I am terrified at what we’re facing, looking out over the landscape in this country, I’m petrified and even more than that, I am ashamed. We are living in a world right now in which the President can stand before an amplified and hate-fueled throng and mock a woman brave enough to step forward and recount what was arguably the worst day of her life. Mock a woman who stepped forward and told her truth despite knowing, with certainty, that she’d be absolutely annihilated for doing so, despite knowing she had nothing to gain from stepping out besides threats, hate, and now, mockery from this decrepit relic of horrible times we thought we’d said goodbye to. I’m ashamed to see dozens of misguided Americans holding signs reading “Women for Trump” as he ridicules a victim, impersonates her to the point of caricature, discredits her with his own brand of back-alley salesmanship and vitriol. Believe what you wish, but know this: We’re facing this together, we are in this same sinking ship together, and unless we figure out ways to start working as one to start bailing out the sewer water that’s seeping in, we’re going to drown together, too. This is not ok, this is not normal, what we’re standing on the shores of, this is not commonplace or acceptable. We cannot let this stand. The time is near to make changes, and we can begin, now. This is beyond politics, beyond left wing and right wing and Republican and Democrat, this is beyond poetry, beyond building some bullshit brand on Instagram or Facebook, beyond hashtags and algorithms and promoted posts of some product you want to sell, this is about Humanity, and this is about hatred and this is about linking our arms in unison against it. This is about facing forward, facing the dark clouds that have been building, and refusing to be scared away. This is about voting, about getting our asses into booths, filling in the circles, and starting from here, with what we have. Incremental changes lead to monumental shifts, and right now, it’s what we can do. Our votes are our buckets, and unless we purge this ship of the sewage that’s seeped in, we’re all going down, even deeper, even darker, than we already have. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoeVeOOBL_6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a6iaxw8vrqt9
