But what I'm going to act as though I believe is the pipe dream, because fuck it, I'll be more useful to everybody else if that's what I base my actions on, the pretense of hope instead of the certainty of doom.
Makes sense to me. It's the paradox of being suicidal and behaving as though you have a future: it's a decision, not a faith. But it gets things done.
Hi! I tried to comment just now but I think LJ swallowed it -- really longtime fan of your blog, and I don't have a LJ so this comment will have to be anonymous unfortunately. A bunch of friends and I are organizing a data-gathering initiative where we're maintaining a log of all the GOP electors and their e-mails, mailing addresses, political preferences, et cetera... We're working on collecting that info and then drafting buckets of letters to the electors, making personalized cases to them for throwing their vote. We started a couple of days ago, but I've been worrying a little bit that other people out there might be doing the same thing, and I don't want us all to do double-work for no reason... I would really love to share this list with you. (You are also free to edit and contribute to the growing list, and that would be amazing if you have the time and energy to do so, 'cos we can use all the help we can get -- but that is not required! At the very least I would be happy to know that I'd saved you some research time
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I don't endorse trying to flip electors,* but the constitutionality of those state automatic invalidation laws is probably not settled, do if you're doing this you might as well write 'em all.
I haven't lost anyone to this yet, but I have this awkward feeling that it's only a matter of time. I had my first serious experience of awkwardly trying to serve as a friend's impromptu suicide call line** a couple of nights ago. I'm sure it won't be the last.
*Mainly because I think that if it succeeds it is more likely to precipitate a coup or civil war than it is to result in the peaceful installation of a different president, and if it gets to be a serious thing but ultimately fails it will just be more political fodder for the fascists' ‘the system is rigged against us’ narrative that is helping to make all this shit politically viable in the first place.
**I'm not qualified to do this. They messaged me that they'd called Trans Lifeline and it was over capacity and I was sort of thinking on my feet.
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Believe what you need to believe to keep moving and stay functional. Collapsing into despair wouldn't be helpful.
Here's the song that got me out of bed Thursday morning and made me write it:
Still Here
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Just came back from a demonstration. Feel so helpless.
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Makes sense to me. It's the paradox of being suicidal and behaving as though you have a future: it's a decision, not a faith. But it gets things done.
Love.
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I haven't lost anyone to this yet, but I have this awkward feeling that it's only a matter of time. I had my first serious experience of awkwardly trying to serve as a friend's impromptu suicide call line** a couple of nights ago. I'm sure it won't be the last.
*Mainly because I think that if it succeeds it is more likely to precipitate a coup or civil war than it is to result in the peaceful installation of a different president, and if it gets to be a serious thing but ultimately fails it will just be more political fodder for the fascists' ‘the system is rigged against us’ narrative that is helping to make all this shit politically viable in the first place.
**I'm not qualified to do this. They messaged me that they'd called Trans Lifeline and it was over capacity and I was sort of thinking on my feet.
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