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The morning after, was always perfect.
The morning after, there were smiles & special hugs.
Sometimes, there would even be treats.
At the breakfast table, eating the buttery, crumbly coffee cake my mother often made to take our minds off the night before, I would reach down
The morning after, there were smiles & special hugs.
Sometimes, there would even be treats.
At the breakfast table, eating the buttery, crumbly coffee cake my mother often made to take our minds off the night before, I would reach down
and feel my knees. Yes, there were still wounds there. Yes, I HAD knelt on broken glass to clean up the wreckage.
Yes, my knees still bore the wounds. Yes, I would tell myself.
It HAD happened. You're not insane.
I would look at the wall.
Where there were 10 decorative plates
Yes, my knees still bore the wounds. Yes, I would tell myself.
It HAD happened. You're not insane.
I would look at the wall.
Where there were 10 decorative plates
my mother cherished, there were now 5 and 5 empty, round, white, empty spaces.
It HAD happened. Yes. It WAS real.
Yes. It was wrong. And now, sitting at the breakfast table, with nervous laughter and warning smiles - this - this is also abuse. To make me question my very eyes.
It HAD happened. Yes. It WAS real.
Yes. It was wrong. And now, sitting at the breakfast table, with nervous laughter and warning smiles - this - this is also abuse. To make me question my very eyes.
To make me feel crazy. To take an offered hand that slapped the night before and think, this is fine.
THIS too, is abuse. This is the theft of recovery, the death of healing, the end to hope, the incredible lack of consequences.
But I still have wounds. My knees still bleed.
THIS too, is abuse. This is the theft of recovery, the death of healing, the end to hope, the incredible lack of consequences.
But I still have wounds. My knees still bleed.
I KNOW what happened. I watched it. I felt the glass chunks hit my hair like hail. My heart was going to leap out of my chest. The pounding in my ears was deafening.
I know what happened.
And this, this erasure of the abuse - this was abuse too. https://www.rawstory.com/gop-lawmakers-acting-like-the-capitol-riot-never-happened-to-protect-trump-ex-rnc-official/
I know what happened.
And this, this erasure of the abuse - this was abuse too. https://www.rawstory.com/gop-lawmakers-acting-like-the-capitol-riot-never-happened-to-protect-trump-ex-rnc-official/
The morning after, everything they did the night before was always fine. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-riot-speech/
He demanded the violence - do not be fooled - and he is STILL demanding it https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-first-comments-impeachment_n_5ffdbf24c5b6c77d85ea65b1
They weaponize our best traits in order to deny consequences and gaslight us about their nature https://www.huffpost.com/entry/there-is-no-unity-without-accountability_n_5ffdd28ec5b66f3f7961b1d0
Warning smiles threaten you to behave just right or more abuse will come https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/emotions/microexpression2.htm
they want us sweet as pie so they can run us through with out any resistance https://twitter.com/RedloraineV/status/1339602019451949063?s=20
They will reframe everything - don't let them move the goal posts of decency and criminality https://www.salon.com/2021/01/12/trump-didnt-suffer-from-paralysis-he-failed-to-stop-the-capitol-siege-because-he-loved-the-show/
Some of the best people have come away from gangs, cults, and abusive families - there are paths out to real freedom https://twitter.com/RedloraineV/status/1325523134494109696?s=20
Abusers will always balk at anything that might give comfort or safety to the targets of their abuse https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-furious-metal-detectors/
On a fancy night out, my father punched my mother because she hadn't looked away fast enough when another man caught her eye. It was in the lobby of a fancy hotel. Nobody did a god dammed thing and he said she made him do it.
Both sides were to blame. https://www.rawstory.com/ken-buck/
Both sides were to blame. https://www.rawstory.com/ken-buck/
Infractions I committed seemed pale in comparison to the punishment dealt out to me.
But god help me if I complained about the abuse. Nothing got so great a rise out of my parents than pointing out their abuses & THAT was when the real punishment began. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/01/13/trump-supporters-not-antifa-black-lives-matter-waged-war-u-s/6624919002/
But god help me if I complained about the abuse. Nothing got so great a rise out of my parents than pointing out their abuses & THAT was when the real punishment began. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/01/13/trump-supporters-not-antifa-black-lives-matter-waged-war-u-s/6624919002/
Isolating targets of abuse from sources of aid is a principle of abusers. Panic buttons were removed from our lawmakers offices BEFORE the attacks began. Someone INSIDE the buildings removed panic buttons before the attacks.
Don't let them backtrack this. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/it-was-like-looking-evil-capitol-attack-through-eyes-massachusetts-delegation/
Don't let them backtrack this. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/it-was-like-looking-evil-capitol-attack-through-eyes-massachusetts-delegation/
They own every violent act of those they inspired. Don't let them tell you anything else. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-show-supercut-trump-insurrection_n_60000f8bc5b63642b7020d8e
We have to oust the abusers https://www.rawstory.com/steve-schmidt/
Abusers hate it when we try to stand up for ourselves https://www.rawstory.com/police-violence/
Let the blame fall where it belongs - with the abusers https://www.rawstory.com/boebert/
They will call for unity & freedom from consequences at the same time they are still committing seditious crimes https://www.huffpost.com/entry/some-in-the-gop-parrot-far-right-talk-of-a-coming-civil-war_n_6003c11ec5b697df1a063d94
Learn the language and visuals of the abusers - forewarned is forearmed https://www.insider.com/capitol-rioters-clothes-revealed-deeper-story-about-possible-future-threats-2021-1
They livestreamed their treason https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/
Abusers always use their power to haunt the targets of their abuse and to also help the agents of chaos that work on their behalf https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/capitol-riot-exposed-flaws-trump-s-dhs-focused-immigration-not-n1254464
There is no peace with out justice https://www.rawstory.com/mlk-quotes-on-justice/
showing principles of abuse https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-electoral-college-martin-luther-king-jr-day_n_60062d47c5b62c0057bf9937
we know exactly who has said what https://www.rawstory.com/maria-bartiromo-2650019179/
and who told them to do it https://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari/watch/as-trump-leaves-wh-new-evidence-highlights-republican-support-for-capitol-siege-99655237914
Believe people when they show you who they are https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/gop-was-sowing-seeds-fascism-violence-long-trump-n1253970?icid=msd_topgrid
He did everything he could to whip them into a frenzy https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rhetoric-2650020956/
None of the stunts will change the fact that we see who they are https://www.huffpost.com/entry/don-lemon-gop-hypocrisy-donald-trump-mlk_n_60069c79c5b62c0057bff86a
They bought it. Let them own it. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-coup-2650069726/
Unity is a trap when you are dealing with abusers https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-2650079668/
And they will define unity as "Doing everything we want them to, not complaining, and not doing anything to help the people of the USA" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-unity-biden-agenda_n_600b11e6c5b6f401aea41f08
It is always tempting to think it wasn't as bad as it was.
IT WAS as bad as it was. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/trump-impeachment-biden/index.html
IT WAS as bad as it was. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/trump-impeachment-biden/index.html
Eject all terrorists from government!!! https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-green-2650177221/
The morning after we were always told that the violence he subjugated us to was our fault for some minor offense deserved the great punishment. And we had done nothing to deserve it. Ever. https://www.salon.com/2021/01/29/media-tries-to-both-sides-an-insurrection-no-anger-over-the-capitol-riot-isnt-partisan-rancor/
those who study treason say this is treason https://www.rawstory.com/trump-insurrection-treason/
Murder is not a political base value - but it is for abusive racists! https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trevor-noah-marjorie-taylor-greene_n_6018dfd4c5b6bde2f5c26a96
Because no conviction would be the destruction of healing https://www.rawstory.com/convict-trump/
