I can clearly remember the moment I first realised my mother and I were living on completely different planes of existence. I was 7 years old and I came home from my school’s first track and field day having placed second or third in every event. the teachers had been making jokes all afternoon about how many times they had to call my name. my friends thought I was cool as shit. my enemies thought I was cool as shit too, come to think of it. I was proud as hell. so I get home with the entire front of my shirt covered in ribbons like I was a military dictator who’d awarded himself every medal, I walk into the kitchen and tell my mum all about my day, and she goes “oh, that must be disappointing not getting any firsts.” and I’m like no?? first of all the first place ribbons are red and I don’t like red. second of all look at me. there’s literally nowhere left on my body for accolades. I am fucking Jacked of All Trades. how could this possibly be a disappointment.
We will strive for a nation and a world governed by laws, rules and norms that constrain the powerful, including Trump and his thugs.
We will stop Trump not with violence but with our steadfast dedication to democracy, the rule of law, and social justice. We will stop him with our determination that our children and grandchildren will not live under a dictatorship. We will stop him with our power, our courage, and our resolve.
We will not succumb to despair or doom. We will not become paralyzed with fear. We will not abandon our principles or abdicate our power.
We will win this, but winning is not enough. From the rubble Trump and his thugs are making of our laws and values, we will also rebuild.
We will build an America whose strength comes not from its bombs and bullets but from its moral authority. An America whose greatness comes not from the value of its stock market or the wealth of its billionaires but from laws and values that serve us all.
My friends, we will win and we will rebuild. We have no choice.
I fully believe that conservatives do not want their tax dollars going to fund school lunches for children because they see children not as individual people but rather as extensions of their parents, and they view a child’s hunger as a moral failing of the parent to maintain their property rather than a hungry child being a vulnerable individual that deserves to be fed.
forever confused about the number of people on this site who think “children are property and not people” is a “right-wing” belief and not like. completely normalised among 90% of society
the belief that children are people is radical. it is wholly outside the Overton window. average “love is love” liberal will straight up say shit like “children do not have rights” with zero prompting.
Didn’t even get out of my alley on the way to work before ICE tried another major assault in my neighborhood this morning. Spent two hours plus chasing ICE around the neighborhood. Got my first taste of tear gas and handed out a bunch of my KN95 masks to other folks for next time. It’s nasty shit but it can be survived.
Also saw officers shooting at people’s feet to make them move not once but twice. Given that the bullets didn’t bounce and left small holes in the asphalt, I think that might have been live rounds (please correct me if someone knows better). Didn’t catch it on video, I’m not great at recording yet but I expect to get a lot of practice in the next few weeks.
My poor furious neighborhood. I ran into someone who had been on her way to lay flowers on Renee Good’s grave when she heard the whistle and showed up. That’s where we are today. Can’t even grieve without having to stand up and fight again.
27th January 2025
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Reblogged From amuseoffyre
