A couple of weeks ago, I came to the realization that I - an old white guy who probably doesn’t get much of a second glance from the fascists - have a special responsibility to be prepared to protect people who are being sidelined, by whatever means necessary. So far, those means have only amounted to showing up to prevent the school board from being overtaken by crazy people, and making sure the library district is supported against book ban fucks. Thankfully, I live in an (albeit rural) area where progressives are fairly well organized, so I’m not at all on my own.
Anyway - I am fully aware that “protecting people” will also mean more than just being politically active, and could well mean I have to put myself in harm’s way. I’m not standing down from that. That’s not an available option for everyone, and if it’s not for you, your being engaged with your community will enable and empower people like me to take that on.
I think that before the year is out, a whole lot of people are going to have to do things they never imagined they’d have to do
As a person of color with the physical and mental capacity to go through the “Bad case scenario” that I desperately would very much fucking rather not, I thank you for the kind reminder that this is really about “The Helpers” and the “The Takers”.
They say all that evil rhetoric to rile their base, but I don’t think they realize that in some, they are slowly increasing the fear that we’ll have to be the monsters they paint us out of a need for survival.
A couple of weeks ago, I came to the realization that I - an old white guy who probably doesn’t get much of a second glance from the fascists - have a special responsibility to be prepared to protect people who are being sidelined, by whatever means necessary. So far, those means have only amounted to showing up to prevent the school board from being overtaken by crazy people, and making sure the library district is supported against book ban fucks. Thankfully, I live in an (albeit rural) area where progressives are fairly well organized, so I’m not at all on my own.
Anyway - I am fully aware that “protecting people” will also mean more than just being politically active, and could well mean I have to put myself in harm’s way. I’m not standing down from that. That’s not an available option for everyone, and if it’s not for you, your being engaged with your community will enable and empower people like me to take that on.
I think that before the year is out, a whole lot of people are going to have to do things they never imagined they’d have to do
As a person of color with the physical and mental capacity to go through the “Bad case scenario” that I desperately would very much fucking rather not, I thank you for the kind reminder that this is really about “The Helpers” and the “The Takers”.
They say all that evil rhetoric to rile their base, but I don’t think they realize that in some, they are slowly increasing the fear that we’ll have to be the monsters they paint us out of a need for survival.