{"id":19655,"date":"2016-11-27T10:52:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T17:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=19655"},"modified":"2016-11-27T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T23:36:02","slug":"vigilance-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=19655","title":{"rendered":"Vigilance & Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fullsizeoutput_29b1\"<\/a>What now?\u00a0Does anyone have a plan?<\/p>\n

Trump’s electoral vote victory\u00a0reeks\u00a0of GOP and Russian trickery. Hillary Clinton’s\u00a0popular vote lead is now approaching two and a half million. Efforts to start recounts,\u00a0at least in a few states where vote tampering was most apparent, are underway. But if you’re\u00a0hoping for a surprise electoral college\u00a0reversal, you’re going to be disappointed. Trump\u00a0will be inaugurated on Friday, January 20th.<\/p>\n

As a retired white male, I could easily go with the flow. After all, I’ve got mine and no one is coming after me. But I’m part of the majority who voted for\u00a0Hillary Clinton and\u00a0when it turned out\u00a0our votes didn’t count, I got\u00a0angry.<\/p>\n

In addition to getting angry, it’s time to get real. We’re Americans too, and we love our country. Leaving is not an option. We have to not just stick it out but\u00a0actively work toward making Trump a one-term president (gee, where have we\u00a0heard that<\/em> before?). As an active citizen, a participant in an active electorate, I\u00a0for one am not quitting.<\/p>\n

Not quitting means vigilance and resistance. Turn your\u00a0anger over yet another stolen election into resolve. Pay close attention to the Trump administration’s plans and actions. Refuse to passively absorb what news the media deigns to share. Search out media sources willing\u00a0to go deep and report what’s actually going on, and support them in their efforts. Support and encourage those in Congress\u00a0who resist Trump, McConnell, Ryan, and the billionaires. Loudly protest voter suppression and the return to\u00a0Jim Crow\u00a0in Red states. When the administration or legislature tries to enact mass deportations\u00a0and torture, or to privatize Social Security and Medicare, write your\u00a0representatives. Live and act on the\u00a0values you and a majority of your fellow Americans share. Stand up to the bullies and thugs who think Trump’s victory has given them permission to abuse others.<\/p>\n

As for co-existing\u00a0with and among those who voted for Trump, of course we must, but we owe them nothing.\u00a0Fuck their calls for civility and unity.\u00a0They\u00a0voted for a racist. They\u00a0knew what they were doing. They showed their\u00a0true colors.<\/p>\n

People of good will are looking for effective ways to resist and oppose the things Trump, McConnell, and Ryan have promised to do. I’m going to be part of that resistance, and I’m looking for ideas, things I as a citizen can do. If you have ideas, please share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What now?\u00a0Does anyone have a plan? Trump’s electoral vote victory\u00a0reeks\u00a0of GOP and Russian trickery. Hillary Clinton’s\u00a0popular vote lead is now approaching two and a half million. Efforts to start recounts,\u00a0at least in a few states where vote tampering was most apparent, are underway. But if you’re\u00a0hoping for a surprise electoral college\u00a0reversal, you’re going to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[250,10,16,2,8],"tags":[2193,2185,2024,2194],"class_list":["post-19655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-wars","category-current-events","category-media","category-personal","category-politics","tag-opposition","tag-resistance","tag-trump","tag-vigilance"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19655"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19665,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19655\/revisions\/19665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}