Our family has been enjoying the new Ken Burns documentary: American Revolution.
It’s engaged me. Reminded me that my patriotic sacrifice, should it come to that, is not in support of US imperialism, or oppression, or all those other ugly holes we succumbed to, but for the then unique vision of a world where democracy matters. So… flawed as it is… I want to support the US Constitution.
And left leaning as I am… I don’t see much good in having everything crumble so that a handful of progressives can try to set it all aright.
I just want to stand strong and demand that human beings in the US all receive due process and cannot be murdered or blinded in the streets by uniformed thugs.
Do I share a little bit of disillusion? More than a little. I’m surprised I’m out of bed and cleaning the kitchen.
It’s one foot in front of the other for all of us.
But when ICE kills someone in my metropolis… I hope to be there when they learn how we feel about that. I have protested enough with my people here that I know they are not all just talk. They are ready.
Our family has been enjoying the new Ken Burns documentary: American Revolution.
It’s engaged me. Reminded me that my patriotic sacrifice, should it come to that, is not in support of US imperialism, or oppression, or all those other ugly holes we succumbed to, but for the then unique vision of a world where democracy matters. So… flawed as it is… I want to support the US Constitution.
And left leaning as I am… I don’t see much good in having everything crumble so that a handful of progressives can try to set it all aright.
I just want to stand strong and demand that human beings in the US all receive due process and cannot be murdered or blinded in the streets by uniformed thugs.
Do I share a little bit of disillusion? More than a little. I’m surprised I’m out of bed and cleaning the kitchen.
It’s one foot in front of the other for all of us.
But when ICE kills someone in my metropolis… I hope to be there when they learn how we feel about that. I have protested enough with my people here that I know they are not all just talk. They are ready.