Triage

The Scene

After working ourselves up to the reality of a Trump administration and wearing our fingers out, trying to cling to any hope it won't be as bad as we think, the reality is setting in and it is just as bad as we suspected.

Whether his efforts are designed by malice, ignorance, or manipulation, the response needs to be the same. We see the wounds opening up and we need to staunch the blood loss.

The Problems

Can illegal immigrants and the Latino communities who will get swept up in his proposed punitive measures resist on their own?

No. They have little enough political clout but are protected by moral and practical reasoning. They benefit communities but if Trump is able to break the cities, they will be tossed out.

Can the black communities respond to further misguided attempts to fix struggling communities by themselves?

No. Both sides of the aisle have been trying everything short of just admitting to racism and letting them fully integrate. If they had the power to force the wider culture to accept them, they likely would have already.



Can liberals of all stripes continue to foster compassion while the President pushes hate if they sit alone at home and do nothing?

No. As a pot smoking hippy, I am fairly aware of how potent my 'dreams' are when I sit alone and imagine wild schemes while staring at the ceiling, imagining a world where I didn't sit idly by, hoping someone else would step forward.

Can conservatives work for better opportunities and less government interference while Trump expands the government and her interventions exponentially?

No. The policies that will be enacted will be the same sort republicans have always enacted. They 'help' business the same way democrats 'help' minorities. There is a token show of support but really the only ones who are helped are the ones that don't need it: the big businesses that are thriving already and the 'articulate' black men who are polite enough not to cause problems.

Everything that is Trump is pushing for will only help out a few individuals and will only help them for a short time. All of us are going to suffer through reduced opportunity, larger, more restrictive government, and 'definitely not racist but totally targeting race' legislation and cultural influences.

So. We can stand together or fall apart.

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We know how this is going to happen. We have seen it before. We need to stop it now.

But where do we start? What is the triage for such cultural wounds?

Why don't we start with the most impacted? The people who are already working to better their lot? Why don't we start at the bottom because the more people we can get working on this the more effective we can be.

I don't have all the answers. I don't have most or many of them.

It would make sense to begin by acknowledging we need to work together and that this will be most effective if we start with those who need help most.

To that end, I say we start the Black Lives Matter But So Do Other Lives But Maybe Black Lives Need Attention Now And As We Improve Theirs They Can Help The Lives Of People With Vaginas Or Gender Issues And Then They Can Help People Who Are White But Are Still Getting Fucked From Both Sides Of The Aisle.

The name needs work. But we all need help. And we all need to work together or we are all going to suffer immensely.

Many groups are starting to come together. But let's start networking even more and working to resist. This will be a weak link game and we need to shore up our weakest sections first.