Don't Let The Right Gaslight You From The Clear As Day Truth

Here is a (Slightly paraphrased.) conversation I had with a Trump supporter at a recent political action I was part of--

Trump Guy: Trump! 

Me: He'd take my freedom.

Trump Guy: How would he take your freedom? You'll be able to walk into the voting booth like anybody else this year.

Me: That might be the last free election.

We go around like that a few times.

Me: Your support of Trump is a threat to my family.

Trump Guy: That sounds like a threat to me. 

Me: It's not. But if it was, Texas is a Stand Your Ground state and you'd be able to kill me and get away with it.

Trump Guy: Good for me.

Me: Right. There it is.

End of conversation. 

Republicans and the right create a politics based on threats and violence, and when you call it out they turn it around to make you the aggressor.

When Governor Abbott pardoned Daniel Perry who'd been convicted of the killing of Black Lives Matter protester Garret Foster, he encouraged to violent acts by the right going unpunished. The Stand Your Ground laws in Texas had already opened the door. Abbott kicked the door right in.

Don't be gaslighted. Speak clearly and freely about the threat of Trump and the right. Don't be afraid. Let's stick together and prevail.   

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