“I wanted to stop Hitler but . . .
. . . my Grandma supports him and she’s always sweet (to other well-off white people)
. . . my sorority sister supports him and we go way back (Cabo ’96 wheeeee!)
. . . people in my suburb support him and I want to keep getting invited to BBQs!”
Tolerating evil people is soft support. Don’t.
If you know third party/nonvoters then STOP. Cut them out of your life and tell them why. Any of them. And that includes family.
People that will allow fascism shouldn’t be in your life.
“Trump supporters are anti-environment, anti-science, anti-trans, racist, misogynist, cruel, and literally pro-genocide with forced sterilizations at the border concentration camps. There aren’t words to capture how horrendous these atrocities are.
“What I don’t get is how very reasonable people with compassion in their hearts and brains in their heads somehow find it okay to remain connected to people who support this. It doesn’t make you noble or enlightened to stay friends with a Trump supporter for the sake of reaching across the aisle or having all kinds of friends. It’s disgusting and a bullshit reason for people to avoid the emotional work of cutting ties. I mean, how can someone revealing themself to you as a Trump supporter inspire anything but revulsion and grief?
“Point being: Trump supporters, Republicans, evangelicals, racists, and their ilk are not entitled to your friendship, and it says something about you if you give it anyway. You are the company you keep.”
—from a friend of a friend
You ladies that “aren’t like other girls” think that liking football and hot wings and throwing feminists under the bus will get you props in front of your Rogan bro friends expect that this will get you special privileges in Gilead?
And was there a benefit to Bernie making so many folks politically active if they were just going to be math-averse, delusional cult members addicted to magical thinking about it?
Seriously.
You have two votes.
One at the polls. One with your presence.
A N D
When fascism is on the ballot – it’s “Biden or Bust!”
Right now, we start calling our Senators every day!
Every hour if needed to stop this vote from happening before the election.
Call other Senators. Lie about your zip code. No more fighting fair. They wrote the new rules, we will play by them.
https://www.facebook.com/gabriel.valdez.520/posts/10100240322758288
If the “establishment” collapses, you won’t be Tom Hardy in Fury Road.
You’ll be Channing Tatum in This Is The End.
I K N O W
You just wanted to be a social media manager.
B U T
Isn’t dying in the final battle for democracy and the fate of humanity kind of cooler?
There’s still tote bags, but we need em to load the trebuchet.
—jason malmberg
Flommist Jason Malmberg is a simple man who believes in brown liquor and small dogs. He also makes art sometimes. Copyright © 2020 Jason Malmberg. Image source.
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