I wrote a thread after the second biggest nightmare in my life suddenly became reality (the first was the death of my mom, also in 2016) and in that thread I altered my language when talking about a Trump administration from "If" to "is/will."
It was a paralyzing transition.
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It was a paralyzing transition.
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I had been talking about a Trump / RussiIa / WikiLeaks / Intercept / New York Times linked conspiracy for many months by that time.
And it was a different time back then, because the opinion that many of my closest allies/friends and I held was not the majority opinion yet.
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And it was a different time back then, because the opinion that many of my closest allies/friends and I held was not the majority opinion yet.
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Now, increasingly, a deal more people claim that they always knew.
Yet, those of us who were trying desperately to get people to listen, even more prominent writers and activists like @kurteichenwald and @sarahkendzior, we're getting much negative feedback.
From liberals.
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Yet, those of us who were trying desperately to get people to listen, even more prominent writers and activists like @kurteichenwald and @sarahkendzior, we're getting much negative feedback.
From liberals.
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It wasn't long, however, a matter of weeks really, that so much of what we had been saying or warning about began to happen.
In real time.
And over the next months the chorus of "we don't have time to think about the past it's a distraction, she lost, move on" shifted.
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In real time.
And over the next months the chorus of "we don't have time to think about the past it's a distraction, she lost, move on" shifted.
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I warned then that something dangerous was going to happen the closer to the truth we got, and I sense it's happening now. We can't let it.
I'm not addressing actual liberals whose opinions shifted later, it doesn't really matter, it was a tough time and everyone was scared.
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I'm not addressing actual liberals whose opinions shifted later, it doesn't really matter, it was a tough time and everyone was scared.
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No one, least of all me, really knew what or how to exist let alone effectively resist on a massive scale. Everyone meant and means well.
My warning was about the actual complicit participants, those who voted for him and supported him through all of the ugliness.
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My warning was about the actual complicit participants, those who voted for him and supported him through all of the ugliness.
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I predicted that as the boat began to rock and obvious danger signs began to appear that many of his flock would suddenly transition into the anti-Trump column and slowly integrate into the resist movement under the pretense that they'd always been there.
Again, no.
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Again, no.
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No one can be allowed to shirk their own guilt nor deny participation.
No one gets to jump to freedom just before the boat explodes.
Because when this ends we must make sure that it never happens again.
To do that we need to make sure that there are clear consequences.
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No one gets to jump to freedom just before the boat explodes.
Because when this ends we must make sure that it never happens again.
To do that we need to make sure that there are clear consequences.
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Even if it's simply a form of political & social ostracization.
If we don't, I guarantee that sooner than later those unrepentant & unidentified Trumpers will help shift the narrative away from this was the worst possible political event that ever happened to something less.
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If we don't, I guarantee that sooner than later those unrepentant & unidentified Trumpers will help shift the narrative away from this was the worst possible political event that ever happened to something less.
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And I'm not addressing the masses here. Individuals & communities will decide that. I'm talking about people like Bernie Sanders, Susan Collins, & Jeff 'fake resistor' Flake.
Even a few toxic RWers who have swung back & forth in their support or criticism like Joe Walsh.
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Even a few toxic RWers who have swung back & forth in their support or criticism like Joe Walsh.
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When this floor gives way and the ugliest truths are revealed it's going to be better to sneak in a stand quietly at the back of the resistance then stand under the bright lights.
Tulsi Gabbard.
The alt-left leaders.
H.W. Goodman..
These types.
This is essential.
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Tulsi Gabbard.
The alt-left leaders.
H.W. Goodman..
These types.
This is essential.
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We must vote them out of office, publicly shame them.
People must be aware that you don't get to cuddle up with traitors to forward your career, or appear rebellious.
To this day Sanders claim to be a resistor. When pressed he reluctantly admits the truth, but in practice?
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People must be aware that you don't get to cuddle up with traitors to forward your career, or appear rebellious.
To this day Sanders claim to be a resistor. When pressed he reluctantly admits the truth, but in practice?
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He's voted against sanctions.
Was the first liberal Senator to say he was willing to work with Trump. He's worked tirelessly to defend and redefine Trump supporters from the racists they are into economically forgotten folk heroes.
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Was the first liberal Senator to say he was willing to work with Trump. He's worked tirelessly to defend and redefine Trump supporters from the racists they are into economically forgotten folk heroes.
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