Thread by @sunnshiiny

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism I don’t think the tipping point means what you think it means.

People tolerated an inhumane government because of laws, conventions and the personal sacrifices everyone was making.

The tipping point is the withdrawal of that tolerance.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism People have lost loved ones to covid and other reasons and had to sacrifice time with those they love to protect everyone else left alive. They’ve made huge sacrifices to protect the commons. It hurt, but they were willing to refrain from putting their needs first.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism And the sacrifice was needs, not wants and desires. To grieve we need to go through the process of letting go. To see the person decline in health. Hold their hand, tell them they are loved. And then share that grief with loved ones. That’s our social norm to grieve.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism To have a government completely disregard personal sacrifice to protect all others and then demonstrate contempt by one, refusing to implement restrictions to mitigate the disease, and two, to flout the restrictions when finally ordered, is intolerable.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism It nullifies the sacrifices made. It means letting those you love die alone and scared was die nothing. Because the government is undermining the efforts of those making enormous personal sacrifice.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism But to have our faces rubbed in it by allowing large numbers of MLAs and political staff to travel to all corners of the globe for recreation and pleasure was salt in the wound. Worse, it’s being white washed and there will be no consequences.

Pouring acid on an open wound.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism It’s well beyond the line that people allow themselves to tolerate. The line is a few miles back.

Kenney revealed his disdain & scorn for Albertans. All Albertans. He singlehandedly relegated all but his closest supporters to second class citizenship & stripped them of dignity.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism My husband is one of them. He was forced to be apart from his mother in her dying days. He spoke to her daily in the phone but she passed one night while he was at his essential worker job. Having not seen her for months.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism So it’s perfectly fine for him to put his life at risk by working, knowing covid iota have been encouraged to infect the public space and exacerbate community spread by refusing to wear masks and claiming rights were being imposed upon.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism *idiots not iota (spell check)

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism But it’s not even acknowledged that he gave up spending the last moments with his mother because hospitals didn’t allow visitors.

What hurt the most? Being told Hawaiian and Arizona vacations were perfectly fine and there would not be consequences for those who travelled.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism That was a dagger in his heart. As a man of 53, he doesn’t cry much. He just gets quiet.

He can’t even speak he’s so disgusted. Missing his mom for the first Christmas without her, unable to share that grief with his siblings.

But it’s not breaking any laws to travel abroad.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism The vast majority are willing to make incredible personal restrictions to protect society. Their neighbours, friends, loved ones and family. Strangers and acquaintances. It’s the responsible effort to make.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism It’s a slap to the face, a feeling of being spit upon, completely contemptible and frankly, cruel.

To learn your government is undermining your efforts and your sacrifices for pleasure trips to warm sunny locales. Because they believe they are exempt from rules.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism There was an audible crack of last straws echoing across Alberta yesterday as people processed the premier informing them that they are not worthy of life saving public health measures. That people who died were unworthy of love, consideration and respect.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism That is the last straw people are referring to.

There is only so much shit and abuse one can tolerate. That came to an end for a significant number of Albertans yesterday.

And for that, I am grateful and find purpose & meaning in the deaths and sacrifices we have all made.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism People didn’t die alone for nothing. We didn’t miss time with loved ones for nothing. Only through making those sacrifices are many able to recognize the utter depraved and revolting entitlement UCP and their ideology represent.

It’s about time.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism Now we can start planning their removal from power since they’ve demonstrated how malignant and narcissistic they truly are.

And they have the audacity to call themselves Christians. That is the final straw.

@shmitzysays @disruptfascism @threadreaderapp compile please