Thread by @JuliusGoat

2018. Let’s do this.

This is the year for everyone to get off the sidelines.

What that means for each person will vary, but consider your resources and plan accordingly.

Do you have transportation? Plan on using it to help those who don't.

Do you have generous vacation time or a flexible schedule? Plan on being off work for the election.

Do you have money? Plan to donate.

Do you have a gift for words? Plan on communicating.

Are you able-bodied? Plan on walking door-to-door.

Are you an organized person? Plan on organizing.

Are you a good researcher? Find the best resources and share them.

Do you have a platform? Use it to amplify those who don't.

Are you white? Plan to put your body between a cop and someone who isn't.

Are you Christian? Plan to put your body between a bigot and a Muslim.

Are you employed? Speak for the unemployed.

Are you well? Speak for the sick.

Do you have the mental and emotional fortitude to handle the menace another day? Then get out there on behalf of those who need to stay out for their own mental and emotional health.

Do you live in a toss-up district? Vounteer there.

Live in a heavily red district? Consider volunteering in a toss-up—but also consider fighting where you are. A fight you're likely to lose is still a fight worth fighting.

Is the incumbent running unopposed? Consider running.

Make a plan on when—soon—you intend to:

•Find organizations that work to organize politically
•Call them
•Determine what help you're able to provide

I was mostly on the sidelines in 2016. I was far too comfortable.

Nobody on the sidelines. Whatever that means for you.

It's not about doing as much as somebody is doing.

It's about doing whatever you're able to do. If you are only able to do a little bit, do that little bit.

You'll be doing as much as the person who can do a lot and does so. Both you and she will be giving what you have.

And you'll be doing so much more than the person who is able to do much, who does little, or nothing.

Our country has long held a spirit that believes, at it's core, that other people do not matter.

They've taken over. They've held almost all the power in our country for a year now.

It's been bad.

It's time to show them that other people matter.

They said for years they wanted to "take their country back."

Now they think they have.

It's our job to show them they haven't.

It's our country. OURS. For every value of 'our.'

Not only do we matter, for whatever value of 'we' you like

THEY matter

We oppose them on behalf of ALL

Primarily, we oppose them for the protection of those they would harm

But secondly, we oppose them for their own sake

Nobody should live in the reality they want to create

Protect what you love before you fight what you hate.

Make a plan.

Give what you have.

Good morning and Happy New Year.