I dropped my ballot off at the Office of Elections last week. This week I have the usual writing class, physical therapy appointments and a probable dinner date with my brother and his wife.
I love my brother but politics has done a huge number on our relationship. It isn't the absolute horror of his supporting racist, misogynist policies but the lack of moral character he's shown himself to have.
My very, most basic belief is that children should not go hungry and children should not get shot in the schools. That's my bottom of bottom lines. I don't believe anyone should go hungry, be homeless or get get shot. But the most bottom of my beliefs is children should be protected. And to say that to another human being and have that other person argue with you on those two issues: it ended something inside me. If your right to own a gun supersedes a child's right to stay alive during the school day, there's just something fundamentally wrong with you. If you can argue that some kids deserve hunger (no free school lunches, no free assistance) then there's something inhumane in you.
At this point, in this election, people are getting down to basics. It's no longer policies or budgets (although they matter), it's the basic moral fiber of America and how we see ourselves.
I don't want Kamala Harris to win because she's a democrat. I want her to win because she is what America stands for. She is born from immigrants, she was primarily raised by her mother post divorce (when she was 5) and she fought for every step she took. She was never a DEI candidate, she was simply the best candidate.
Anyway, I have an assignment due for class tomorrow that I haven't finished and I want to take a nap. Vote. Vote. Vote.
Wish i could vote... We see on the news each night what's happening up there and I have to laugh - the orange one talks about Ms Kamala having all these celebrity endorsements and then he hangs out with people like Elon Musk (who's not so much a celebrity but another rich arsehat) etc. Umm, can we spell hypocrit?
ReplyDeleteI also had another laugh (even if it wasn't funny) how he did that bit in the McDonald's then there was a breakout... coincedence? The funny part was that they had to vet the drivethrough patrons, just to make sure they got the right sort of suck-up, we love you Donny kind of people. Talk about manipulating the facts!
Anyway, I really hope Kamala gets in - like you, not just cause she's a woman or a Democrat but because from what I've heard, she has her finger on the pulse of what's needed.
Hope your dinner goes well with the brother. We don't really talk politics in the family, except to bitch about who is in power and not doing what they're supposed to but nothing like what you have with your brother.
Anyway, fingers crossed for the voting. Just know that I have voted too, spiritually, and that has to count for something, right? xx
Lea, we are one so my vote is your vote.
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Delete"the most bottom of my beliefs is children should be protected. And to say that to another human being and have that other person argue with you on those two issues: it ended something inside me. If your right to own a gun supersedes a child's right to stay alive during the school day, there's just something fundamentally wrong with you. If you can argue that some kids deserve hunger (no free school lunches, no free assistance) then there's something inhumane in you."
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(legal immigrant/permanent resident = cannot vote, therefore don't; my survival still hangs on the result)