This is what we'll be talking about for a while. This pretty much shot dead the hopes that 2021 will not be such a trash fire as 2020, but we must keep hopes.
But I want to have a specific thread about the day. Our new 9/11, where the unthinkable once again happened on American Shores. But this time, the terror came from Americans.
-My first thought is that Biden should Make January 6, 2021 an official day of remembrance. Call it "The Day of Conviction" or something like that. Let it forever be remembered that we can't take our speech for granted, we can not just allow baseless accusations for brownie points rule the day, and we can never allow anyone to forget that we went to anarchy due to hurt feelings.
-My second thought is that I'm so uneasy with how lightly people are taking this. I had a few mocking "I guess you're going to add this to your reasons of why you're moving to Canada"
You're Fucking Right I am.
This was an attempt at a coup because it was much more beneficial for pundits and rabblerousers to lie and delude the public into thinking their voices where stolen when in truth they simply lost. Even the politicians who tried to egg this on for votes mostly rescinded their accusations due to realizing no one is going to be spared from their untrue rhetoric.
But sadly, not all. A class that had only 2/3 actually grasp the material, the teacher and the school would be found wanting. What does it say about a damn republic that even a small segment of the population will insist on the lies to keep their little vestiges of power EVEN when there's blood that has been split?
-My final thought is a little deeper one.
Is this moment on par with finally televising the racial treatment of 1963 civil rights America to the entire world? No longer is this just your dad or just your crazy aunt. We can not pretend this will go away because it's just a few people that are like this, and they probably don't believe it that much. Or that they won't cause harm.
No longer can we sit and say we're uncomfortable with confrontation so we can let this go unchecked. And no longer can we allow people to try to "polite us" into silence by saying they don't want to make this political.
It goes far beyond your dinner table or your break room. This was an insurrection. Emboldened by silence. It's not just your uncle. It's the nation.
So, Nation (and the rest of the World because we were a little loud in our disagreement), we're confronted with the truth of it. How has it affected you? How SHOULD it affect us all?
But I want to have a specific thread about the day. Our new 9/11, where the unthinkable once again happened on American Shores. But this time, the terror came from Americans.
-My first thought is that Biden should Make January 6, 2021 an official day of remembrance. Call it "The Day of Conviction" or something like that. Let it forever be remembered that we can't take our speech for granted, we can not just allow baseless accusations for brownie points rule the day, and we can never allow anyone to forget that we went to anarchy due to hurt feelings.
-My second thought is that I'm so uneasy with how lightly people are taking this. I had a few mocking "I guess you're going to add this to your reasons of why you're moving to Canada"
You're Fucking Right I am.
This was an attempt at a coup because it was much more beneficial for pundits and rabblerousers to lie and delude the public into thinking their voices where stolen when in truth they simply lost. Even the politicians who tried to egg this on for votes mostly rescinded their accusations due to realizing no one is going to be spared from their untrue rhetoric.
But sadly, not all. A class that had only 2/3 actually grasp the material, the teacher and the school would be found wanting. What does it say about a damn republic that even a small segment of the population will insist on the lies to keep their little vestiges of power EVEN when there's blood that has been split?
-My final thought is a little deeper one.
Is this moment on par with finally televising the racial treatment of 1963 civil rights America to the entire world? No longer is this just your dad or just your crazy aunt. We can not pretend this will go away because it's just a few people that are like this, and they probably don't believe it that much. Or that they won't cause harm.
No longer can we sit and say we're uncomfortable with confrontation so we can let this go unchecked. And no longer can we allow people to try to "polite us" into silence by saying they don't want to make this political.
It goes far beyond your dinner table or your break room. This was an insurrection. Emboldened by silence. It's not just your uncle. It's the nation.
So, Nation (and the rest of the World because we were a little loud in our disagreement), we're confronted with the truth of it. How has it affected you? How SHOULD it affect us all?