Tomorrow, as all the world knows, is a Big Day, and there’s so much riding on the outcome. We’ve already seen what happens when the highest authority in the land not only condones but encourages lawlessness, and it makes my heart sick that this is happening in my country.
There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that Cadet Bonespurs and his ilk will try to steal the election if it doesn’t go their way. They’ve spent months eliminating voters from the rolls, restricting voting options in the middle of a pandemic, lying about the validity of mail-in ballots and intimidating voters at the polls. If all that doesn’t work, well, as an acquaintance of mine proclaimed on Facebook, they’ve “loaded their magazines”. Because "antifa".
These are mostly white people who’ve swallowed a load of crap about how their “freedoms” are endangered by non-white people; that’s easier for them to believe than that they’re the buggy makers in the age of automobiles and they should adapt to the new. No, they want the planet to stop whirling, and return to the days when they were told they had it made, and the world was only right when they were running things without any objections or criticisms from their inferiors.
They view “equality” as a threat, because—like Bonespurs—they see everything (including freedom) as zero sum. Whatever anyone else has means less for them, and they’re not having it. They believe this is their last chance to right the course of the country, and it’s making them desperate. And we know what desperate people do. Especially if they’re packing military-grade firearms and are egged on by the mouth-foaming bluster of a man whose ill behavior they’d not tolerate in their living room for longer than eight minutes without bitchslapping him.
As long as he’s in the White House, not their house, however, he’s telling it like it is, and owning the libs. He’s their last, best hope, and that makes them all pathetic. Even with their armory.
Well, so what to be grateful for today? What?
People have been standing in lines for hours during the past few weeks to cast their votes. I’m deeply grateful for them.
People have been helping and encouraging new citizens and young people to register and vote. You guys totally rock!
Lawyers have been filing suit in every possible jurisdiction to block Republican efforts to make non-Republican voting impossible. I love you guys, and I’m proud to support the ACLU.
Companies and organizations are working tirelessly to hunt down and prevent foreign interference in the election. One of them is my employer and I cannot tell you how grateful and proud I am to be a part of that fight against cybercrime and cyberespionage.
This is going to be a rough week; we cannot
expect Bonespurs or the Repugs to take the civil or decent route whatever
happens. I admit—I am scared in a way that I’ve never been before. But I’m
thankful that there are those who are standing up for the values this country
has aspired to for nearly 250 years. I hope to God we can hold the line.
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