above that law.
I see his enforcers ignore the law or twist it to intimidate and silence opposition.
I struggle to survive as he and his elite steal from each of us, because they can.
I see this out in the open and we let it happen!
I will not let the lies go quietly into the night!
That is how we got here.
I will not rant and scream.
That is what he and his supporters do.
I will not remain quiet.
That is what he and his supporters demand.
I will not apologize or hide.
That will not protect me.
Do not let the big lie go without challenge. Any "friend" lost over that was never a friend.
We let angry people sane wash his crazy and blame us for not understanding.
We let him lie to us and about us.
We allowed his supporters to pass off his lies as political hyperbole.
We let echo chambers of hate and ignorance develop without adequate response.
We let him complain about lawfare while promising to do exactly that to his opponents.
We watched as he eroded our institutions with a fire hose of lies and blamed us for it.
We allowed his propaganda to SHOUT down all other voices.
We have what we allowed because too many of us were disengaged and did not vote, did not speak truth to propaganda, did not stay engaged and involved. We could not see how it could even be close and stayed home. We were complacent in the face of voter suppression. We remain reluctant to point to growing evidence of vote stuffing afraid to be painted as election deniers.
I helped let this happen by not responding to the lies, by letting the crazy pass because I did not want the fight, because I wanted to keep the illusion of harmony.
For my compliance my existence in this country is in jeopardy. My status as a retired veteran and the native-born child of native-born citizens will not protect me. Each person disappeared for speaking out or following the law or detained for inconvenient protected speech is one person closer to me and to you.
I watch people “disappeared” without due process.
I watch attacks on our body of law leaving one man above that law.
I see his enforcers ignore the law or twist it to intimidate and silence opposition.
I struggle to survive as he and his elite steal from each of us, because they can.
I see this out in the open and we let it happen!
I will not let the lies go quietly into the night!
That is how we got here.
I will not rant and scream.
That is what he and his supporters do.
I will not remain quiet.
That is what he and his supporters demand.
I will not apologize or hide.
That will not protect me.
Do not let the big lie go without challenge. Any "friend" lost over that was never a friend.
The double-standard from the media and the social media sphere against the two major parties has truly been astoundingly toxic.