Let it be known that I will lose followers over this thread because of three elements:

- I’m not white.
- People have been conditioned to receive my emotions as anger automatically.
- I’m not allowed to feel anything.
- What I’m about to say WILL hurt feelings.

I don’t care.

In 2016, a tyrant was elected as our president—it was the worst day of mine and my friend’s lives. I went to school in a rural part of where I live, which was COVERED with Trump flags. People were riding around in their YEE YEE trucks waving their hunting rifles and MAGA hats.

The people of color on campus were somber, heads bowed, not making eye contact, skipping class, and some were even crying.

Our fight hasn’t stopped for the past four years. We haven’t gotten a break. The pain from that Election Day can still be felt TO THIS DAY, but DEEPER.

Today I lost.
My friends of color lost.
My beautiful black community lost.
The brown people in cages lost.
Trans women of color lost.
The LGBTQIA+ community lost.
Women of color lost.

So many losses.

I’ve been floating between platforms trying to formulate a cohesive thought about all of this. However, I found myself censoring what I actually want to say multiple times. The fact of the matter is, is that I don’t have the luxury to sit around and mope.

I have to fucking fight for survival for the next four years. And people have the nerve to say that they’re going to sit out on voting?

Fuck you.

Find alternatives. There are so many more things on that ballot than the presidents, issues that we still have to decide on.

With the exception of sexual assault and rape victims who find it EXTREMELY traumatizing to vote for Biden, EVERYONE ELSE NEEDS TO FUCKING VOTE.

I hate, with every fiber of my being, that Biden is at the forefront of the Democratic Party. He doesn’t represent me, where I come from, who I am, or what I believe in.

I will be fucking DAMNED if 45 gets another term, though. He had relentlessly tried to kill me and my people.

He *IS* killing me and my people, he’s killing ALL MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.

Do people not understand the severity of the situation??

No, because you’re looking through your white lens—BLINDED by privilege that you can’t see past.

You can’t see my pain.
You can’t see my trauma.
You can’t see the mental damage that I’ve gained just in the past 12 hours from knowing that I still don’t get a chance at freedom.

You can’t see it.

Everyday it hurts to be in a society that doesn’t want me.

Vote. We have no fucking choice.

If you don’t, you will put MILLIONS of lives in jeopardy. You will put MY fucking life in jeopardy. You will put every single person of color that you have glorified and waved around in danger. Think about it that way if you can’t ethically.

Vote.

I’m fucking done.

I’m literally fighting back tears BECAUSE I AM NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE UP. I CAN’T.

Let me add to this thread so that there isn’t any confusion:

I’m finding every alternative possible that does not include voting for Biden. Bernie can still gain delegates, HOWEVER, I’m trying to find efficient ways that can push him forward.

Nobody should be sitting at home in November. If this means sending a vote in for Bernie via mail, then do it. Find every route possible.

I apologize if it seemed like I was resulting to Biden - that wasn’t my intention. I was emotional and didn’t think about how it came across.