People are making choices– ICE agents hiding behind their masks and probably making good money, law enforcement, people in the military, members of Congress all kowtowing to traitorous demands. They can always rationalize that they’re just following orders, or saving their careers, or acting on behalf of their constituents. But in the current moment, this all seems a convenient ignorance, a selfish and inaccurate assesessment of the situation and challenges forced upon us by Donald Trump and the puppeteers pulling his strings.
What we saw in LA, what we’re seeing in Washington, DC seems irresponsible, cowardly, and unforgivable.
We’re getting a first-hand look at how fascists and authoritarians work, how they get a foothold and eventually access to the seat of power: they create alternate realities and scapegoats, they lie, they make empty promises, and offer only unattractive and seemingly untenable choices. They force us to make decisions most of us dread ever having to make. They force us to consider our stores of courage, or lack thereof.
Betrayal is the word du jour. There’s enough to go around.
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