We must remove the blinders
When Bush normalized Abu Ghraib torture in 2003, I was so afraid it would eventually lead to the torture of U.S. citizens. People of color, LGBTQ & women are being tortured, daily. Caged migrant children is just a continuation. Buckle up folks. Trump owns the Supreme Court.
It's a given that abortion access will now be reduced to a wire hanger.
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What the right-to-lifers will never acknowledge is that not every woman is equipped mentally or physically to have a child. That's why the decision should be between a woman and her doctor because it's not anyone's damn business, especially politicians putting ridiculous restrictions to delay her decision. That's torture to that woman.
As I write this, thousands of migrant children are terrified of what the hell just happened to them and why. Some are caged, some are in foster facilities spread across the country and there is not one list to tie these children to their parents. Not one list. Why the hell not? This is ongoing daily torture to them, pure and simple.
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Black men and kids being shot in the back by the police is commonplace. Children being slaughtered with military grade weapons at school is commonplace, too. "Crisis actors" is a common accusation of victims. Nazis are very fine people. Mexicans are rapists. This torturous language has normalized racism and violence. The world is appalled at the U.S.
The #MeToo movement was such a glimmer of hope for women. But with Trump owning the court now, landmark decisions can be overturned and even worse, landmark decisions can be made. Hell, Trump just hired a guy to work in the White House who was ousted from Fox News for sexual harassment. #MeNoMore
Read More: http://all-hat-no-cattle.blogspot.com/2018/06/we-must-remove-blinders.html
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I posted this in another OP.
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Something popping to mind seeing tweets about past generations surviving/not breaking from all the dark shit: A lot of them did die. Plenty did break.
Surviving means a lot of things, & fighting doesn't mean *we're* the ones who see the benefit. We're fighting beyond ourselves.
This tweet speaks the bare naked truth. We fight beyond ourselves a fight that may take decades and many of us will no longer be here. We are fighting beyond ourselves. We are fighting for our children.
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