“I don’t think we should think of norms as something that are less important than our laws — you know, the norms are really the fabric that holds the whole democracy together — without (norms) democracy starts to fall apart.”
- Sally Yates
I came across this Sally Yates quote the other day, and it really made me think. I’ve preached about the degradation of norms being the most dangerous precedent set by this POTUS since I started my Twitter account, and that is why I resist:
From a National Security standpoint, the United States is more isolated on the world stage than perhaps any time in our history. It’s only a testament to the decades of goodwill we’ve built that France and the UK joined us in striking Syria after Assad’s latest chemical attack. Donald Trump will not be able erode that goodwill entirely, but he’s having a pretty good go at it.
I resist because I don’t want serial predators on the Supreme Court. I resist because I don’t CARE if you’re gay, straight, or trans — and neither should anyone else. I resist because I refuse to see my country taken (socially) back to the early 1960s. I resist because when Ronan Farrow publishes a piece, we shouldn’t have to remind everyone to give credit to his co-author and incredibly talented fellow journalist, Jane Mayer. I resist because as a man, I understand that it’s none of my business what a woman does with her body. To be clear: not all of these problems are Donald Trump’s fault, but he damn sure hasn’t done anything to help them.
I resist, because I don’t. Want. A. Damned. Russian. Spy. In. The. Oval. Office.
I want to return to normal. I want to go back to arguing about the second amendment, fiscal responsibility, and *gasp* TAN SUITS; I don’t want to spend my time worrying that the very fabric of our democracy is unraveling before our eyes. I grow tired of watching this President burn anything and everything to the ground to hide his own culpability, but until this chaos stops, I will resist.
Thank you all for reading, and thank you for helping keep me sane for the last year and a half.
Thank You. Very Much. That is all.
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ReplyDeleteYou are a vital crumb of hope for many people, and not just in your own country.
ReplyDeleteThank you for all you... Your tweets often help me cling to hope...
ReplyDeleteThank you and I am in agreement. I’m praying for a return to sanity sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your insight, as always. I'm so thankful to have stumbled upon your Twitter account months and months ago.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Angry. I truly look forward to learning who you are. Your insight and forethought have kept me sane.
ReplyDeleteThank you. If you do work in the White House and hold these views, I know that must make your job a living hell. I resist for the same reasons. I also resist for my grandkids. I want to be able to tell them that I did everything possible to resist our descent into fascism. I resist the dRumpf concentration camps, the targeting of Hispanic citizens’ citizenship, an unindicted co-conspirator being allowed to place a rapist on the court who believes that a POTUS is above the law, ...
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