It’s crazy how Democrats spent all of 2020 saying we needed to vote for them to save democracy, and since they’ve been in power democratic institutions have been falling left and right. From voting rights, to reproductive rights, and LGBT rights.
It’s becoming more and more difficult for me ti believe Democrats don’t have the same agenda as Republicans. I’m watching who the leadership backs, what rights they’re fighting for. Democrats gotta have the same agenda. They got to. They move like they do.
I genuinely do not care what you say about Republicans and their clear agenda towards right wing Christo-fascism. There doesn’t seem to be any fight against that by Democrats. I’m not seeing it. I no longer care what they say when I see what they do, or in most cases don’t do.
Why wasn’t voting rights, reproductive rights, housing rights, union rights, why weren’t any of these things protected when Democrats had the power to do so? Why was there never a 50 state strategy to grow the party even on a state level to combat Republican right wing extremism?
I have no choice but to believe it’s because they have the same agenda. They know crime is down and more police doesn’t keep people safe. They know cutting into education, arts and community programs hurts communities, they still do it. I SEE what’s happening in blue states.
I SEE how the Democratic Mayors are moving in solid blue states. The cutting and closings of schools, defunding programs they know help and funding a police state from the ground up. From state to federal there’s no real opposition to what we face and this shit is frightening.
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At some point, major news corporations, entertainment industries, academia, et al will realize that being POC isn’t a blanket for people who fit in that lane to write and talk about any and all other POC cultures. There’s no express pass due to degree of melanin.
I’m Black. Specifically Black American with roots in The South. I can not speak with authority on cultures that I am not part of by proxy because I’m “POC” and honestly even because I’m Black. I couldn’t write about Jamaican, Nigerian or Afro Brazilian traditions.
I can’t speak on Asian or Mexican traditions, cultural influences better than they can. Those cultures aren’t mine and I’m not well versed enough to try. I defer to those within those cultures to speak on that. It isn’t difficult to understand this concept.
America can’t even keep kids from getting shot up and killed by mass shooters, but somehow we have the resources and ability to keep them from being exposed to, or catching COVID? Somebody is lying, this isn’t adding up.
These people expect us to believe they’ll have proper ventilation in schools. Yeah, right. Y’all can’t even keep lead out of the water in schools. They’re lying. google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…
This country couldn’t even guarantee your child wouldn’t be exposed to mold pre-covid, but sure, now they’ll make sure ventilation systems are in place to keep them safe. 🙄 gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/hid…
Well, this was a lie. America’s Liar in Chief declaring victory with this pandemic back in July 2021, then told everyone to take their masks off. This level of incompetency will continue to snowball.
Eventually, due to lack of leadership and prioritizing capitalism over health, this virus is going to evolve and mutate to the point where vaccines won’t even matter. We’re going to be back and square one with an even deadlier and more contagious variant than we’ve ever seen.
The mass deaths, mass disabling and mass sickness will completely destroy America and any other nation handling this as poorly as we are. We already know Governors et al misreported deaths and cooked the books to pretend everything is alright when we can clearly see it isn’t.
My GP had to get special permission to get me a six moth supply of meds because she’s been told how badly staffed pharmacies are, and she’s nervous about me not being able to get my meds at some point. People like me who take life saving meds daily will suffer.
Y’all really saying “Fuck Omicron” like this is a virus that came out of nowhere, and couldn’t have been prevented, when y’all should be saying “Fuck Biden”. HE failed. Hoarding vaccines and putting profits over people.
Trump failed, and so did Biden. Don’t switch up who’s to blame now because you voted for him. Don’t give him any excuses, because he has none, and doesn’t deserve that grace. None of our elected officials deserve grace or defense. They’ve all failed to protect us, on all levels.
Kamala really said they couldn’t have predicted this new variant. If true they have no place in leadership. That’s a failure to not only listen to science, but be able to see what was happening globally and act. What else are they failing to notice or do?
Here’s a quick thread of ideas I have for those of you who are sincerely asking how to move forward when you have fatigue with fighting against this system. Being tired, frustrated, and weary is okay, feel those feelings, but giving up is not an option. Here’s what I’d suggest 👇🏽
First and foremost, build community. I say that a lot, but in all seriousness do this. When you build community you aren’t alone. Nobody can be all things to everybody. Your community will pick you up when your tired and look after you when needed. They’re your team, they got you
Take a break from whatever you’re doing, adjust or refocus. If you’re exhausted with fighting for housing, change tactics or look into doing something else. That may mean working with local builders to assist the elderly with fixing their homes.