I’m scared. Of course I’m scared. While the United States has always had a dalliance with fascism in one form or another, and has been an exporter of oppression since its founding (think slavery), its overt political positions have always been based on the idea of freedom and liberty, and all that other inspiring treacle every politician delivers to you on Independence Day, or when they’re trying to get elected to office.
What the Trump administration has done, and is doing, is to hit fast and hard with a flurry of overtly fascist tactics, oppressive legislation that dehumanizes and confuses at the same time, and in the process, it has thrown the entire system into chaos, as each boundary is tested.
Whether it’s legal or not, constitutional or not, ethical or not, it is being pushed, prodded, and tested to every limit. Some people have faith in the system and believe it will hold, but then the system itself is inherently exploitative, and if someone has the right kind of power, they can make use of that systemic exploitation and all within the letter of the law.
Right now, the people who didn’t vote for Trump are panicking, and that’s perfectly natural. What I want to point out is that whether or not you voted for Harris, a third party, or for no one at all because you found the system too corrupt, I completely support you. We were all finding the best way we knew how to stop this overt fundamentalist fascism beating down our doorsteps.
We wanted to stop genocide, exploitation, oppression, and took the routes we thought would work, and that’s perfectly okay, because we all have our reasons. In a two party system, you don’t really have choices, and while I’d hope people would realize they don’t have to accept those false choices, I really do get why they did, and why they voted.
What I want to see come to an end is the victim blaming. Right now, on the social media sites I visit, I see Democrats blaming everyone else for not voting for Harris enough. The people saying this need slapped right across the fucking face, because it is a privileged, haughty, empty, petulant type of bullshit we really do not need right now, and I’m more apt to believe such a person will turn you in at the first sign of difficulty than be an ally in this struggle.
People are scared. I get it. We sometimes transfer our anger to those we care about instead of where it rightfully belongs. Well, right now it belongs on the Trump administration and his bullshit, and if you can’t get your head out of your ass fast enough to focus on that, you are no good for the people who need you.
If you cannot step up, then step out of the way, and put that pointed finger up your ass.
.Red
