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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGot this in my e-mail from a friend this a.m. Don't know if it's gone viral or not.
This is where I stand. The 45th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, and all or most of the people I love.
Some people are saying that we should give Trump a chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response:
I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years...Lies about his legitimacy and hatred for his principles and his attempts to work within the system.
I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.
I will not "work together" to subvert the Constitution by illegitimately pushing unfit Cabinet nominees through on recess appointments without the advice and consent of the Senate.
I will not "work together" to build a wall.
I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims.
I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries.
I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor.
I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies.
I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection.
I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands.
I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.
I will not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone.
I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive.
I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.
I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.
I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns.
I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage.
I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.
I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.
I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.
I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.
I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.
I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.
I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred.
I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it.
I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."
I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.
I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.
I will not work together to eliminate or reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.
I will not "work together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators.
I will not support anyone that thinks it's OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred Ground for Native Americans. And, it would run under the Missouri River, which provides drinking water for millions of people. An accident waiting to happen.
I will not "work together" to legitimize racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.
This is my line, and I am drawing it.
I WILL stand for honesty, love, respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of Life itself.
I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN:
That "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing... When others are sacrificed to glorify its existence.
Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)DownriverDem
(7,014 posts)need to really feel the pain and start crying how they didn't vote for this.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)and will only get more obvious in the future.......
But the RepubliCONs will only twist it around, creating a totally false narrative, showing Biden/Dems were to blame, and play that Rhetoric non-stop on Fox News...
WASF
Mariana
(15,626 posts)It's a cult and they are all in. Everything that goes wrong for them will be someone else's fault, never Trump's.
LearnedHand
(5,500 posts)Waiting ... (This is brilliant, by the way.)
sabrams
(24 posts)Two days ago I posted this on my page. Most people were supportive but others said I was being hateful and lying.
h2ebits
(1,002 posts)I have not received any negative feedback. (No positive feedback either but it is out in the universe.) I think people are afraid to take a stand right now. I also feel that we need to be continually keeping people informed in any way that we can to bring truth and justice to our country.
Know that you are not alone.
DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)homegirl
(1,965 posts)and I have posted, as widely as the MAGA/GOP sites will permit, they are big on censoring, even verifiable news items!!.
CaptainTruth
(8,202 posts)KPN
(17,377 posts)45th President (not 47 as is the case now), and the anti-Christs attacks on Obama nothing about Biden.
Ford_Prefect
(8,613 posts)They have no intention of showing me or the country mercy, or fair judgement. I see no reason to treat them any different.
Anyone who imagines that 45, or the Republican party intend anything but the very worst for you and me is living in a dream, or worse.
BBbats
(309 posts)I'm becoming suspicious of stuff like this.
I'm not sure I trust Facebook anymore. Seems like they wanna know who we are. Yeah! I'm becoming that paranoid. I enjoy yapping about my interests there but I'll bet it'll be used to track us down.
If it hasn't been already.
Privacy doesn't exist anymore.
Bluethroughu
(7,215 posts)niyad
(132,446 posts)If it hasn't gone viral, it needs to.