Do...Nothing
I said something to this effect not to long after the election. I'm going to be a little more specific and likely say some very hard truths that many here will not like to hear. For that I am truly sorry but until we face this truth we are living a lie. We have to face this truth square in the eye. Here we go..
Like it or not this is what Americans want and expect from their government. We are wrong. We are wrong on human rights. We are wrong on fair pay. We are wrong on healthcare. We are wrong on workplace safety. We are wrong on global warming. We are wrong on every major environmental issue of our time. All of the liberal/centrist/progressive agenda. WE ARE WRONG.
Why?
Because the American people said so. They voted in a majority of Republicans. They voted in Donald Trump. Democrats did not win. We lost. Doesn't matter why. Do not say it was "hacked by the Russians". Do not say it wasn't a fair election. Don't talk about gerrymandering. Don't talk about voter suppression. No. One. Cares. If they did than more people would be doing something about those things that prevent people from voting and actually do something to change it. They are not. Not enough people care so it must not matter. Do...Nothing.
No matter how much people care here on DU or in Democratic strongholds across the country, it is not enough. Enough people just don't give a shit. More and more Democrats are getting painted as "extremist" and "left wing loons" and so on. So it is past time for Democrats to just sit down and shut up. LET. IT. GO. Do...Nothing.
Stop ranting. Stop protesting. Just stop. the American people, by their failure to vote in your favor or to vote at all, do not give a shit what you have to say.
Democrats in Congress: STOP. Speak for or against NOTHING. Vote on NOTHING. Let the republicans meet in secret on their healthcare bill. What is in it is none of your business. They will tell us what they want to tell us and we should be happy for that as that is what the American people want. The majority of Americans, by voting or not voting, completely agree with the republican agenda. Stop standing in the way of the Will of the American People.
Stop pissing and moaning about "dark money" or "corporate welfare" the American people, by voting or not voting at all, said they were fine with it. Give the American people what they want. More dark money and corporate welfare. If enough people actually cared than things would change. No one cares so this is obviously what they want. Do...Nothing.
Stop pissing and moaning about healthcare. The American people do not care. If they cared than more would do something about it. But the majority of people, by voting or not voting at all, have clearly indicated that they completely agree with millions of people not having the ability to get healthcare. It is really that simple. Do...Nothing.
Stop trying to stop the republican agenda. Based on the majority of people voting or not voting at all, the majority of people not protesting. The majority of people not speaking out. The majority has clearly indicated that this is the America they want.
How do I know this?
Because we have hundreds of examples of what real protesting looks like, both in our history and throughout the world. We may have had hundreds of thousands of protesters at a protest but their are hundreds of millions of people in our nation. Many nations have nationwide strikes. Strikes that bring their whole nation to a stand still. Their have been sustained protest with hundreds of thousands of people for days, not just one day. As a shop steward, with literally their pay and benefits on the line, I cannot get more than 5-10 people to walk 100 feet outside their building, at lunch, to show their support for their OWN PAY AND BENEFITS. If they do not care, than who am I to stand in the way. I am only one person. As one person I can only do so much and if people cannot take even the smallest of efforts in their own interest than who am I stand in the way.
If people really do care than they should show it. Until then I am tired of talking until I cannot talk anymore. They don't care what I have to say.
I am tired of typing till my fingers hurt. They don't want to read it.
I'm tried of protesting human rights abuses in a group of a dozen people. No one cares.
So what do I do? Do....Nothing
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