Futile?

I deleted another friend on Facebook.

He was gloating that the pardon means Hunter is guilty. (The first person I deleted chimed in too.)

I don't believe there was ever any dispute about the paperwork being filled out incorrectly; the question was whether it needed to be a federal case or not, and whether anything beyond politics was causing that level of prosecution.

Now that it is clear that the persecution would only get worse, I have no problem with President Biden deciding not to martyr his son to some sense of propriety. It is clear that no amount of good examples is going to have any effect on the incoming crew.

In trying to do multiple posts explaining things, I started to get a real sense of frustration with the repetition of it all. I've said that. People know that. If they don't know it, it's because they don't want to know it.

I guess my thought was that if there were nuances that people didn't know, putting them out there could help, but honestly it doesn't feel very useful.

It is more about whom we are, but there is one more type (perhaps two), where I just need to put it out there.

If someone religious supported Trump for reasons of righteousness, please call them on that.

Again, we have talked about how banning abortion doesn't really save babies, but it sure does oppress women. 

Do pro-life voters really know that?

Some of them absolutely know, but the oppression of women is kind of a turn-on for them. That does not just apply to men, but also often to women who feel like they are special by standing on the backs of other women.

There are probably also people who don't interact very much with others outside of a small circle. They may not know. They may believe that any woman having an abortion is doing so with a callous disregard for human life, and that is what is being stopped. 

I have seen doctors arguing that no doctor would really withhold life saving care from a woman miscarrying, and that the law doesn't really require it, except it keeps happening. Then when a commission looks into it, they get disbanded. 

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller

That at least has to make you wonder, right?

For most religions -- and certainly the many flavors of Christianity (except for Westboro Baptist) -- hating people, dehumanizing them, judging them, and trying to seize control of their genitals is not allowed. If they do believe it, they should be at least capable of feeling guilty for being called on it.

It might not work. They might get huffy. Still, if a little wiggle of doubt can sink in from your words, that's worth something.

For these people whom I have deleted, I have clearly decided it is not worth it. Protect your peace; the future will bring many assaults on it.

But if you can believe that someone's humanity is still within reach and appeal to that, it's worth a try.

... we are each other’s
harvest:
we are each other’s
business:
we are each other’s
magnitude and bond.

 -- Gwendolyn Brooks, from  Paul Robeson