Love my grandsons. The three of them are constant gifts I am utterly thankful for. That doesnt mean there have not been times when I quietly yearned for a granddaughter. Even had a secret name picked out for her — Sophia Grace. Isn’t that lovely? That name comes with a deep meaning connotating wisdom, strength, and compassion.
Now I wake up these mornings begrudingly relieved that no granddaughter of mine will have to bear the fear, cruelty, and harm of these days. I wake up relieved my daughters are done with child bearing.
I wake up — pissed. Millions of us are — all the Hillary voters, 65,844,954 strong who warned the country of just what we were facing. All the voters that main stream media ignored in their addiction to finding redemption for white voters — especially white male voters, not that I’m giving white women who voted for Trump any kind of pass. Far from it. 53% of white women voted for that racist, sexist, garbage bag of a human being. Then MSM spend years trying to make excuses for them.
MSM’s sexism and racism has shaped the landscape for far too long.
So many in main stream media did. The NYT’s incessant email stories. MSM’s condescension and hostility — its entitled sexism writ small or large but always constant.
Neither am I giving Bernie Sanders, Nina Turner, Susan Sarandon, Briahna Joy Gray, or the rest of the — hear no racism and sexism, see no racism and sexism, speak no racism and sexism — it’s all due to economic insecurity and the establishment — crowd a pass.
I don’t want to hear about Comey, Russian interference, and GOP voter suppression. We all knew those factors were ongoing. That should have meant that we worked harder to ensure defeating Trump. But too damn many egos were in play. Too much misogyny and racism were at play.
I’ll never forget when this happened. It was such a tell. So much ego, my way or the highway, attitude on display. Too many chose to ignore or deny what remains so obvious.
History has a nasty habit of repeating itself if we do not learn from it. Not in the mood to ignore that lesson. We either grow up and own our mistakes or repeat them. Not in the mood for babying people who did this kind of crap.
It's past time they grew up and stood up.
Hillary has been proven right time and time again. Over 65 million of us have. And none of us are happy about it. What you do is up to you. But I’m not following the lead of people who have proven themselves wrong time and time again. I’m not following the lead of people who refuse to own and learn from their mistakes. I’m not following the lead of anyone who does not acknowledge their own misogyny and racism.
Black Americans voted for Hillary and Biden. Because of them we have joe and Kamala working their hearts out for us through one damn crises after another — crises that would have been averted if we had only checked our egos and trusted the woman who had spent her life working to make things better for people. She still is.
Hillary is right. We have work to do.
There is a multitude of actions we can and must take to defend against an increasing GOP Vigilantism that puts all our rights and democracy at risk.
We have work to do on all levels — local, state, and federal.
Tamar posted the following important links in her reply to the diary.
Fund Texas Choice
National Network of Abortion Funds
NARAL Pro-Choice America
Planned Parenthood Action Fund
At this point we need to ramp up the underground railroad to get women to where they can get safe abortions. The first 2 organizations on the list do that.
The 2nd to are the political/legal organizations.
We need to get organized and strategic fast. Knowing where our money will do the most good is a huge help.
It’s time to suit up, stand up, or shut up.
There’s no time left for cowards.