Senator:
We've had our differences over the years, to put it mildly. Obviously, we agree on NOTHING. I believe you are destroying my country and you believe you have every right to destroy my country and there doesn't seem to be a way to resolve those differences.
Here's where we stand, though. You are a public servant. You both serve and represent me. So what you do is absolutely my business. It is my civic responsibility and moral obligation to do everything I possibly can to stop you and your party from destroying my state, my country, and my planet. I've dedicated the last twenty years of my life to doing just that.
And here's where I stand. I am exhausted, fatigued, sad, and frightened, partly due to age and mostly due to the stress that you and your party are putting on all of us. It takes a great deal of emotional energy to stay informed, call your office, write letters, and share the truth about you on social media. You're forcing me to also forfeit what little physical energy I have. The ONLY WAY I can be somewhat certain that you hear my voice is to come to your house and SHOUT to you from the street. This is no way to treat constituents, Senator. Actually, no way for a decent human to treat anyone who is begging you to consider how negatively you are affecting her life.
In a previous letter, I let you know that I (and many others) heard you purposely inciting violence against me (and many others), and warned you that it is not acceptable and that I was making a formal complaint. I feel like you have put a target on my back this time, expecting me to go away so you don't have to hear my voice. What a coward you are, and a monster.
I stood on the sidewalk in front of your house with a small group (twenty or so) of people and chanted my messages to you. We could have been more concise with a bullhorn and full sentences/paragraphs of our grievances and requests, but that would definitely have been more 'noisy' and annoying to your neighbors. I considered what I was doing (can't speak for the others) to be a request for you to come out and have a real conversation. Or, at the very least, to set up an appointment to hear us when you have recovered. But you didn't do that.
Let me tell you about the people I met in that crowd (only knew one when I arrived). There was one well-behaved, kind child, around eight-years-old would be my guess. I was impressed (after decades of organizing and activism) with the innovative 'noise' makers (a broken plastic broom, a kitchen pan, a street sign post, and a cow bell) that the young people used to make sounds that were more musical than noisy. Every person in that group made eye contact with me and was kind to me. They would have been the same to you, too, had you come out.
This was absolutely a peaceful, kind group in front of your house, Senator. Media who were ACTUALLY THERE, and law enforcement who were there have agreed with my assessment.
I want to believe that you are as intelligent and thorough as people try to convince me you are. Truth is, I dislike you so much that I find it hard to believe anything good about you, but I hear these claims about you, even from people who don't agree with you politically. So, if I am to believe that, I must believe that you heard the entire live stream with the few words people pretended to be shocked and horrified and worried to hear. All of the words.
I don't imagine you have much of a sense of humor. In this case, that protects you a little from the rage I feel toward many others who have blown this out of proportion and lied about it. But, even if you didn't get or appreciate the humor--same as I don't appreciate the humor when, daily, your party and supporters make jokes about shooting me or deporting me or hoping I will die so I can't vote anymore--I believe you knew the intent wasn't to do you physical harm and the person who spoke those words is someone who devotes her life to doing good and helping others every day and was no threat to your safety or your life. If your people didn't know this about her, you need new people.
And now I want to talk about voodoo dolls. According to Wikipedia, <>The term voodoo doll is commonly employed to describe an effigy into which pins are inserted. Although it comes in various different forms, such practices are found in the magical traditions of many cultures across the world. People use voodoo dolls for different reasons but mostly a voodoo doll can be used for good in your own life or the lives of others: for love, healing, protection, success . . . The doll is often a representation of the person who desires to appeal to the voodoo spirits.<>
The voodoo doll that I have associated with this most unfortunate misrepresentation of what occurred at your house the other night is one that I made and have carried around (you can see the use and stains) for years. It is a representation of you. The representation isn't kind because I dislike you and I'm snarky. But the pins on the doll (which do have meaning) are colored to bring healing to the unflattering characteristics I wrote on the doll. If I believed in the power of sticking pins in a voodoo doll, the pins I used want to cure your black heart, forked tongue, identity crisis, closed mind injury . . . Because when you are cured of what ails you (and, consequently all of us), the world is safer.
I cannot speak for the person who made the comment that you have not only allowed to be misconstrued but have also used to put another target on all of our backs, but I can tell you that everything EVERYTHING that I have seen, read, heard, or believe about her tells me that she would agree with my belief that the only thing to wish for when sticking a pin in the black heart on the voodoo doll would be to wish you healing. If she comes across this post and disagrees, I will edit to correct this statement.
I'm not convinced that your bloody hands can be healed but my daughter and sister-in-law convinced me last night that, if my fantasy of you walking out on your porch to announce that you realize how wrong you've been and are going to right this ship NOW, you could go a long way toward saving your legacy, the country, and humanity.
You and your trump-puppet and your party blab a lot about FAKE NEWS. By the time I got home from your house the night of the live stream, irresponsible-fake-news Daily Wire had rushed out a few dishonest lines about the gathering and published them as an article. Within hours, the many checkout lane rags of the internet had copied and published those lies as their own. By morning, it had reached CNN - like the game where person after person whispers a line in an ear and it ends up nothing like it started.
Instead of being a decent human, you capitalized on that and feigned fear of the peaceful group you didn't want to hear from or deal with. And your words put all of us in danger. Again. Is this truly how you want to be remembered? Defending the right of hateful people to carry assault rifles while pretending you are afraid of a grandmother with a doll who only wants to talk to you about:
caging babies/separating them from parents
blocking bills on gun reform, election protection, saving planet
social justice
healthcare
WHITE SUPREMACY
Really?
There's a huge inconsistency between the guy who is Moscow Mitch and Voodoo McConnell who pretends he is afraid his life has been endangered by someone saying to stick pins in a doll.
Sandy
We've had our differences over the years, to put it mildly. Obviously, we agree on NOTHING. I believe you are destroying my country and you believe you have every right to destroy my country and there doesn't seem to be a way to resolve those differences.
Here's where we stand, though. You are a public servant. You both serve and represent me. So what you do is absolutely my business. It is my civic responsibility and moral obligation to do everything I possibly can to stop you and your party from destroying my state, my country, and my planet. I've dedicated the last twenty years of my life to doing just that.
And here's where I stand. I am exhausted, fatigued, sad, and frightened, partly due to age and mostly due to the stress that you and your party are putting on all of us. It takes a great deal of emotional energy to stay informed, call your office, write letters, and share the truth about you on social media. You're forcing me to also forfeit what little physical energy I have. The ONLY WAY I can be somewhat certain that you hear my voice is to come to your house and SHOUT to you from the street. This is no way to treat constituents, Senator. Actually, no way for a decent human to treat anyone who is begging you to consider how negatively you are affecting her life.
In a previous letter, I let you know that I (and many others) heard you purposely inciting violence against me (and many others), and warned you that it is not acceptable and that I was making a formal complaint. I feel like you have put a target on my back this time, expecting me to go away so you don't have to hear my voice. What a coward you are, and a monster.
I stood on the sidewalk in front of your house with a small group (twenty or so) of people and chanted my messages to you. We could have been more concise with a bullhorn and full sentences/paragraphs of our grievances and requests, but that would definitely have been more 'noisy' and annoying to your neighbors. I considered what I was doing (can't speak for the others) to be a request for you to come out and have a real conversation. Or, at the very least, to set up an appointment to hear us when you have recovered. But you didn't do that.
Let me tell you about the people I met in that crowd (only knew one when I arrived). There was one well-behaved, kind child, around eight-years-old would be my guess. I was impressed (after decades of organizing and activism) with the innovative 'noise' makers (a broken plastic broom, a kitchen pan, a street sign post, and a cow bell) that the young people used to make sounds that were more musical than noisy. Every person in that group made eye contact with me and was kind to me. They would have been the same to you, too, had you come out.
This was absolutely a peaceful, kind group in front of your house, Senator. Media who were ACTUALLY THERE, and law enforcement who were there have agreed with my assessment.
I want to believe that you are as intelligent and thorough as people try to convince me you are. Truth is, I dislike you so much that I find it hard to believe anything good about you, but I hear these claims about you, even from people who don't agree with you politically. So, if I am to believe that, I must believe that you heard the entire live stream with the few words people pretended to be shocked and horrified and worried to hear. All of the words.
I don't imagine you have much of a sense of humor. In this case, that protects you a little from the rage I feel toward many others who have blown this out of proportion and lied about it. But, even if you didn't get or appreciate the humor--same as I don't appreciate the humor when, daily, your party and supporters make jokes about shooting me or deporting me or hoping I will die so I can't vote anymore--I believe you knew the intent wasn't to do you physical harm and the person who spoke those words is someone who devotes her life to doing good and helping others every day and was no threat to your safety or your life. If your people didn't know this about her, you need new people.
And now I want to talk about voodoo dolls. According to Wikipedia, <>The term voodoo doll is commonly employed to describe an effigy into which pins are inserted. Although it comes in various different forms, such practices are found in the magical traditions of many cultures across the world. People use voodoo dolls for different reasons but mostly a voodoo doll can be used for good in your own life or the lives of others: for love, healing, protection, success . . . The doll is often a representation of the person who desires to appeal to the voodoo spirits.<>
The voodoo doll that I have associated with this most unfortunate misrepresentation of what occurred at your house the other night is one that I made and have carried around (you can see the use and stains) for years. It is a representation of you. The representation isn't kind because I dislike you and I'm snarky. But the pins on the doll (which do have meaning) are colored to bring healing to the unflattering characteristics I wrote on the doll. If I believed in the power of sticking pins in a voodoo doll, the pins I used want to cure your black heart, forked tongue, identity crisis, closed mind injury . . . Because when you are cured of what ails you (and, consequently all of us), the world is safer.
I cannot speak for the person who made the comment that you have not only allowed to be misconstrued but have also used to put another target on all of our backs, but I can tell you that everything EVERYTHING that I have seen, read, heard, or believe about her tells me that she would agree with my belief that the only thing to wish for when sticking a pin in the black heart on the voodoo doll would be to wish you healing. If she comes across this post and disagrees, I will edit to correct this statement.
I'm not convinced that your bloody hands can be healed but my daughter and sister-in-law convinced me last night that, if my fantasy of you walking out on your porch to announce that you realize how wrong you've been and are going to right this ship NOW, you could go a long way toward saving your legacy, the country, and humanity.
You and your trump-puppet and your party blab a lot about FAKE NEWS. By the time I got home from your house the night of the live stream, irresponsible-fake-news Daily Wire had rushed out a few dishonest lines about the gathering and published them as an article. Within hours, the many checkout lane rags of the internet had copied and published those lies as their own. By morning, it had reached CNN - like the game where person after person whispers a line in an ear and it ends up nothing like it started.
Instead of being a decent human, you capitalized on that and feigned fear of the peaceful group you didn't want to hear from or deal with. And your words put all of us in danger. Again. Is this truly how you want to be remembered? Defending the right of hateful people to carry assault rifles while pretending you are afraid of a grandmother with a doll who only wants to talk to you about:
caging babies/separating them from parents
blocking bills on gun reform, election protection, saving planet
social justice
healthcare
WHITE SUPREMACY
Really?
There's a huge inconsistency between the guy who is Moscow Mitch and Voodoo McConnell who pretends he is afraid his life has been endangered by someone saying to stick pins in a doll.
Sandy
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