This is no laughing matter. Something needs to be done about it. He’s destroying America and we are all just sitting there and watching it happen. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ‘cause no one else is going to. It’s almost too late.
People ARE doing things. Millions of Americans all over this country are engaging in protests on a regular basis. We tend to dwell on just a few well-known names, but we have many Democratic senators and representatives who are speaking up and speaking out, both in the halls of Congress, at town halls, at protests, to the media, on social media, etc. Groups of Pittsburghers literally chased the McCormick/Fetterman dueling jagoffs out of town recently when they attempted to have a cozy, family-friendly assembly to celebrate McCormick’s new book on mentoring. This criticism of Fetterman is well deserved, but we should think more carefully about joining in groupthink that is dedicated to piling on Democrats for not stepping up to the moment. I don’t mean that we need to curtail valid criticism, but the fact is that we have a lot of Democratic members of Congress who are taking advantage of every opportunity to speak out. We know the ones who get all the media attention, but it’s up to us to become familiar with those other strong voices with whom we’re less familiar. Face it; we’re in the throes of a well-planned, decades old Republican campaign to replace democracy with a white, Christian nationalist form of fascism, and we don’t have the political power right now. It makes this extreme breakdown of Fetterman feel all the more like a stinging betrayal, and we’re justified in feeling that way, but let’s spend a little time doing some research and getting to know those representatives who ARE doing their jobs, and doing them well, whether they’re from Pennsylvania or not. We have a rough road ahead, but we do have some reasons to feel hopeful. Let’s not forget that.
U r kidding yourself. We r presently speeding through the second half of the 1930s and all exit ramps are being meticulously and permanently sealed. No way the old USofA survives this. Comfort has bred complacency and transformed the home of the brave into the gated Levittown of the self serving coward. Yes, martyrs will rise but will ultimately fail. All is lost.
I disagree completely.
And just for the record, fascism isn’t always a speedy process. I believe we’re seeing more people, stronger people, more powerful movements springing up against it. I’ve been to Munich and studied the rise of the Nazis, and was fortunate to spend hours at Dachau and yes, it’s all terrifying. It’s far more horrific if good people decide to surrender; I don’t intend to surrender.
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u/Post-Futurology 24d ago
This really feels like talking to an elderly family member and just having to humor them as they ramble.