tune your radio to 93.me

if you’re demonizing people who didn’t vote for the democrats i’m probably going to unfollow/ soft block you in the next bit

(that’s the closest i’ll come to my version of and a response to the “if you didn’t vote for Harris unfollow me RIGHT NOW” crowd)

I only have time for compassion & willingness to connect with others and try to understand & have dialogue in order to move towards solidarity, change, and justice

I don’t want to be harsh and I don’t want to be angry—this isn’t a hard boundary of the “unfollow me now” variety

but at the same time what the FUCK y’all

rather than building walls and being spiteful and angry maybe it’s time to build a better coalition & more solidarity

we need to reach out to people who you disagree with and genuinely connect around what their priorities and needs are. to make community. to take care of each other

if you’re saying fascist shit like “I’m glad that people who didn’t vote democrat are fucking around and finding out” maybe assess why you’re “glad arabs and latinos who didn’t vote democrat are going to be deported”

if you’re talking like that: where’s your head at? fucking take just a MOMENT to really think about your reaction, because it’s not an acceptable one

if you’re saying shit like “well trans people who didn’t vote for Harris deserve to suffer the consequences” THINK AGAIN

seriously: rethink. take a step back and process because the processing you’re doing right now is irrational, vindictive, violent and, yes, FASCIST

you don’t get to punish your own notion of an “enemy within” in the Left just because you don’t understand, or agree with their personal choices

if you’re out here screaming & yelling at and cyberbullying people who couldn’t bring themselves to vote for genocide, vote for a party & a candidate that courted the endorsements of war criminals, a law & order candidate (and a law and order establishment party in general), for pro-cop, pro-prison politics and at BEST weak and poorly outlined platforms around healthcare, the economy, and environmentalism:

it’s time to consider that maybe your vitriol and inability to engage compassionately (along with the same failings in the Democratic establishment) is the real thing that cost the Dems & Harris the election

it isn’t leftists & idealists that failed to make the Democratic platform tolerable for the people the Democrats are actively killing & committing genocide against (Latinos, Black americans, people in US occupied territories, Palestinians, trans people, and more)

it’s the shift of the Democratic party’s leadership that is becoming more fascist that has people refusing to vote for them

its the shift of some of the “vote blue no matter who” crowd towards fascism that is the issue, too. is some goddamn solidarity too much to ask for?

at the very least can you be generous? can you listen? stop making this about you if you’re not a direct target of the genocide & other violence that the Democrats perpetrate as part of the US empire

It cannot be said enough that your inability as liberal or as a so called “progressive” or “leftist” or “queer” to recognize that you need to build empathetic, compassionate, and genuine solidarity is a much bigger issue than people who didn’t “vote blue no matter who (even if they’re committing genocide)”

it’s on us to shift the needle by being tolerant and choosing to listen and respond to the victims of genocide with true care & compassion. we will only make change by building solidarity

It is not on the most vulnerable, marginal, and subaltern people living under the weight of US imperial & capitalist violence to hold their nose and vote for the slightly less violent and the more covertly fascist party

it is not the responsibility of a lamb to vote for the shepherd who will beat them into submission & a life of oppression rather than the wolf that devours

it’s on the safest & more privileged people to fight against all tyranny and to shelter, protect, and have solidarity with the most vulnerable among us

if your response is to say “maybe those lambs deserve to get eaten & beaten because they wouldn’t endorse one of their two oppressors” it’s time to sit with your thoughts & find a new way to be

i’ll be here to build a better future with you when you get there

or if you want to chat (genuinely) and work through your frustration & move towards solidarity: I’m here right now. let’s talk. i truly wish you the best. i wish the best for all of us

also I’ve had it with the “I know it’s irrational that I’m being vindictive and violent towards victims of genocide and other targets of racist violence, but that’s just because I’m angry/ hurt/ scared right now. Let me ‘feel my feelings’ and let me vent” crowd

you are responsible for your own emotions actually

you are responsible for what you say or do when you’re scared and angry

the fragility a lot of USAmericans and other settlers/ people in the imperial core are demonstrating right now is ridiculous & horrific

feel your feelings. we are all afraid of the US empire. it’s scary and enraging and devastating

but if your feelings are leading you to violence: maybe stay far away from organizing. maybe stay away from spaces where (other) vulnerable people targeted by the American empire gather. maybe stay the fuck offline.

maybe DON’T say fascist shit. idk. seems like an easy enough task.

don’t use your emotions as an excuse for violence

and for fucks sake direct your hatred where it belongs

direct your hatred at the Republican Party. direct it at the Democrats and, yes, at Harris for allying themselves with genocide and with the American empire & other colonizers

direct your hatred at the imperialist white supremacist capitalist cishetero patriarchy AND at any people who capitulate with its agenda

don’t engage in violence against its victims

and i’m sorry but if you feel personally attacked by “your feelings are your feelings but your actions & words are separate—your feelings can be whatever you feel BUT you cannot allow them to determine your behaviour, because your behaviour has material consequences when you do not behave in solidarity as an ally” then you should feel attacked

this is a YOU issue, not the fault of anyone who is calling you out or calling you in

I am sorry if the callout/ call in is not gentle enough for you but a lot of y’all need a wake up call:

you’re being reactionary. you’re letting your emotions make you pro-fascist. you’re being a useful collaborator to the fascists and letting your fear of fascism (a valid fear) make you endorse fascist violence (counterproductive & actively harmful—not a rational response and not an acceptable choice right now)

your feelings are acceptable. your actions are inexcusable—emotion is not an excuse for violence. it might explain the violence but it does not make that violence okay

no one needs to endorse or support or make space for your ridiculous hallucination that the victims of fascism are responsible for fascists being in power

we do NOT owe you generosity for doing exactly what American fascists want you to do (be angry and afraid and say violent things about oppressed people because you are panicking)

go touch some fucking grass. feel your anger and fear, work through it (offline! maybe in nature. maybe with a trusted friend who can hold space for you) and when you’re ready to not say & do fascist things: let’s organize. let’s comfort each other & plan for safety

do NOT let your anger make you lose sight of who is most vulnerable and who is most culpable

do NOT let your anger move you to be individualist and to only think of yourself

do NOT let your anger make you panic & lash out at people you should be building solidarity with

DO grieve, learn, seek education & resources, get angry, move through depression, and work through the fear of this moment

DO do it scared. do it tired. do it grieving. if you can, do it with genuine kindness and courage. in this case, “it” is love and solidarity. “it” is antifascism. let your anger and fear push you towards fighting for justice, rather than fighting for yourself & seeing other vulnerable and oppressed people as the enemy