What have we learned? That this country is not a
democracy.
It should not have been
possible for the late Supreme Court Justice Scalia to scrap the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in Shelby County v. Holder (2013), allowing mass
voter suppression this election year across areas that the Republican Party
called "disproportionately black" and "disproportionately
democratic." As if those people are not actually part of the US, not
actually citizens and aren’t supposed to vote anyway.
It would not have been
possible for Texas to close down 403 polling sites, for Louisiana to close down
103, Alabama 66, and for Arizona to cut 70% of polling sites, from 200 to 60.
It should not have been possible for the GOP to cut early voting and Sunday
voting in Republican controlled states like North Carolina and Ohio. This
election was carefully planned by GOP activists, so much so that they didn't
have to worry about who Trump is and his blatant flaws. If this country were a
democracy, the popular vote would count and voting as an institution would be
as easy to participate in as the Fourth of July.
Unfortunately, this
country is not a democracy and Trump is not a person, he is a puppet. The same
forces that are actively trying to suppress our rights, trying to control the
way we speak and think about government have more visible power now than they ever
did before. If you are against “big government” but voted for Trump then you
are one of millions of hoodwinked individuals across this country. Please
continue to pay attention and participate in this nation. Now we really are
going to have to fight against a government that is NOT for its people, by its
people, but actively plans and plots to suppress its people through laws and
legislation that infringe on our constitutional rights. Not more freedom, less freedom, less rights,
less active participation by citizens. I don’t blame the people who voted for
Trump - whether they know it or not they are now Trump’s biggest opposition and
are now directly tied to his future actions. Most of the country did not vote
for him, and he knows this.
I blame each and every
one of you who chose not to vote, because you did exactly what the system
wanted you to, you gave up any active participation in this government
voluntarily, without fighting for your rights. You’re the best! You’re their
ideal voter – the one who doesn’t vote!
You bought into the lies that one candidate was equal to another and
that because the Earth will keep rotating around the Sun, it doesn’t matter
anyway. I hate you. I hate you and I am watching you. Don’t un-friend me, I
will know who you are. Just know that because you did nothing, will continue to
do nothing and aim to do nothing, you actively participate in the suppression
of yourself and others. There is no such thing as a bystander, there is no way
to withdraw from the current events of this nation. There is no excuse for
being uninformed, for not thinking critically, for being selfish and
self-centered. Your existence guarantees your participation in some way, shape
or form, whether you control the way it is used or not. You have contributed to the election of a criminal, a
known criminal, who is going to put other criminals in power. I hate you, but I
am still proud to be an American and proud of my country. I am still grateful
to live in a place where a tacky orange man with fake hair can make the highest
office of this land into a joke and I am proud to live in a place where sexism
still exists so that I can stand up to it.
