I can put women in their place. I can control your children's minds. I can declare biological fact and racial hierarchy - and thus your existence or non-existence, your right to be here or not. I can declare primacy for one religion and interpret its texts to support my right to power and to suppress all dissent. I can assert all my efforts as righteous ones, representing freedom, love of country, and duty to God. Choking is an apt metaphor. As is drowning. Thank you.
I can put women in their place. I can control your children's minds. I can declare biological fact and racial hierarchy - and thus your existence or non-existence, your right to be here or not. I can declare primacy for one religion and interpret its texts to support my right to power and to suppress all dissent. I can assert all my efforts as righteous ones, representing freedom, love of country, and duty to God. Choking is an apt metaphor. As is drowning. Thank you.
Solidarity. I want you to breathe. I want you to live. I want you to thrive. Thank you for reading and for writing.