We can have snowflakes.
Or we can have dragons.

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[Warning:This is a vodka thread. It’s long, and fueled by truth & profanity.]
1/ Do you feel like you’re fighting an unstoppable force?
Does it wear you down, then fuel you again – because nothing has ever been...
2/ more worthy of your fight?
Me too.
You, me - we cherish what this current administration seeks to destroy.
We #RESIST out of fear –
3/ real fear – for the safety & future of both the people & nation we love.
It’s a fucking battle. And we’re just in the beginning.
4/ I don’t think we’ll ever have a harder fight.
It’s a fight for our children, our nation, our future, our souls.
5/ We're gonna need help. We’re gonna need fucking WARRIORS.
Hm…
What makes a warrior?
This Q came, listening 2 voices in #TheResistance...
6/ B/c there’s something stupid brewing, & I’m here to fucking slap it down.

There are stubborn voices, arguing against accepting those...
7/ who now regret their vote for monster POTUS. Some of these folks now even want to fight – to speak out loudly against Trump.
8/ And yet, they are being shunned. Aggressed. https://twitter.com/freedarko/status/898299222528638976
9/ B/c, these voters didn’t start from the same purest of pure stance. If this is your position, consider this is your fucking wake-up call.
10/ Now, I’m not talking about ghouls who are mad b/c they won’t get a big enough wall. I’m talking about folks who are horrified that...
11/ POTUS is a Nazi sympathizer, among other things. Sure. We may still have policy differences, but they want to root out an evil mobster..
12/ & we need fucking help. So, I ask-

What makes a warrior?

Calling yourself a patriot? Both sides use that term. You’re probably one.
13/ That is not what makes you a warrior. Hmm…

What makes a warrior?

You can be an Erik Prince & fight 4 “treasure” - 4 reward 2 your ego.
14/ I see a lot of U doing this. But that does not make U a warrior. &, the distinction between warrior & mercenary seems lost our media...
15/ - our military leaders even, since they entertained that fool, if only 4 a second.

What makes a warrior? It’s difficult 2 answer, no?
16/ Well, the artists always illuminate. Some exploring through characters.
One of my recent favorites is Daenerys of GOT.
17/ She knows the difference between fighters & warriors.
She answers the question.
All U have 2 do is look at who follows her & why...
18/ B/c those mutha fuckers are fucking warriors.

Warriors BELIEVE.

Warriors have an inner drive & absolute resolve b/c they have CLARITY.
19/ They know exactly what they’re fighting 4, so they know exactly who 2 fight.
& when a warrior is a CONVERT (as all Daenerys’ warriors R)
20/...then they know exactly HOW 2 fight.
Because they’re fighting what they intimately know.
BECAUSE they're a convert.
See how that works?
21/ Don’t turn that away.
Don’t turn away the very best warrior U can add 2 your army.
Don’t turn away the knowledge abt your enemy...
22/ ...that converts bring. That’s part of why they converted. They want 2 bring U their story – their knowledge. They want to help U fight.
23/ They want to help you win.
They want to save that which they are responsible for harming.

Think on it that way. Think like a convert.
24/ Think of the guilt & shame U would have over a colossal mistake that caused real harm 2 something you loved. Imagine U were then...
25/ offered an opportunity to not only right your wrong, but 2 make sure that it never happened again.
Imagine U had a chance 2 take...
26/ all of your guilt, & re-direct it 2 cure what U wronged. Would you do it?
This is the thing U love deeply I’m talking about here.
27/ YOU fucked it up, & now you can now make it right.

What would you do? Shrug & walk away? Or would you fight?
28/ I would fucking fight.
Because I’m a goddamn warrior too!
Fuck you, I AM!
29/ Are U still not there? Do U still not get it? OK, let me appeal 2 the narcissist in U then…

Imagine someone who is just like YOU.
30/ You’re a fighter by nature, or U wouldn’t be resisting, right?
Imagine, then, being betrayed by someone U trusted or BELIEVED in.
31/ Like, U just gave him the most sacred thing U have: your trust, your belief, your soul’s very energy. And then he fucking betrays U.
32/ In the worst way possible - by lining his pockets & shitting on your kitchen table.
How would U feel? What would U want 2 do 2 him?
33/ You know the answer.
You would breathe fucking fire.

THAT is what it feels like to be a convert.
34/ And it’s not just fictional characters who get this. History is littered w/ examples of leaders who knew the power of converts.
35/ Ghandi - he knew. He knew the most imprtnt pple 2 bring into the non-violent cause were women & the oppressed – even judges & soldiers.
36/ These were ppl who knew discipline. Who could take punishment. They could handle this shit. B/c this is the scariest fucking thing on 🌎–
37/ Fucking terrifying to walk UNARMED into a fucking ARMY & resist non-violently. Accept the violence & suffering w/o even raising a hand.
38/ When non-violent, un-armed men & women walked fearlessly & slowly & intentionally into live fire, the British knew...
39/ “They have a superior force.”

Moral superiority won & liberated almost a billion people. And brought on more followers – from far away…
40/ MLK, preacher, knew the power of conversion. He took the powerless & made them powerful. He taught them how 2 face suffering...
41/ in spite of their fear. & they were the warriors that fulfilled the promise of our nation.

You know who else was a convert? Bob Marley.
42/ You gonna turn away prophetic voices like Bob fucking Marley? Not me.

Is this still too big a thought bubble for you...?
43/ Were U just so goddamn victimized by Trump voters that U could never forgive them? Boo fucking hoo. Tell that to Matt...
44/ Matt accepted a convert – he joined forces with the American Nazi who beat him & left him for dead. https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/901848289133203456
45/ Matt did this to spread peace. To resist fascist forces in our society. Because Matt's a fucking warrior.
46/ Were you hurt worse than Matt? If you still believe that, then move outta the fucking way, or my dragons are gonna burn you down too.
47/ Victims who shun forgiveness aren’t warriors. They’re haters.
& fighters for treasure - like click-bait, celebrity, & Twitter adulation
48/ aren’t warriors either. They’re mercenaries.

Daenerys knows the difference.
That is why we love her.
Be her.
Be Daenerys.
49/ Converts are some bad ass warriors.
Don’t turn them away.
Take the mutha fuckin’ dragons.
50/ Jump on their backs, & let them fly you into the heart of their own territory.
Only with their help, can we burn it all down.
The window for dragons closed today. No one who supports him, from this moment on, has the moral strength required.
Any declared conversion may be accepted, but not trusted. They are not reliable allies & are operating solely from fear of judgement.
Leave them in solitude.
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