Shift in the Wind

I cannot tell you how happy this makes me. My perception, media-driven and purposefully designed to keep the horror going and stamp out hope, is that half the country if perfectly fine with 120-degree temperatures (climate change is a hoax!), the ultra-rich excused from paying taxes and flying themselves into space while children go hungry, people of color winning so many gold medals in the Olympics (Yay, U.S.A.!) while still kept out of jobs and neighborhoods and a pathological liar, convicted felon and morally vacant sub-human man getting their vote. I know those people exist, but it is so out-of-my-experience because in the circles I run in, I simply hardly ever meet them. It just baffles me, disturbs me, brings me down and makes it hard to keep the flag of hope flying.

 

But the shift in the wind with Biden so generously and selflessly stepping down and Kamala Harris and Tim Walz stepping up is palpable. Suddenly those like myself feeling helpless and hopeless feel empowered and revved up and the donations, rally attendance and general vibe is that we’re rising up, stepping out and are newly determined to save our democracy and keep bending  the arc of the moral universe toward justice. Can you feel it?

Then came this well-timed reminder from Michael Moore. In the full Substack article, he gives the details of those heart-lifting statistics. This is not fake news and affirms my own experience with the people I know and meet. Read it, pass it on and let’s take to the streets with the power and freedoms that democracy offers us to get out the vote and gather people to join the march toward simple decency, kindness, compassion and justice. For those who feel needlessly threatened by other ways— the wonderful diversity that actually defines our country—let’s remember that there is nothing more American than ensuring “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and nothing more Christian than throwing the moneylenders out of the temple and learning to love our neighbors as ourselves. We are the new Moral Majority.

 

Come join the winning team!