I think it was @lolgop.bsky.social who said that the entire country is a "red state" as long as this particular SCOTUS is empaneled and if we could get coastal libs and blue-staters to internalize that reality we would all be a lot fucking better off
Yeah, this is often the way Black people in the South point out the racial segregation in housing and schools in the North, but also when it comes to policing and and incarceration it’s very red all over.
I was shocked when in a museum in Chicago to just see the segregation on a historic city map. Just right there. 20th century. (I think by ethnicity eg Polish, as well as by skin colour.)
I’m struggling to recall the date. It’s a while since my museum visit. It was shocking in that I knew northern cities were segregated but to see it written on a city map by officials, with no shame or embarrassment, not even a “well, this seems to have happened” but “they get x, they get y area”
I also think a lot about how our access to healthcare can be limited more by our proximity to non-catholic healthcare systems than the laws of our respective states.
SCOTUS sanctioning private actors flouting civil rights laws can do a lot of damage in blue states.
I'm in Iowa. I remember when I lived in a swing state. It wasn't very long ago. Then the IDP decided they only exist to host caucuses every 4 years and, welp. Here we are.
Seems as if certain privileged groups whose wealth protects them from mundane political realities, are content their state’s civil rights are not under attack .. atm.
They read the NYTimes (mainly Opinion) and pat themselves on the back for being more "rational" (so data-driven and concerned about the economy). As long as the status quo wrt finances is preserved for them, they're AOK with others' rights rolling back.
Yeah that’s totally want more like. Not just people who are actually following what their therapy says. Which is to only focus on what we can control and to not blame ourselves or things that we didn’t do and cannot control.
I know they don’t include Florida in coastal Libs.
Trump appointed three Leonard Leo Justices empowering Alito and Thomas (never mind the rest of the Fed Judiciary!… Cannon comes to mind).
This may have been the worst of the legacy of the 2016 election and the Never Hillary movement.
It. can. happen. again. if ppl don’t look beyond their noses.
Not sure some of us havent internalized it. We cant get rid of this SCOTUS with just blue states. Red states will need to elect Democratic Senators. We can just hold our Senators accountable and to stay vigilant. And to argue for structural changes ( no lifetime appointments).
Right there with you. I live in Seattle. There is absolutely nothing more I can do to elect Democrats. We need a blue Senate? I’m doing my part dot gif.
As a fellow Seattlite, if all you're doing is voting in Washington Senate races you are not doing your part dot gif. There's so much more we need to be doing on the ground here.
If that's all you have capacity for then that's fine! Please do what you can. But there's more that can be done.
Voting matters but it's not all we can do. There's a world of civic engagement beyond voting. I think we should all vote. And I think people who have capacity to do even a little more, should. Nationally, we're not in a great place. We all gotta get in there and help each other.
