This week Florida passed the so-called Don't Say Gay bill. Cruelty must be the point on this one. I can't think of any other good reason. This is a decision, folks!
Greg Abbott in Texas continued on his warpath against trans youth with his directive to social services, declaring gender affirming interventions as child abuse. Cruelty can only be the point in Texas. Other anti-trans youth bills are being considered are already have been passed in other states. All decisions. And the book bans, and the CRT misinformation campaigns, decisions that hurt women, and all these decisions. It is in this onslaught of that "how can they do that?" feeling that then settles as a frozen ball in my gut. Comes up as a rant and settles into helpless rage. A friend of mine posted this video which asks where are the teacher content makers reacting to these harmful bills. I am sure there are some who don't care. But I am betting that there are more who are stuck in the frozen of fight, flight, freeze.
It took me until 2020 to put down some words about Trayvon Martin. Any words at all. I thought a lot of words, felt a lot of feelings, and mostly froze. This week is tenth anniversary of his death, and he would have been 27 years old. And now we have even more stand your ground laws. What??? That's how we respond to a boy being killed? Those are decisions! Feeling, rage, freeze again. There were so many others who saw Trayvon's death and they started to organize and fight. They met the moment and this week they grab the opportunity to speak truth again and again.
Thank you to those for whom the instinct is to fight in these instances. Even greater thanks to those who are able to help the frozen ones thaw enough to make a decision to act.
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Suzy
2/27/2022 06:00:52 pm
There's so much to agonize over this week. I hadn't even thought about one of them - never mind which one. I often feel frozen too, and old as well, too old to figure out what to do! Maybe I'll think of something.
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me
2/28/2022 04:47:02 am
If you want a blueprint - this group seems to be the leader in possible political actions https://indivisible.org/resources Written by people who worked on Capitol Hill. It may take a while for me to thaw but when I do, I think there will still be things left to do.
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