So, THAT happened.
I am stunned. I am crushed. I am heartsick.
I spent some formative years in West Virginia in the 1980s. (Ah, those halcyon days) My time there and some lingering FB friends have given me some insight into what is going on in all those places that rallied for and, eventually, elected Trump.
I used to ask anyone I met from North Carolina how they could explain Jesse Helms. To a person I was told that people come from seemingly nowhere on election day to keep him in the Senate. That is how I feel today. I understand but I can’t explain this. I don’t have the words to describe what has been laid bare to the world about the American Experiment.
Exceptionalism has certainly been finally laid to rest today. It never existed in the first place unless you had money and white skin but that’s beside the point. Time of Death = 11/8/2016. The US will no longer be allowed to pretend that it is acting in any moral or altruistic way.
The Culture Wars ended today and the long line of GOP regressives has won again. Nixon, Reagan, W, Trump. You don’t have to work hard to draw a direct line.
In other news, Standing Rock is still happening. Just in case you forgot.
There is a huge fight to exercise any sovereignty by our First Nations.
This is a huge fight for our environment.
This is a huge fight against corporate profits over the interests of the people and the environment.
This is still happening.
It never stopped.
But hey, you can choose to stick around or not. You can choose to work towards your goals however you choose.
I will be here. Hoping. Trying. Writing. Fighting.