I lived in TN7 until this summer when I moved to California. I’d happily vote for Aftyn if I still lived there.

At least we’re not at Russia-like polling BS.

Kind of wonder if that’s why he made such a public display of it. Convict him in the court of public opinion.

This was reported on in 2016. So many people immediately wrote off this story in 2016 after the woman dropped charges, but Trump is an adjudicated rapist and a mysoginist, so…

Court documents linked in this article. Reading her testimony is gut wrenching:

www.courthousenews.com/rape-allegat...

As a white person, myself, I traverse between the safe and the unsafe groups. I know I live in a different country than the one they live in. That is fascism by design. Attack by fractions, and the whole citizenry will not defend each other. 3/3

But, please, do not tell brown US citizens carrying their passports with them, or those locked for days in jail, whose homes have been destroyed from government break-ins, etc. that *they* do not live in a fascist state. *You* may not—yet. 2/

The thing you miss in your argument, is that “first they came for the immigrants…”

Fascism, by design, comes for groups from the most vulnerable and works its way up. You’re a white man who didn’t try to bring Trump to Justice. You’ll be fine for a while still. 1/

The thing about math is that when you add a negative and a positive, you reduce the total.

Don’t fracture your base by telling them to not ask Nazis supporters for true self-reflection and contrition. A lot of Americans owe the rest of us an apology for treating our democracy like reality TV.

Bringing this up is the amuse-bouche of Thanksgiving dinner. Make things uncomfortable! Drink to make yourself comfortable about making things uncomfortable.