Kerry just called Bush to concede the election and congratulate his opponent…
I am nauseous this dark day.
Mostly, I am concerned about the social climate in our country, the apathy. I feel like we are primed to allow a huge loss of our freedoms, before the masses will even realize what we have lost. Only history will show it like a timeline, and that is only if history is allowed to be true.
I have been out for about 25 years. Back then, queers were so oppressed, there was a feeling of family amongst us. Just to be gay was bravely political. Almost all women were still sensitive to issues that could affect the freedoms of other women. (It was the pill that brought about “women’s lib” in the 70’s, afterall.) Back then, there was no such rhetoric as “politically correct”.
I have seen so much more awareness raised about tolerance in my adult life. So much ground has been gained in the last 25 years with the great rolling boulder known as human rights. We cannot fathom that today we are all walking on doors that were ripped out at the hinges by the sheer might of a crowd others who cared enough to dedicated themselves to this task of making change. We enjoy so many freedoms, I fear many Americans are desensitized.
You would think this scary swing to the extreme right would again consolidate the left, but now who is left to be the left? Who will be the watchdog? Who will sit in the streets? When you can be investigated by the FBI for anti-Bush sentiments in your LJ, or denied admittance to a political rally because of your tshirt, who will speak up? How long before we lose our right to speak up at all?
A democratic vote is such a powerful thing, but today, I feel powerless.
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