2026

I'm really struggling to keep my head above the quagmire of fear and anger that this current administration clearly wants to keep us in. I'm vacillating between anger, confusion (how can we all see the same thing and come to such different conclusions?), disgust, sadness, and attempting to zoom out and look at things through the lens of compassion, which is increasingly hard to do.
I'm not one to believe in conspiracy theories, but it doesn't sound very far-fetched that the president is looking for any excuse to exert excessive force on those who don't agree, those who criticize what is happening in this country, and those who are actively trying to hold him and his administration accountable when they break the law and violate our constitutional rights, all in the name of national security. And if they have to blatantly lie about things we can clearly see with our own eyes, so be it. Those who take them at their word and don't bother looking for the facts staring them in the face will believe what they believe, and there's nothing we can do about it.
I've never felt so compelled to go out and protest before, and while I know I'm not alone, I feel incredibly alone. Nobody in my sphere is actually talking about this in person. I want to ask my conservative friends and family if THIS is what they voted for, and if it is, I want to ask them what they think Jesus would say and do if he were here among us. A certain conservative commentator mocked Renee Good, saying she gave her life for people - I can't find the exact quote, but basically - who were not worth giving ones life for. I think Jesus would disagree.
To those people who think protestors should just comply with anything ICE commands, even when they haven't broken any laws...is that what the people who hid Jewish families during the holocaust should have done, to save themselves? I genuinely want to know: in what situation do you think it's justified for the state to execute citizens? In case you've forgotten - this is precisely why we have a 2nd amendment. But apparently for some people, having to wear a mask to the grocery store during a pandemic is far more threatening to their sense of liberty than "law enforcement" goons killing U.S. citizens on the streets.
This is exhausting.

W.W.J.D.?

RADICAL LOVE.
RADICAL EMPATHY.
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.