GOP rupture reinforces revealing contrast with Dems. Corrupt oligarchs of Fascism Inc want empty suits they can control in charge. Trump loyalists are poised to erupt like Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party in '03. Dems are the real law & order party. #Fresh #ONEV1 #ResistanceUnited
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1/ Purpose of this thread is to share recent intel about my offline activism successes and struggles to engage & persuade voters with my fellow resisters.
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2/ As my followers know (I love you all👊!), I maintain engagement with a circle of friends, colleagues and family across the political spectrum, demographics and regions. I don't believe in polls. But reoccurring trends however from these engagements do get my attention.
3/ Admittedly, my assessment of these engagements is subjective and influenced by my own personal biases, aspirations and fears. Why? Because politics is often more driven by our brain's right emotive hemisphere rather than our more cerebral left hemisphere.
2/ To some of my fellow trekkies this is a blasphemous statement! But I stand by it. As my fellow trekkies know this was to be the original Star Trek cast's final bow. The title was taken from Shakespeare's Hamlet who referred to the "undiscovered country" and his fear of death.
3/ In this movie, the undiscovered country was the future and how the prospect of peace scared those who had a stake in preserving perpetual conflict. Hence, militant Starfleet officers, warrior Klingons and conniving Romulans conspired to sabotage a galactic peace conference.
1/ This picture is of my grandmother and myself taken on March 20, 1982. The occasion was my Bar Mitvah. Recently, I've been looking at photos from that day and reflecting.
2/ One moment from that day is especially poignant to me. After I chanted my Torah portion from the Book of Exodus, my great grandmother, grandmother whom you see in that picture and mother were summoned by the rabbi to join me at the podium.
3/ As I held the Torah in my arms the rabbi said, "We are privileged to have four generations represented up here" and he gave a bio summary on each. My great grandmother had survived Polish pogroms. My grandmother was an activist for Jewish Refuseniks and my mom the teacher.
1/ I've never backed away from calling myself liberal. I've stayed true, even as the right wing racists waged a culture war for decades to make "liberal" a pejorative or epithet.
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2/ On the left today, it seems there are more folks saying, "I'm not a liberal. I'm a progressive." I get it. Understandably, many reacted to the far right's success at turning liberal into a dirty word by rebranding pursuit of economic and social justice as "progressive."
3/ There is a certain logic to that approach. Presumably, it's harder to brand "progress" as a pejorative than turning "liberal" into a slur to justify predatory capitalism & cultural repression against any perceived "other." Also, an impatience emerged toward us older liberals.
🧵Its's not about "Making America Great Again. It's about continuing our aspirational journey to be a more perfect union. @MamaGforSC is passionate about the journey. GOP only cares about power & privilege.
🧵Content of below thread are mock satirical personal ads of just a few of America's most toxic, depraved and corrupt scumbags. Partly, I do this as a cathartic exercise. Hopefully it entertains and inspires activism.
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2/ Married Male, Born in Canada, Cuban ancestry, Age 53. I fantasize about tickling Donald Trump's ballsac with my beard on a Cancun beach as he insults my wife and accuses my daddy of assassinating JFK. If Trump seizes power in 2025, he will put me on SCOTUS. Please love me.
3/ MWM, Age 39. I fantasize about joining Ted Cruz in a threesome on a Cancun beach as we both tickle Donald Trump's ballsac with our beards. I made lots of $ claiming to hate Trump & later licked his balls to be senator. I want all states to crimimalize vaginas. Please love me.