Like many Americans I've been going through something as of late. I'm going through a very painful broken heart. America has broken my heart and I'm not dealing with it very well. How about you? I know I'm supposed to fall in line and vote against my best interest, and the interest of my country but there was a revolution here. I saw it once on TV I think. Yes, it was brief and downplayed on TV but I caught it for a second. The revolution was vivid online but there are a lot of things online. Those closest to the revolution, those in the party of the revolution are the ones who shut the door to the revolution. Even though this revolution would give these fucking door-shutters a better life they were convinced by old, tired brand names (Clinton). They were convinced that we all must fall in line for the status quo. "Isn't it time?" Could that be more condescending of a slogan from Hillary. "Isn't it time?" No. It wasn't in 2008 and those of us progressives that clearly still have our brains and recent memories intact say "Fuck No!". It's STILL not time! Hillary has been and will always be far to right-wing for true progressives to accept as their candidate. Let me remind you she voted for the Iraq War and the Patriot Act!
Isn't it time ... To take this country to the right? This is what Hillary's logo indicates (the H with the arrow through the center pointing to the right). This door to the revolution was shut by the elderly that mostly laughed off the sincerity. At the same time they kill off the passion of the young that wanted to see what was through this door to a better life. Remind me when I'm a senior citizen, nearing the end of my life, not to be so stupid and selfish as to think that my narrow antiquated political philosophy should be more important than those young American citizens who have their whole life ahead of them. Fucking old people- so stubborn and bitter. Don't let people tell you the elderly are much wiser than you - they are not (clearly!) This election proved it. The old people often like to make fun of the younger generation and their naive passion. As we get older we all tend to look down at those younger than us. Is it jealousy? Sure. But mostly it's just stupidity. I'll be the first to admit this younger generation is much smarter than I was when I was younger. -- This is mostly due to the news they get is being more accurate than cable news (the news of the old fucks). The information is much more accurate from the New Media over the Old dying media.
Not only do I blame the elderly for shutting this door to the revolution but I blame old, religious African-Americans. Bernie Sanders was crushed in the deep south states. Why? Why would older black democrats vote for a woman who worked for a pro-segregation Republican in the 60's over a man that was arrested for marching for civil rights at that time? Why would older black voters vote for a woman that once called black criminals "super predators" that needed to be "brought to heel" over a man that has fought for civil rights in congress for his entire career? Is it a Jewish thing? The Jews did kill their Sky Daddy's son. Well, there are a myriad of reasons that should make any older black voter with half a brain vote against Hillary Clinton. Older black people in the south are deeply into their superstitious woo woo. They are heavily under the spell of their blood cult: Christianity. Hillary Clinton had the old religious deep south black vote on lock down from day one. The faithful flock, (AKA: dumb sheep) always follow their leader (AKA conman), their pastors. I can guarantee you that those fire-and-brimstone charlatan fags preached that "I'm with her" gospel all across those southern states. *I use the word "fag" here as slang for "closeted gay people who are bigoted against gay people".
I blame low-information voters and the media for shutting the door on the revolution. I blame poor voter turn out and suppression of votes (from precincts heavily favoring Bernie). It is a fact that when voter turn out is low Republicans win and the New Republican (or neoliberal) Hillary Clinton won in many of these low voter turn out states. I blame the elderly white and black blue dog democrats, the neoliberals, the religious, the low-information voters, and the media. My family is mostly Republican and Fox News has so warped their brains that they actually think that a fascist like Donald Trump would be better as President then a democratic socialist like Bernie Sanders. A Mussolini or Napoleon would be better than a Franklin Roosevelt or Jesus Christ. Jesus fucking Christ, the stupidity on the right is palpable! This is how twisted the world is according to Faux News viewers. Their brains have been succumbed to 8 solid years of Obama-bashing, blaming him for every problem (real and imaginary), and painting this country as a 3rd-world hellhole because of his presidency. The cult of Fox News and it's followers are finally meeting their Frankenstein creation after a decade of false narrative: Donald Trump. We can thank the dumbing down of our parents and grandparents for America's first fascist President!
But we had a revolution in our grasps! Many of us Bernie supporters saw the light through the door and how good the future could be if we just reallocated all this money to focus in on the health of our own country- the entire country, not just the 1%, not just wars with countries that never attacked us (something Hillary voted for). As with Obama the criticisms of Sanders are based in fact-free fantasy-land. The one thing we hear continually from the brainwashed zombies on the right (you know-- our family and friends!) is that Bernie is promising "free this" and "free that" and then they laugh smugly with their dumb hill-billy, slaw-jaw, faces. Of course, literally none of these mouth-breathers have taken 10 seconds to actually look at the details of Bernie's proposals. The mentally challenged haven't even attempted to look at the numbers, his tax proposals, or how he'll pay for all these "free" things. As they lean back, laughing as if they made some wonderful defeating argument I often want to grab them by their fat pink jowls and introduce them this concept of other modern, industrialized countries in the world that have already had these "free things" (like healthcare and college) for years. Unconscionable morons! There is no hope! I'm afraid we are drowning in an ocean of idiocracy.
Here's a cold hard fact we have to accept now: Bernie will most likely not be the Democratic nominee for President this year. Those of us with hearts and functioning brains have to come to grips with that. I originally never expected Bernie to make it this far. Not many people did. I watched a recent segment from Samantha Bee's new show called "Full Frontal" where she mocks Bernie supporters. She makes light of this idea of "a revolution" which of course feeds into what I've been talking about. She seems to either ignore or not fully grasp why this movement to get Bernie the nomination is called "a revolution". It's simple: Bernie is not for sale. The overwhelming majority of Bernie's contributions have come from small donors from average American citizens. Isn't this fact alone worth your vote. Do you really want another candidate that is bought out by special interests? Hillary Clinton has received millions of dollars from some of the same financial institutions that brought down our economy. This revolution is a glimpse of light through the door. This revolution is about overturning Citizens United and getting money out of politics so we, the non-billionaire, the non-Wall Street 1%er, the non-Koch brother can have a fucking say just as much as the rich do!
Hillary Clinton has refused to release her speeches to Goldman Sachs. Why? Of course she has something to hide. She doesn't want us to see, even though she talks the "tough talk" about Wall Street and special interest groups, that in reality, behind closed doors she talks fondly of her Goldman Sachs friends. Of course she shills to these people. They have her attention much more than the average citizen of this country. The majority of democratic voters have watched her squirm and make up absurd excuses and deflect from this in many debates and yet somehow this same democrat voter is fine with all of this. Democrats want to keep the status quo. Democrats want to keep electing liars that shift with the $ at the drop of a hat. Democrats want to elect someone that is not principled at all and can be swayed by the special interests. Democrats want to keep the door shut.
Well, thank the Holy Spaghetti Monster I'm not a democrat!
All of us who are informed and care about fundamentally changing the system (getting money out of politics at all costs and taking our democracy back) are faced with the grim fact of Hillary being the democratic nominee. We are to somehow magically transfer our passion for Bernie (feeling the Bern) into passion for "Isn't it time ... for Hillary?" Needless to say that will never happen. I'm not a "Bernie or Bust" person though know a hell of a lot of them. Hillary will simply just not win over a giant block of progressives. Her unfavorables are through the roof. Those of us who will be voting for her over Trump are doing so despite our emotions. Those of us that will be voting for her over Trump are doing so strictly based on rationality. I cannot express the high degree of torture and stress that this brings us Bernie supporters that must vote for Shillary. It's a hostage vote. Vote for this horrible human you do not want to be your President OR this fascist wins! We do not want to do this and find it near impossible to do so. All you so-called "progressives" that find it not problematic at all, not a conflict of conscious at all, to vote for Hillary are simply not real progressives or have not been paying attention all these years.
It's best to reword where I'll stand in the general election: My vote will never be a vote /FOR/ Hillary but a merely vote /AGAINST/ a fascist. Donald Trump, sufficiently diagnosed, will lead to the correct conclusion that this man is a cult of personality and thus a fascist. We can never elect someone like this as our President. It's not just about him being unqualified or idiotic. Trump is not an idiot at all. In horrible ways he's extremely brilliant. Trump will shatter the system we have (and not in a good way!) and electing him could spell certain doom for our republic in the United States. I don't deny people can know these things and yet still be a "Bernie or Bust" voter (voting 3rd party or not at all, even in a swing state) but these are the people we have to convince.
... In time... It's too soon for me. I haven't properly dealt with my mourning. I'm still dealing with my broken heart. I'm still mourning democracy, I'm still mourning shutting the door to a revolution. I am currently crawling under a rock to really soak in that America just passed on one of the best presidential candidates in this country's recent history. I may sleep this off for days... Wake me up when it's time to vote against that fascist.
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