More and more everyday I am grateful for my civil liberties and rights. The privileges I assume because of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...and yet for the first time I begin to feel that I could me threatened unlawfully for exercising my first amendment right and yet have no recourse. In a government or regime that doesn't tolerate dissent of any form no one is really free, not even a white woman of privilege living in an upper middle class enclave.
Unlawful deportations are being excused in the name of counteracting terrorism and drug lords when our own homegrown terrorists have been pardoned. We are now living in a society of heightened vigilance and violence where more moderate voices of mediation and the allowance for differing opinions are drowned out by the voice of the mob, self-appointed vigilantes, and the most powerful who fear losing the reigns.
I am very grateful for the grit and courage of individuals who are speaking out: Corey Booker for his 25 hour marathon address on the senate floor - stating "this is not normal for America." For Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who both continue to travel and meet with people in person putting their lives at risk but also lending courage when courage is sorely needed.
What are you grateful for today?
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