Be not afraid.
Yes, he is a proven racist and misogynist. Yes, he has stoked hatred of
and encouraged violence against people of color, women, immigrants, and the disabled.
Yes, a large number but not a majority of voters were afflicted with the horrible diseases
of anger, fear, and ignorance. Yes, he has violated every code of ethics and professional
behavior from every honorable organization in the last 100 years. Yes, he has his supporters
enacting fascist rituals that are directly out of
The Lord of the Flies.
Yes, he believes that an example of a good leader is Vladimir Putin, a man who secretly sends his troops
into a foreign country and then calls them "volunteers" when they are caught or killed.
Yes, he believes democracy is a tool to be used to his own ends, claiming fraud if he loses and claiming
victory if he wins.
Yet it is important to
understand that this sick man only took advantage of deep divisions already present.
His election is more a symptom than a cause.
We will not be afraid. We stand against him. There is no doubt that some of his supporters
will resort to violence.
The KKK is celebrating victory.
Anti-Semitism is running rampant.
Attacks against minorities and immigrants are almost sure to follow. We will bear witness
to the upcoming crimes against humanity and will we not back down.
Jesus and Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr. will be by our side
Do your part.
Take the pledge to stand in solidarity against the monster's agenda of fascism,
racism, sexism, xenophobia and hate.
Click here to add your name
"The moral arc of the universe in long, but it bends toward justice." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
P.S. I spoke with two of my friends who are moderate Republicans. They both believe that the inflammatory rhetoric and fascist rituals will be
replaced with what is essentially a typical center-right Republican adminstration and they downplay the fascism, racism, sexism, xenophobia and
hatred and believe that it was all just to get elected. I pray that they are correct. However, we have seen in the past
what has happened when certain segments of a society are demonized and de-humanized. Personally, I believe there are forces of hatred and
xenophobia that have been irrevocably unleashed in the United States and it will be difficult to impossible to tame them until after much blood is shed.
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