I am struggling not to give in to despair after the US and VA #SCOTUS rulings and TN and AL #gerrymanders and hanging by a thread.
Serious question: What is an individual supposed to do here? Especially from outside states where it's happening? If you have a realistic, constructive suggestion, I'd love to hear it. (Keep in mind I vote, stay informed, protest, call my electeds, and donate money / time to the utmost of my ability. And that's clearly not stopping anything.) #americanfascism
This is one of my personal causes: What we're supposed to do here is to stop voting for and supporting representatives who continually screw us over.
SO many friends of my have strong opinions on issues that matter to them, but turn around and vote for and promote candidates with track records of acting against those specific issues.
Most of the time this is based on what the candidates say even though their actual performance in office is the opposite.
We keep electing and reelecting representatives who fail us. Then we see them standing for reelecting pointing fingers at others for their failures.
We have to stop voting for and campaigning for these jerks. Things WILL NOT improve until we hold these representatives accountable.
