Thread: The 2018 Mid-term elections are in 4 days and I still have no idea what the @DNC platform is and what their top 5 goals are should they win that makes me want to rush to go vote.
I have to take the day off work, drive 4+ hours away to get to my polling place, then stand in line for however long and turn right back around and drive 4 hours back home for work the next day. I'm voting in SC and live in NC.
All the while, I'm sitting here wondering if it's honestly worth it. I would have to take PTO to vote. I've only been at my new job a little over a year, so I only have 2 weeks of PTO. Taking a day to vote does impact me.
I have LGBTQIA family and friends. People who don't have health care or are underinsured, NO ONE I know in my circle of friends (Millennial Gen) that can afford to live on their own w/o 2 jobs. Either that or we have roommates, live in lovers or spouses. That shit's depressing.
My birthday was yesterday and I'm in the "demo" they're targeting but they have zero interest in what's important to me. Things like: A living wage, pro unions, M4A, free college, student debt forgiveness, environmental policies, green new deal, infrastructure, or ending the wars
I'm also a mom to a black son. The @DNC actually signed & is in favor of a blue lives matter bill. There's zero move for criminal justice or policing reforms. Do ya'll know how much anxiety I have on a fucking daily that my son is going to get killed by cops, just for existing?
Think about that. I'm on high alert on a daily that my son could be killed by cops or a white supremacist just for existing and ya'll have zero plan to midigage that and all I hear is "JUST VOTE BLUE". Why the fuck for?
I have friends that went to the military that have PTSD because of an illegal war that Dems voted on and when Obama was in office expanded to more war. People I went to HS with and family that are seriously fucked up. Why should I vote for a pro war party?
Dems like @clairecmc @JoeforIndiana @SenatorHeitkamp and @JoeManchinWV have voted WITH republicans on their horrible policies and for Trumps judges, a few are on record about this stupid wall shit and going down to stop the caravan of immigrants. TF?!!
What's the fucking point of voting for ya'll shit libs if you're just going to act like Republicans? @SenSchumer made various deals to fast track more judges that will impact many POC, LGBTQIA and poor people in a horrible way and ya'll want me to vote for Dems?
In all honesty, I'm exhausted. Just so fucking exhausted. 63% of Americans can't afford a $400 emergency, and 75% are living paycheck to paycheck, we're suffering and another economic collapse is coming. @DNC voted recently, AGAIN to deregulate wall street. We know what's coming
Ya'll are offering up deals about building walls while we have citizens that can't afford food. Older folks that got meals on wheels cut back. Our children aren't are in schools that are falling apart. We have homeless vets. TF ya'll talking about building a wall?!
I'm sorry for this long ass thread ya'll but goddamnit!!! There are gofundme's for people who can't afford their insulin and die when they can't raise $50!!! What kind of country is this?!!
To make it personal, as a black woman with a black son why should I vote for a party that's done fuck all for the black community in what? 30 years? Hell, even the white side of my family is struggling because ya'll don't gaf about rural white america either if we're honest.
Ya'll lost the "blue collar voters" and the "dem wall" in the midwest and have zero solution to fix it. Then wonder why people stop showing up. Yeah, GOP and Trump are horrible fuckers, but if we're honest ya'll aint THAT much better.
In Dem controlled states and cities black people aren't better off. Other people can't get health care and other left policies. Look at CA and NY to see that evidence. So why, why the fuck should I do all I have to do to vote? I need policy reasons not fear based ones.
I can't tell ya'll how frustrating it is to get the "your black ancestors died for the right to vote" "all the suffering women went through to vote" shaming to get me to vote. That shit is played out. All ya'll can run on is suffering, pain, and demands.
I'm done with voter shaming and getting angry at people with zero power who consistently get punched at when we demand representation and get told to "grow up" or "purity politics". I'm an adult with adult issues that's not being addressed and what you call purity I call morals
The @DNC is punching left at all times and ignoring their base on policy and voting WITH republicans and going after moderate republicans because they think we "have nowhere else to go". It's an abusive ass relationship and I'm done. I'm filing for divorce.
Ya'll really believe votes are owed to you with zero reciprocity or work. Ya'll act like ya'll OWN the black, lgbtqia, poor, immigrant, and union voters without doing any work and shutting down our "leaders" such as Nina, Tulsi, Lee Carter and Bernie Sanders. I'ont OWE ya'll shit
Anywho, again, I'm sorry for this long ass thread and if it's all over the place. For the misspelled words and whatnot. Vote if you choose or not, vote your values and know voting won't magically fix shit. It will take community organizing and work. Vote your conscious. Peace.✌🏾
