“We cannot stop the fight”

Never have I been more scared – scared for myself, my family, my friends, and the very foundation of our country.
Never have I wanted to cry over an election, nor have I thought that the president meant to protect us could be the very thing to destroy us.
Now, I sit and think about the innocence I once had, before I knew Donald Trump, MAGS, and the corruption that has a chokehold over our nation.
And after reminiscing, I only have one question.
How has hate won?
But statements, I have many.
I shouldn’t have to fear that my safety, and the safety of everyone I know and love is at risk because of a president. Nobody should have to plan for the worst, preparing themselves for a doomsday scenario because of a president.
Isn’t a president supposed to push our country forward, protect us and the foundations of democracy? That’s what I was led to believe all my life, and I’m sure the same goes for everyone else out there.
It all comes back to that one question, burning at the back of my mind like fire.
How has hate won?
It’s not just about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump anymore, not about Democrats and Republicans. It’s about humanity and the hatred that plagues us.
The future is uncertain, unsteady, and unbearable. While there’s much that I don’t know, what I do know is this: We cannot stop the fight.
We cannot afford to lay down our arms in defeat, to let vice eat us alive.
No, we won’t.
This is the time for us to band together, march forward into the looming darkness. I know it’s terrifying, believe me. We don’t know how far these people, people consumed by hate, will go.
They will claw, scratch, and spit at us, worse than they’ve ever done before. But, how far will they go?
The better question here, actually, is how far will they go back?
How far will they pull us back into a past of discrimination, dehumanization, violence beyond comprehension?
I don’t know. But I do know this: We cannot stop the fight.
So let’s join hands, holding tighter than we’ve ever held before, and march forward. We will not let them drag us into the past. We will not be silenced. We will not live under their oppression.
No, we won’t.
Together, let’s make a beautiful body of love and humanity. We will make it. I’ll say it again and again a thousand times over:
We will prevail.