Thread by @jonathansmucker

Honest thread. I find myself being more snarky and sarcastic the past few weeks. And I realize it's because it's hard to hold the heaviness of this moment. We're in a very serious situation as a nation—a crossroads with huge stakes.

I am both hopeful and terrified to think about the range of possibilities for what might transpire over the next two or more weeks in our country. No one knows what will happen. But we know that we can't be passive. No one is coming to save us. It's on people like us to step up.

I feel so blessed to be able to be in a struggle for a better world with so many amazing people. I feel as proud of what we have done together as I feel discouraged by what we have not been able to do.

Hundreds of thousands of us mobilized to stop the Muslim Ban. We protested the cruel separation of families at the border. We stood up to stop the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

We marched in solidarity with the people of Charlottesville when violent white supremacists descended upon their city. We stood up to assert that Black Lives Matter.

We recruited candidates to run for office and volunteered for their campaigns. We joined organizations and built grassroots people power, reversing a decades-long trend of declining political participation of everyday people.

We can be proud that together we mitigated the extraordinary damage or this uniquely dangerous Administration. But we have also lost a lot, and especially people who were already vulnerable.

And nearly all our fights these past 4 years have been defensive in nature. The objective situation has worsened considerably—especially with Trump's escalation from authoritarian populism toward outright fascism, ramping up and systematizing the use of political violence.

The epic failure of this President to lead—measured in the cost of tens of thousands of lives, millions of jobs, and untold economic hardship—combined with his disposition toward causing chaos (because that is where he thrives) places us in an incredibly dangerous place.

I feel the need to ground myself for the weeks ahead; to let myself feel the love in my heart; to remember my conviction that we are capable of living in peace together, of uniting in common cause to create and live in a world whose fruits are shared by all of us...

...where everyone is taken care of, and where our children and grandchildren will have an abundant future.

That may be a long way off, but we are the ones who are going to win that world. No one is going to do it for us. We must love and protect each other along the way.

Postscript:

Please do everything you can in these remaining days to contact voters and get out the vote. The larger the margin, the harder for Trump to steal it. There are many ways to get involved, and here are a few. You'll be in good company ❤️ nothimus.org/lets-get-to-wo…