Or will it?
Never in my life have I lived in the state I have been for way too long. I’ve been through some shit in my life, some pretty awful moments and situations. I’ve lived with fear, sometimes some pretty serious terror. But I’ve never lived with fear as a constant thing, nor with the hopelessness that’s come with it. I’ve always been pretty optimistic about life, always able to see through the bad and to the good times again. I’m having a hard time doing that. I so desperately want my feeling of hopelessness to be the product of my brain and not reality, but as each day comes with news that further destroys my hope. It’s not a good way to live. As I watch the world burn, I wonder what will be left to save?
And the anger. Oh, the anger. I’ve never felt this level of anger toward another human being. Considering some of the aforementioned moments in my past, this is really saying something. But it’s real and it’s visceral. I’m just so fucking angry at those who gave and/or continue to give support to this regime. I have absolutely no respect for these people. It may be aggressive, but I can’t deny that I find them, at least to some level, taking part in domestic terrorism.
Even the federal government defines domestic terrorism as ideologically driven crimes committed by individuals in the United States that are intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence the policy or conduct of a government. (Congress: USA Patriot Act, [18 U.S.C. §2331]; the Homeland Security Act [6 U.S.C. §101], and Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations [§0.85]} The support for exclusionary policies, the engaging of hate-mongering in words and in actions? The support for a regime and its policies that are dangerous to the lives of human beings? Domestic terrorism in a nutshell.
Where does it end? How does it end?
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