Post by Bob on May 27, 2018 21:04:40 GMT -5
I've posted a few columns by Linda Sharp, and this is one her most fierce, regarding children being taken from their parents at the border by ICE agents. Now apparently, a number of these children cannot be accounted for by the government who separated them from their parents who were seeking asylum. I enjoy the passion with which Linda Sharp writes. I suspect if any of you read this, you agree that it's a searing indictment of our government and those who voted for Trump. One more sad example of what our once proud country has devolved into.
#YOULostTheChildren
Here's a brief excerpt:
Watching the story covered by Chris Hayes, reading the ICE excerpts containing statements from those parents who watched as their small children were taken from them sickened me. Literally. That so many have been lost? The fury I felt, combined with the fear I have lived with every single day since Culley came into this world - that of someday not knowing where my child is - violently forced itself from my body. Manifested into the vomiting of what little I had eaten Friday, the strength of emotion had to find release.
We all know that this administration hates people of any color other than white. We know their disdain of immigrants is legend, encouraged to be let out and proudly shown by the most reprehensible sack of sewage to occupy the Oval. We know our current governance is peopled with like minded bigots, racists, and completely out-of-touch rich kids who only care about their own enrichment and survival.
But to now know that this cadre of evil has not only sanctioned the ripping away from their parents children as young as ONE YEAR, but that they have lost almost 1,500 of them? As a parent, it is my nightmare come to life. To say I cannot imagine the horror of these parents is wrong. I can imagine it. I have imagined it repeatedly through the years - that of having my child kidnapped by some faceless stranger. But these parents see the faces of their child's kidnappers. They see the faces of their confused, scared children as they are dragged away screaming for their parents to save them. And they end up here, or worse.
Sit with that a minute. Look at your own children. Especially you, the MAGAt who helped bring this about.
YOU OWN THIS.
YOU cheered this at Trump's hate rallies. YOU emboldened him to take steps that not only echo the Hitler tactics of child separation, but replicate them. YOU, who bought wholesale the bullsh*t story of a pizza parlor with an imaginary basement where child sex trafficking was coordinated by Hillary Clinton. YOU, who always blame every black person whose life ends at the hands of corrupt and racist police officers. YOU, who claim to love the Constiitution, yet support Trump's aggression against football players who dare use their rights to peacefully protest. YOU, who stood shoulder to shoulder in this raw sewage of the worst of human behavior. Hear me now:
YOU LOST THE CHILDREN.
Just as you do not get to act innocent in the face of tax cuts for the rich, the ripping away of healthcare, the targeting of DACA recipients, the endangering of LGBTQIA human beings, the continued suffering in Puerto Rico, and on and on - you do not get to act surprised, angry, or innocent as this news of the missing children fills the airwaves.
YOU. DID. THIS.
Every single churchgoing MAGAt who cheers Trump's pretend crusade against abortion? YOU LOST THE CHILDREN.
And do not even come at me with the "well, you don't care about children being ripped from a uterus" garbage. There is a massive difference between a ball of cells, and actual human beings shoved into cells.
#YOULostTheChildren
Here's a brief excerpt:
Watching the story covered by Chris Hayes, reading the ICE excerpts containing statements from those parents who watched as their small children were taken from them sickened me. Literally. That so many have been lost? The fury I felt, combined with the fear I have lived with every single day since Culley came into this world - that of someday not knowing where my child is - violently forced itself from my body. Manifested into the vomiting of what little I had eaten Friday, the strength of emotion had to find release.
We all know that this administration hates people of any color other than white. We know their disdain of immigrants is legend, encouraged to be let out and proudly shown by the most reprehensible sack of sewage to occupy the Oval. We know our current governance is peopled with like minded bigots, racists, and completely out-of-touch rich kids who only care about their own enrichment and survival.
But to now know that this cadre of evil has not only sanctioned the ripping away from their parents children as young as ONE YEAR, but that they have lost almost 1,500 of them? As a parent, it is my nightmare come to life. To say I cannot imagine the horror of these parents is wrong. I can imagine it. I have imagined it repeatedly through the years - that of having my child kidnapped by some faceless stranger. But these parents see the faces of their child's kidnappers. They see the faces of their confused, scared children as they are dragged away screaming for their parents to save them. And they end up here, or worse.
Sit with that a minute. Look at your own children. Especially you, the MAGAt who helped bring this about.
YOU OWN THIS.
YOU cheered this at Trump's hate rallies. YOU emboldened him to take steps that not only echo the Hitler tactics of child separation, but replicate them. YOU, who bought wholesale the bullsh*t story of a pizza parlor with an imaginary basement where child sex trafficking was coordinated by Hillary Clinton. YOU, who always blame every black person whose life ends at the hands of corrupt and racist police officers. YOU, who claim to love the Constiitution, yet support Trump's aggression against football players who dare use their rights to peacefully protest. YOU, who stood shoulder to shoulder in this raw sewage of the worst of human behavior. Hear me now:
YOU LOST THE CHILDREN.
Just as you do not get to act innocent in the face of tax cuts for the rich, the ripping away of healthcare, the targeting of DACA recipients, the endangering of LGBTQIA human beings, the continued suffering in Puerto Rico, and on and on - you do not get to act surprised, angry, or innocent as this news of the missing children fills the airwaves.
YOU. DID. THIS.
Every single churchgoing MAGAt who cheers Trump's pretend crusade against abortion? YOU LOST THE CHILDREN.
And do not even come at me with the "well, you don't care about children being ripped from a uterus" garbage. There is a massive difference between a ball of cells, and actual human beings shoved into cells.
