It is not true that everyone is just sitting and watching this happen. It does stop many of us in our tracks. Many of us write emails, participate in phone ins, go to demos. We do this because we see what is happening. The problem is the people we are writing to don't care about what we think. Our politicians are afraid of blowback from the Empire. And they are very interested in making money and helping their rich friends become richer. For sure there are people walking around in a daze, some even supportive of Israel's "right to self defense". But dwelling on those people and not looking at how we can resist is never going to solve anything. We need to resist in any way we are able to do so. Talk. write. Some people even put themselves in positions to be arrested to bring attention to the issue.
Yes! Thank you, Susan. "Resist in any way we are able." That's what I'm trying to do too. One thing I do is to supply my friends and family with daily suggested wording they can use on their legislators. Anyone can email me if they'd like to receive my daily "Peace Bits": KathleenTempleTailor [at] gmail.com. Or subscribe to the archive. Search KathleenTemple in the wordpress site. In that archive, no two Peace Bits are the same. (many ask, "does it do any good?" - well, does anything do any good? I don't know. But that's why I like what you wrote here, Susan T.)
It is not true that everyone is just sitting and watching this happen. It does stop many of us in our tracks. Many of us write emails, participate in phone ins, go to demos. We do this because we see what is happening. The problem is the people we are writing to don't care about what we think. Our politicians are afraid of blowback from the Empire. And they are very interested in making money and helping their rich friends become richer. For sure there are people walking around in a daze, some even supportive of Israel's "right to self defense". But dwelling on those people and not looking at how we can resist is never going to solve anything. We need to resist in any way we are able to do so. Talk. write. Some people even put themselves in positions to be arrested to bring attention to the issue.
Yes! Thank you, Susan. "Resist in any way we are able." That's what I'm trying to do too. One thing I do is to supply my friends and family with daily suggested wording they can use on their legislators. Anyone can email me if they'd like to receive my daily "Peace Bits": KathleenTempleTailor [at] gmail.com. Or subscribe to the archive. Search KathleenTemple in the wordpress site. In that archive, no two Peace Bits are the same. (many ask, "does it do any good?" - well, does anything do any good? I don't know. But that's why I like what you wrote here, Susan T.)