It defies logic that multiple other countries, led by elected men and women, have seen the inherent evil in our president and his policies, yet Americans who are living it cannot. Those men and women leading multitudes of people do not follow the news. They are relying on their own interactions with and observations of the man, his words, and his actions.
It makes it so much sadder to watch government members in those countries stand up in their own governmental houses and spit vehemence toward what they know is damaging a beloved allied country, and that they fear will threaten their own. America’s own equivalent elected officials won’t do the same. They simp. They excuse. They praise. And they are condemned.
We, the resistance, the electorate who have educated ourselves on the history that has led to this, need cheerleaders. Our fight will be long and arduous, have no doubt. It will have mountains and valleys to be faced, and while we try to hold each other up, it is tiring.
We will persist. When one pocket shows signs of collapse, another will rush in to bolster while a third intensifies their fighting to fill the gap. We need those other countries, now pulling into tight circles for their own safety, to see us. We need them to look over the falsely built-up demagogues to see the real people who are here, fighting for the way of life that made us allies.
Please. Find us in the chaos. Champion us. We have looked inside for hope and are finding only miniscule examples. Shine for us. Help us build ourselves up when we falter. Bring us back from the edges of despair to keep fighting from within while you fight from afar.
Help us hold up the few among our elected who risk their careers and possibly lives to stand with us and who speak openly about the dark evil descending. Shout about their good, not about the evil ones. We know who the oppressors are and what they plan. Keep showing us the good trying to stand beside us instead.
Until we mature into a homogenous group of strong defenders, be our boosters. We will persist. Having friends in France, Britain, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland - all of the countries we grew up enjoying - would say so much to us. We won’t be recognized or spoken highly of from inside our own country. We will be debased and those who defy us will try to trample us.
Keep us in your sights. When you rail against the poison cascading through America, remember that we, the Americans, are struggling against it. When you talk among yourselves of ways to insulate against the American leader, do not insulate from us, the citizens.
Do not leave us in your wake. Support us. We are the resistance.
As a Canadian, I would like to assure ALL SANE people of the USA, we still love you. We still consider you friends. It is my hope that, once Krasnov and the other Nazis are overthrown, we will welcome you back with open arms. ( And maybe some maple syrup) 🇨🇦🇺🇲