The world (& my country specifically) is horrifying right now. BUT tomorrow I'm taking my mom out to lunch for her 75th birthday. 75 years! That is a LONG FUCKING TIME! She has seen some shit, for sure. When That Man was elected in 2016, she texted me this:
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"I lived through McCarthy. I lived through Nixon. This new asshole doesn't define our country any more than those old assholes did. Protect the people you can. We'll get through this."
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My mom's grandmother was Native American, and lived to be 95 (into the 60s), yet never was able to vote. First when Native Americans got the vote, she was a woman so they wouldn't register her. Then when women got the vote, she was Native so they wouldn't register her.
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She compensated by drilling it in to her granddaughter, my mom, that she must ALWAYS, ALWAYS vote. To make up for the votes she, my great-great-grandmother couldn't cast. We'll be making that one up for a few more generations, I think.
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My mom believes in The System - that it's set up properly, and that the slow wheels of justice will eventually grind to a satisfactory conclusion. I'm not sure I share her unshakable faith. And even if it does, during the "eventually" so many are hurt. So many die.
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I love my mom. But to fix this we need people who don't believe in the system.
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