A Place to Stand Up, Stand Out, and Say NO

If you haven’t done so already, I urge you to purchase, On Tyranny, Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, by Timothy Snyder.  In a nutshell, it is an extended pamphlet on how to protect democracy.

Lesson 8 reads,

Stand out.

Someone has to.  It is easy to follow along.  It can feel strange to do or say something different.  But without that unease, there is no freedom.  Remember Rosa Parks.  The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution states,

[The Congress shall have Power . . .] To establish Post Offices and post Roads; . . .

Trump's newly appointed Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, is tampering with the U.S. Postal Service with the intent to suppress votes in districts that are populated by citizens of color.  In order to preserve our democracy, we must stand up, stand out, and say NO to all forms of voter suppression.

I urge you to write your Congressmen and Senators and take a stand to adequately fund the U.S. Postal Service so that every vote by mail, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, can arrive on time and can be counted. Democracy Matters!

CPW