I need people to understand that roe vs wade being overturned is an act of violence, voting is not an combative equivalent to what they just did, their decision was made without public input meaning voting did not have any effect on the violence they settled on, these decisions can only be met with violence in return, you cannot “peacefully” ask someone for your rights back when they violently stripped them away, nonviolence would only work if this were an even playing field, where everyone’s opinion matters, but that’s not reality, so getting on here and yelling at people to vote blue is disrespectful, this country has committed atrocities under democrat reign and it will continue to do so until the people hold officials accountable, a piece of paper won’t do that, a riot and actual threats to their livelihoods will
heres a quote from civil rights leader kwame ture, that relates to the subject of liberation in america, he said this in the 1960s
“In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none…”
“…. We have to organize ourselves to speak from a position of strength and stop begging people to look kindly upon us”
i just want people to really think about this, during this time period is when the most change regarding how america functioned took place, and it was in the wake of no longer accepting peace as an option for gaining rights, while the “fall” of civil rights groups can be attributed to many causes, make no mistake that the absence of unity from citizens enacting violence for the benefit of the population has allowed wiggle room for things like this to happen, a paper choosing red or blue cannot be the sole solution to what we’re facing, because it hasn’t been that way from the start
