Thread by @ellle_em, The first presidential election in which I was eligible to vote was [...]

Elle M. (they/them)

ellle_em

The first presidential election in which I was eligible to vote was 2004 and I voted for John Kerry

In 2008 & 2012 I voted for Barack Obama

In 2016 I voted for Hillary Clinton

I have been voting for who the Democratic Party has given me every single damn time.

I have been showing up since I was 18 and I have been grinning-and-bearing it just as long.

I have a right to be upset that in 2020 we're fvcking stuck with Joe fvcking Biden ok?

I have a right to express how upset and disappointed and disgusted I am with Biden being the nominee. I have a right to point out the ways in which his record, his history, his policy decisions and personal conduct have angered me. I have a right to be fed up.

And everyone who wants to lecture me about sucking it up and dealing with it and lending my voice and support because the alternative is too fvcking horrendous to consider (like Bush was in 2004)-- shut up.

Shut up.

I've been sucking it up since I was 18.

The fact that after Biden's nomination was announced there were legions of people on here going out & reminding us that expressing dissent is supporting Trump is gross. The fact that once again, there are no good options is gross. The fact that victims are being lectured is gross

The fact that victims of sexual abuse/assault/harassment/predation have to ONCE AGAIN go on here and explain why we didn't report, why our stories may not always sound 100% airtight, why trauma & power imbalances might color the way we're perceived is G R O S S

And look I am not blaming marginalized people who supported Biden because here's where I may lose a lot of folks but: Bernie Sanders didn't gain my trust either. His platform did in many ways but he, himself, did not. I understand why he didn't gain the trust of marginalized ppl

There's a level of comfortable indifference in the Democratic Party that taints everything it does and all its strident outreach goes to convincing the left it must pull center rather than suggesting substantive change that would move the center left.

I'm just tired.

And I'm mostly tired of being told to do my part.

I've been doing it. Let me feel angry and upset and sad and maybe even a bit hopeless. Let me express that. Let me have this small space I've carved out for myself

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