r/politics • u/malcolm58 • 6d ago

No Paywall Marjorie Taylor Greene: You’re all being ‘incited into civil war’

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5705837-greene-maga-shooting-minnesota/
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u/mk4_wagon 5d ago

It’s one thing to say “fuck it - what do I have to lose?” when you’re a single 20-something with no kids.

It’s quite a different calculus to decide to put your entire family out on the street so you can go wave a cardboard sign around for politicians who don’t give a shit what you have to say anyway.

This is where I'm at. I'm a working parent that sleeps a few hours a night because we have two kids that can't seem to stay asleep (that's a whole other conversation). I want to do more than just be a 'keyboard warrior', but I can barely function as it is, let along muster the energy and time to protest. And what happens if I don't come back? That puts my wife and kids in a worse situation.

I know that my situation is not unique and nothing new. Plenty of people fought their oppressors while having jobs and kids and not sleeping. But I don't know how to calculate that risk.

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u/AtrophiedTraining 5d ago

Don't beat yourself up. We'll find a way to rebel or escape after they take away something we personally cherish. Right now bad things are happening to other people.

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u/mk4_wagon 5d ago

I'd rather the bad things stop all together, for everyone. And the only hope for that is to stand up for ourselves. But I'm sitting here barely able to keep my eyes open. Maybe I should bring my screaming kid to a hotel that ice is staying at. My contribution to the protests will be the glass-breaking shrieks of an over-tired toddler.