My outrage is, and has been, very real, but the question is how do we unscramble this egg? Yes, I vote in every election and the primaries. I do my due diligence on candidates and amendments. I regularly write my elected officials with my concerns and strongly held perspectives. I try to engage in local politics just as much as I do national. I go to protests and rallies to show up for my causes. I share political news that angers and frightens me, petitions speaking to those issues, and I try to do it in a way that doesn’t just vent into the void, but encourages consideration in others. I have dialogues with my older or ignorant friends and family that I feel might be reached by constructive conversations. I am exhausted. And I feel completely powerless.
I live in a blue mid sized city in a red state. In the midst of COVID lockdowns, they redistricted us yet again to further disenfranchise me with gerrymandering. SCOTUS is stacked with lifetime appointments. Congress is a circus. Trump is still a free man and may very well run again for president. How do we wake up from this collective nightmare?
I hear you, whole heartedly, and I wish I knew what more I could do (if anything) to help. It’s so discouraging to see how effective the propaganda has become. I’m so tired of waiting on those prone to fear based rhetoric to die off. We can’t effectively persuade so many people in a timely fashion.
This is facts. ( lemmy.ml )
This is what the new GOP they are 100% embrace white supremacy and are welcoming fascism into America....