Racism is alive and well; let's use the word as a weapon!

[blondeatlast]

Regardless of how the election turns out, we are all left with a feeling that we have been violated.

We have been.

So have possibly hundreds of thousands of others. The very fact that ANY US citizen could have their vote not count, be the victim of deliberate misinformation or intimidation to prevent them from exercising their most basic and essential civil right would have been unthinkable a mere 10 years ago. Yet, we've seen it put into practice in an organized and decidedly hideous way.

Let's call it what it is: the politics of hate, of exclusion, of intimidation, of RACISM. We can no longer shy away from that word. I live in Arizona, and have seen a proposition pass that is specifically designed to keep certain people from exercising their most basic civil rights. There is no other word for it besides racism, and it won't stop there.

I don't have any ideas of how to organize this, but right now we need to muster our courage and realize what is at stake at this very moment.

Vigilance, my friends. They've come for my brother, next it will be me.

Let's get this thing started, somehow.

Any ideas?

[ladjf]

1. Your thinking is good. Keep it up. Ideas will come.

[LisaLynne]

2. That's exactly how I'm feeling this morning.

I'm not willing to concede the election yet, because I think something really fishy is going on, but at the same time, regardless, there is work to be done. The Republicans use racism (yes, there -- I said it!), homophobia, sexism, and all kinds of other ways to divide people in order to get power. And they get away with it. What is probably the most shocking to me is the racism. It's so blantant! We shouldn't stand for that -- we can't!

I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Let's face it, we're right -- they're wrong. We're also smarter, in general more education ... We have got to be able to do something.

[blondeatlast]

3. I mean this sincerely; not the ravings of a sleep-deprived mind...

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