My truth. 🧵1/…
Many of you have asked me over the past weeks about my gut feeling on the election. I was honest… to a point. I consistently said I wasn’t as optimistic as many of you, most often replied with 🤞🏼. I sure couldn’t preach “no Debbie Downers” but then rebuff your wonderful hope with my deep doubts. So 🤞🏼was all I could muster while holding in/trying to ignore my fears. I wanted your optimism to infect me, but I couldn’t stop that gut feeling no matter how hard I tried.
2/ Am I the only one who felt this coming? It was difficult for me to stay silent/avoid sounding negative, but I never understood those prematurely claiming 🌊/landslide. I privately rolled my eyes, despite how great Harris was, straining to be hopeful we might squeak out a win.
I knew we’d lose the Senate, that seemed so obvious, but stayed silent. I tried to hope but couldn’t shake off dread.
3/ We moved to 🇨🇦because we knew we couldn’t outlive SCOTUS. I knew Trump’s courts were an obstacle that we couldn’t overcome in my lifetime.
Every word of this is excruciating to write, but it’s my truth and I strive to always be honest with you, holding back only to encourage your hope despite my own reservations.
4/ Now the whole world will change. I’m as devastated & scared as you are. I can’t stop crying. I don’t see a way out in the short and even middle term. But we must continue to fight and support each other.
I may start speaking my mind more loudly instead of just cheerleading, I don’t know. I may alienate some of you if I do. I’d hate that. But I’ve always been a realist. Not a pessimist or optimist, a realist… at least as I see reality.
That’s my truth. I love you. I hate this with you. ❤️
I think a lot of people will stand with you, and people moved here to fedi to escape persecution elsewhere. Perhaps we all need to take an initial step back, work out a good strategy and be very coordinated in how we fight back.
Maybe a good rule of thumb here is 'Follow the science' we have access to the internet, research, and many on here are also scientists, some (or maybe many) have fled X due to the abuse they face.
So as part of any strategy, lets make sure we can cite research or cite something that turns what we write into powerful statements to get our points across.
