"What does [celebrating the Fourth of July] mean when the party in power, the party with all of the power, turns its back on the ideals upon which this country was founded? What does it mean when the party in power—and the very Court that was established to uphold and defend this nation’s Constitution—feel unbound by the law or by that founding document?"
~ Mary L. Trump
"It’s time to exorcise the ahistorical notion of white Christian supremacy & innocence. Patriotism is not the purview of those who see a white Christian America as the divinely ordained end of human achievement. We can no longer sustain its mythical vision of God and country where white Christians are always heroes, inheriting and defending America as their own divinely ordained promised land."
~ Robert P. Jones
#FourthofJuly #patriotism #WhiteChristianNationalism
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In the airport, my SO & I were 2 of 5 people I saw wearing masks. On the plane we are the only 2 wearing masks. With us is a man with a deep, wet, chesty cough- the kind that makes you lungs hurt in sympathy - & half a dozen people with dry, persistent coughs. I wonder how many will develop coughs in the days to come, & if they will realize that wearing a mask might have spared them.
Here in the US, the government just stole healthcare from 17 million people. Stay safe- Mask up!
#Art #MaskUp
Some people talk about minimizing social media time and the associated doomscrolling, but every day Mastodon reminds me of how many kind, caring people there are. And how many I'm privileged to know on here. (And how many have adorable cats. Or dogs. Or goats.) People who appreciate the beauty around us; people who want to save the environment; people who want a good life for everyone.
It lifts me up, even when the news is horrific. Thank you all.