I know that for all intents and purposes I don’t really blog any more, but I had to say something.
As IF things weren’t bad enough with Jimmy Kimmel being pulled from the air (which I am LIVID and terrified about, and of course I’m upset about the cancelling of Colbert as well) for an INCREDIBLY mild joke not even aimed at Charlie Kirk (which, by the way, I was drafting a post about THAT and how terrifying it was the freedom of speech is so attacked and that I am standing 10 toes down with Jimmy Kimmel (and Colbert even though that’s sort of old news as this point, but while I was writing about Kimmel, *this* happened, since MAGA sure does love to flood the zone, as they say), now Congress passed a resolution for a Charlie Kirk remembrance day?!?!?!? I literally want to puke.
And the democrats voted for it too?!?!?! Some of the democrats who voted for it say, ‘oh, it’s just condemning political violence.” The hell it is. A day named after him to celebrate his legacy?!?!? The legacy of a horrific white supremacist?!?!?!
I am NOT about to gaslighted into believing that refusing to mourn or glorify an abhorrent human being means that I’m “celebrating his death.” The only two choices are NOT “celebrate political violence” or “celebrate a repulsive man.” Never will I ever celebrate Charlie Kirk and I will also NOT be bullied into staying silent on this. Show this blog post if I ever run for congress; I don’t care. I’m not going to let MAGA make me believe that I’m a bad person unless I kowtow and alter reality with them. I’m not ashamed of knowing and stating that Charlie Kirk was an extraordinarily cruel man and dying doesn’t erase any of that. On October 14th (the day they made Charlie Kirk day), I will be thinking of it as George Floyd day, as Floyd’s birthday is on October 14th and Charlie Kirk made George Floyd’s family’s life a living hell, so it’s especially cruel that now George Floyd’s birthday is nationally Charlie Kirk day.
If democrats are gonna pass something with Charlie Kirk in the name how about some regulations on guns, especially assault rifles, name it the “Charlie Kirk Remembrance Gun Safety Bill” and force republicans hands to either vote for it or be on record voting against a bill in their saint’s honor.
It’s soooo ironic that the remembrance bill that passed encourages people to use the Charlie Kirk day (puking in my mouth) to promote civic engagement and democracy in honor of a man who – according to them – was “a champion of free speech, civil dialogue” at the same time that people are being doxxed, fired, etc. for refusing to mourn the death of a white supremacist!!!!!!
If people just want to officially condemn political violence, then where’s the mention of Melissa Hortman?! Gabby Giffords? Paul Pelosi (who, by the way, Charlie Kirk consistently disrespected after he was attacked), as I guess political violence is only bad to people like Charlie Kirk if it’s against the people on his side. They’re so happy to show effigies of Obama being lynched, wanting to pardon January 6rs, reveling in violence against Black Americans, plus an anchor literally talking about how homeless people should be killed on Fox News recently , etc., etc., etc. But then if democrats who don’t even actively support the violence merely refuse to cry over an abominable human being, all of a sudden they’re supposed to lose their jobs and be banished from society?!
I need us all to get so f*cking for real so fast. I am so disgusted about all of this and I truly don’t believe it’s safe here anymore.
(W. Kamau Bell made a great point that if MAGA is no longer worried about going after rich, straight, powerful white men (like Kimmel & Colbert), what do we possibly think will happen to everyone else?)
With the incredible amount of censorship happening for anyone who doesn’t bow down to dear leader (RIP the late night shows of Kimmel & Colbert among also things happening with other reporters and such), plus the fact that our Congress is now giving remembrance days to dangerous, barbarous, deeply misogynistic white supremacists?! And the democrats are VOTING FOR IT?! (And shoutout to Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others who did not vote for this. Nonetheless,) It’s time to go.
I have my Italian passport and I am prepping my life, apartment, storage unit, etc. to be ready to leave whenever either the opportunity presents itself or when it becomes just so necessary to go that you can’t not leave – and we’re getting closer to that every day. If I didn’t have commitments in America through December, I’d already be gone. Here’s hoping it’s safe to stay that long but if not, I’m trying to make myself as ready to go at a moment’s notice as I can be.
Everybody take care of yourself! I love you; good luck!