Fellow liberals, I’ve a petty grievance. At protests, I see a plethora of indicators with cute and intelligent jokes and slogans poking enjoyable at President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I perceive the necessity for humor to maintain our spirits up. I perceive how humor could be a thorn within the facet of those males who take themselves so significantly. But when I can’t inform what you stand for and why you’re out on the sidewalk, then somebody much less politically engaged actually can’t.
We should not turn into ourselves part of the cult of Trump (simply on the hater facet) — as a result of President Trelon doesn’t matter. The forces they embody are ongoing. Over-privatization, company welfare with meager returns and assaults on civil liberties have been enacted to variable extent beneath different presidents. They’ve accelerated beneath Trump and the tech oligarchs.
What truly issues is checks and balances; voting rights; due course of; entry to justice; cash’s affect in elections; retirement safety; stability of energy; a livable planet; freedom of expression; nationwide safety; transparency; livable wages; and public oversight of well being care, roads, airspace, prisons and faculties.
Can we please make that clearer in our most public messaging?
Holly Hess, Edmonds
