I absolutely loved this post and so appreciated the resources! my wife and I just watched Lee and found ourselves so struck by all the things you mentioned. Yes to all of it. Here fighting the good fight with you!
Thank you for providing resources and modeling concrete actions we can take. I too am scared beyond belief about the "camp" at Gitmo, the very existence of which, it seems to me, is a human rights violation, and the extent to which some of our fellow citizens are only too happy to have a mad king instead of a messy republic. I have friends who were already resource-poor before drumpf and mask, DeSantis and Dewine and other red govs started delaying and destroying social services, friends who are again facing homelessness in dire poverty, and I feel powerless to help them. It's not just my friends; truly, no one deserves to be ground under the wheels of this fascist imperial project. But knowing those imperiled hits me the hardest and makes me disgusted and ashamed of my relative privilege and ease. An attitude that does nothing to help me stay sane and useful. I wish I had more cheer and less gloom and doom to share today. But each day is a new day, and perhaps tomorrow I will beget more present and productive. Today I am resting and trying to get over a winter virus. Thank you again for reminding us that the chaos IS the point.
If you think of your privilege as an opportunity to access the levers of power it becomes less of a shame and more of a gift. And I don't say that glibly. We can take risks that others can't. We just have to figure out where best to apply ourselves and take them.
I absolutely loved this post and so appreciated the resources! my wife and I just watched Lee and found ourselves so struck by all the things you mentioned. Yes to all of it. Here fighting the good fight with you!
Thank you for providing resources and modeling concrete actions we can take. I too am scared beyond belief about the "camp" at Gitmo, the very existence of which, it seems to me, is a human rights violation, and the extent to which some of our fellow citizens are only too happy to have a mad king instead of a messy republic. I have friends who were already resource-poor before drumpf and mask, DeSantis and Dewine and other red govs started delaying and destroying social services, friends who are again facing homelessness in dire poverty, and I feel powerless to help them. It's not just my friends; truly, no one deserves to be ground under the wheels of this fascist imperial project. But knowing those imperiled hits me the hardest and makes me disgusted and ashamed of my relative privilege and ease. An attitude that does nothing to help me stay sane and useful. I wish I had more cheer and less gloom and doom to share today. But each day is a new day, and perhaps tomorrow I will beget more present and productive. Today I am resting and trying to get over a winter virus. Thank you again for reminding us that the chaos IS the point.
If you think of your privilege as an opportunity to access the levers of power it becomes less of a shame and more of a gift. And I don't say that glibly. We can take risks that others can't. We just have to figure out where best to apply ourselves and take them.