?`s and ANNEswers

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Thank You, Bernice

I have officially left Facebook for good. So if you want to keep in touch you have my email, my cellphone, and my Zoom link with which to do it. If you don’t want to keep in touch, that’s okay too.

I am still absorbing the new world in our country and am searching for a name to describe those who have taken over: 45/47, the Speaker of the House, the oligarchs, and the Republicans. In yesterday’s post, I noted that I needed to find an easier way to refer to them all; and that’s still a challenge.

While I ponder it, let me share what the daughter of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King said about the situation. I found it on Facebook before I deleted my account. I have tried to corroborate it online, but to no avail. So even if Bernice King didn’t make the following suggestions, they are worthy of consideration if you’re unhappy with the current situation.

  1. Don’t use his name; EVER (45 will do)
  2. Remember this is a regime and he’s not acting alone;
  3. Do not argue with those who support him-it doesn’t work;
  4. Focus on his POLICIES, not his orange-ness and his mental state;
  5. Keep your message positive; they want the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow;
  6. No more helpless/hopeless talk;
  7. Support artists and the arts;
  8. Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it;
  9. Take care of yourselves; And
  10. Resist! When you post or talk about him, don’t assign his actions to him, assign them to “The Republican Administration,” or “The Republicans.” This will have several effects: the Republican legislators will either have to take responsibility for their association with him or stand up for what some of them don’t like; he will not get the focus of attention he craves.

I’m not sure I can follow all of this, but for those of us who feel bereft it is solid advice.

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