Vote

​First things first, a big fuck you to all of those for whatever reason decided not to vote in the last election. We are reaping big time on your decision to sit at home and binge episodes of Justified. The promise that is America is vanishing before our eyes, replaced by a neo Nazi collection of racists, homophobes and misogynists. We witness chaos in the streets, ignored a pandemic that has claimed 200,000 lives and sat back as innocent persons of color are shot in the back. It is time to take a long look in the mirror. But how are you doing? Good? Fuck you.
 
We cut property taxes – because we did not think it was fair for us to pay for anyone else’s education. We cut services – because we felt it was up to churches and private organizations job to take care of the mentally unstable and homeless. We cut funding to the arts, high school, college and nationally because such programs are only for high brows and “fags.”
 
We drive gas guzzling autos and trucks because we don’t care the planet is dying. We bully those less fortunate because it is stylishly in season. We rally for hate and squash what was once legal, social descent. We hold up a bible without even a lame attempt to live up to its principles.
 
We can’t follow the simplest instructions and wear a goddamn mask because it infringes on our personal freedom to infect ourselves and others. We ignore science in favor of wishful thinking. We ignore experts and lovingly embrace conspiracies. 
 
“Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more.”
 
Perhaps it’s too late, but the least we can do is get off our asses and try. We can donate to the candidates we believe in and, if we can’t donate, we can campaign. We talk to an ass-wipe that sat out the last election and convince him that now is not a good time for apathetic indifference.  Don’t do it for yourself, you’re a lost cause. Do it for the children you insist on continuing to bring into the world.
 
So, get off your fat ass and do something that is not just for yourself. At the very least, vote.