oh boy 
- better to stop the revolution early then by imposing some consequences on those who are seeking to revolt.
- who’s to say i’m not already suffering? i mean have you even met my family? been to the holiday dinners? i mean at this point dinners are actually killing people.
- my emotional distress is nothing to the real and present dangers that non-white, non-cis, non-hetro people already face.
it reduces to my point above. we have to unify based on shared interests, not simply shared skin color. when you look at the goals of the republican party, especially conservative christians ( like my own family )… there’s no good outcome.
First they came for the Communists, And I did not speak out; Then they came for the Socialists; Then they came for the trade unionists; Then they came for the Jews; Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
and that’s exactly why we shouldn’t shut up now
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i heard an interview with a “moderate” republican today. he said, approximately: "remember after the civil war when lincoln forgave the confederate soldiers? we should follow his example "
has the whole world forgotten than lincoln was assassinated, that the confederates drove out and killed black politicians, and then enacted segregation!?
talk about an example that proves the point. don’t give bigots power.
