Kris Screaming at rabidly radicalized people is wasted breath. They love the drama and it just entrenches them deeper into their denial of reality. Democrats are not sitting idly by. We are voting. We are doing hours of volunteer work to register new voters, particularly young people who have the most to lose with draconian roll-backs of…
Screaming at rabidly radicalized people is wasted breath. They love the drama and it just entrenches them deeper into their denial of reality.
Democrats are not sitting idly by. We are voting. We are doing hours of volunteer work to register new voters, particularly young people who have the most to lose with draconian roll-backs of established law. We write postcards and work call trees. We educate ourselves, reading Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, and Robert Reich, to better understand the history and consequences of decisions. We send donations to Democrats in tight races and support the Lincoln Project, an organization that creates powerful TV ads that excoriate Republican bs.
Sending you encouragement that you can resist feeling doomed. As discouraging as daily events sometimes seem, we cannot succumb to learned helplessness. We have power!
I truly believe the right's playbook is to throw the firehose of shit at us until we're just overwhelmed (per Steve Bannon). We're working our fannies off, but it's a relay race; one gets tired, another takes their place. We just need to keep pointing collectively in the right direction, because I also believe there are more of us than there are of them.
Cheryl, you are so right. I worked today at the clinic I've been at for the past 17 years. It is quite gratifying that women can still obtain abortion care when needed where I live. We really do work hard to counter the attacks on women. I've become a voter registration volunteer, and do some of the work you've described. Mostly though, I encourage people to vote and spread the word. If we regain healthy majorities in our Congress, I believe we can get laws protecting abortion rights, birth control rights, voting rights, and so many rights we assumed were guaranteed by our Constitution but are now under threat, passed.
We do not sit idly by, but it will certainly take a great effort by all of us. And it won't happen overnight. The key is not to let it defeat you, and not to stoop to the right wing level of insults, threats or violence. We are so much better than that.
I agree with you you Kris. The Maga crowd tries to create fear through intimidation, dirty rhetoric and lies hoping they will drown us all out and then we will give up. It’s a typical autocratic technique. It’s time to get solid against these bullies. That’s all they are. Time to focus. Get a list of what you can do this moment. Call the White House. Write Biden. Do anything to move the needle. We are the majority and will vote against all of them in 2024. Why do you think they are trying so hard to obliterate our voices. Their platform is hate snd ggreed. Time to get cookin’ 🇺🇸
Kris
Screaming at rabidly radicalized people is wasted breath. They love the drama and it just entrenches them deeper into their denial of reality.
Democrats are not sitting idly by. We are voting. We are doing hours of volunteer work to register new voters, particularly young people who have the most to lose with draconian roll-backs of established law. We write postcards and work call trees. We educate ourselves, reading Heather Cox Richardson, Joyce Vance, and Robert Reich, to better understand the history and consequences of decisions. We send donations to Democrats in tight races and support the Lincoln Project, an organization that creates powerful TV ads that excoriate Republican bs.
Sending you encouragement that you can resist feeling doomed. As discouraging as daily events sometimes seem, we cannot succumb to learned helplessness. We have power!
I truly believe the right's playbook is to throw the firehose of shit at us until we're just overwhelmed (per Steve Bannon). We're working our fannies off, but it's a relay race; one gets tired, another takes their place. We just need to keep pointing collectively in the right direction, because I also believe there are more of us than there are of them.
Susan
I have a houseful of Cairn Terriers. What I've learned from these fiercely independent little dogs is persistence and resilience.
We Democrats are terriers; we won't give up and when hit with a firehose of shit, will get right back up to keep fighting.
I am right there with you!
Cheryl, you are so right. I worked today at the clinic I've been at for the past 17 years. It is quite gratifying that women can still obtain abortion care when needed where I live. We really do work hard to counter the attacks on women. I've become a voter registration volunteer, and do some of the work you've described. Mostly though, I encourage people to vote and spread the word. If we regain healthy majorities in our Congress, I believe we can get laws protecting abortion rights, birth control rights, voting rights, and so many rights we assumed were guaranteed by our Constitution but are now under threat, passed.
We do not sit idly by, but it will certainly take a great effort by all of us. And it won't happen overnight. The key is not to let it defeat you, and not to stoop to the right wing level of insults, threats or violence. We are so much better than that.
I subscribe to the three you mentioned and greatly appreciate their contribution to my sanity! I will not succumb to despair.
I agree with you you Kris. The Maga crowd tries to create fear through intimidation, dirty rhetoric and lies hoping they will drown us all out and then we will give up. It’s a typical autocratic technique. It’s time to get solid against these bullies. That’s all they are. Time to focus. Get a list of what you can do this moment. Call the White House. Write Biden. Do anything to move the needle. We are the majority and will vote against all of them in 2024. Why do you think they are trying so hard to obliterate our voices. Their platform is hate snd ggreed. Time to get cookin’ 🇺🇸