When we were children, we were taught that no matter how you reached, no matter much wealth and power you accumulated, you were not above the law.
We can no longer teach our children that.
And that's really fucking tragic.
We can no longer teach our children that.
And that's really fucking tragic.
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It’s happening right in our faces now, so it’s awful to live in this time.
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#MidtermsOnMyMind
That phrase is now as quaint as the horse and buggy.
We was the ultimate generation
Would you have ever thought that a megalomaniacal felon (X34) would flaunt those same laws that you and they are required to follow? How do you explain that to them?
When children don’t learn that value, they don’t practice it, which is exemplified in *Rump and the clown car.
Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
Bit long, so settle in.
The first time DJT won, I was over in NYC working. Naturally, everyone was more than a little shocked (and I remember walking through the protests).
Including some people you really wouldn't expect to be shocked.
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The night after that shock, I settled into my 1000-count sheets to sleep.
WHAM. SMASH.
...trickle...
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Then came swearing. Then appeals to Jesus. Then more swearing. Then a phonecall.
The occupant was some kind of GOP wonk, from the terms used. And ANGRY. Mad Dad Angry.
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He had been hauled in for sending ICE deportation letters to classmates and a tutor warning of their removal on the first day of DJT's presidency. He'd also sent one to the man's Puerto Rican PA.
This was not good.
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It's NOT just trolling.
NOT funny.
What do you mean that's what he'd do.
That's not what he MEANT, it's for the crowds.
Yes he's my boss but we live by Jesus not him.
YOU'RE GROUNDED. AT GRANDMA'S.
(Which was VERY upstate).
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So there may now be an entire American generation for whom truth is irrelevant, loyalty to country or friends is weakness, compromise is failure, cruelty is a born right and shame or self-awareness is a character flaw.
It’s why we have an Electoral College. It’s why the photos of Ruby Bridges are so impactful.
(To be clear, I no longer do.)
Then it's time sir..
The criminal immunity he has is antithetical to the foundation of the USA. Dont EVER let these fucks pretend they are patriots or appeal to the founding
And with that severely damaged, I just don’t know WTAF going forward
Being a good steward of the Earth
Taking care of property
Respect for one another
Doing good with your talents
Honoring your mother and father
Not stealing
Not murdering
Not coveting
Not bearing false witness
Not committing adultery
as a Black woman, i have always known that there are so many who are above the law.
i have also known that there are so many that the law is just there to keep in check and held down.
We placed monsters above mere humans and when they turned out to be rapists, child molesters and thieves act SHOCKED 🤯.
Don't teach kids to blindly worship celebrity and wealth.
We have to refuse to normalize blind worship of wealth and celebrity.
And that MUST include athletes, musicians and pop icons because that's part of how we got here.
It’s bad now, it’s terrible. We push toward justice all the time.
What I mean: How many of our teachers, family members, parents’ friends, etc. that helped shape us were Republicans?
For me, it was a LOT.
And, apparently, they were lying to me…
(Aka hate everyone and everything)
And as it happens, Trump and his cabal are the worst possible example to talk to younger people about "not being above the law"
This is the worst moral dilemma faced by the US since WWII
None of that was actually happening.
Historically powerful and corrupt governments, and their enablers have been displaced permanently.
History we can lean on.
The battle for hearts and minds is TECH. The path to
freedom begins there.
It really is a cult.
The flip flopping, power hungry republican leaders must not have learned that.
Now money and power Trump everything, no pun intended
We can't stop teaching the necessity of accountability even if someone gets away with it. Right v. wrong. Can't stop teaching that.
How can the court systems expect us, average citizens, to have to follow the laws that our so called top officials don’t have to?
So ridiculous!
But we must act now.
http://www.patomalley-consulting.com/we-can-save-american-democracy.html
I wonder who is on Jeffrey Epstein's contact list?
Ghislaine certainly isn't talking. I'll bet they threatened a repeat of Epstein.
All those names we will never know.