Why Voting Against Trump is More Than Giving The Middle Finger

We see it and hear it now more than ever. And with the megaphone of A-listers and influencers, the emphatic orders to VOTE VOTE VOTE can come off as irritating, and even self-righteous, when you consider how “voting” in past elections hasn’t quite yielded the miracle cure for potent issues that have thrived for decades.

Not to mention the active nightmare of having an ego-maniacal terrorizer in The White House, who is doing the most to guarantee the coerced outcome of another four years of chaos and mayhem.

And even the ugly, open secret of decades-long tax evasion that delight his worshippers and horrify the rest of us won’t hamper Trump’s obsession with winning the upcoming election, by any means necessary.

There’s also Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, who is carrying the cumbersome burden of rescuing an ailing nation on life support from imminent extinction at the grasp of the Thug-in-Chief, who has turned the presidency into a criminalized family business that operates from the epicenter of white supremacy and the defacement of our democracy.

Biden may not be an exciting prospect, and in fact the former Vice President understands how his unplanned presidency may be a source of concern for those who rely on the theatrics of a worthy contender, who has the charisma and celebrity to be make election season an entertaining tradition.

But unfortunately, 2020 has been traumatic on every level imaginable, based on the brutality of Covid-19 and the systemic disease from police brutality with the injustice that leaves vulnerable communities weary and defeated.

It’s not that these polarizing items that threaten and kill Black and Brown citizens haven’t always been symptomatic during past administrations, including the eight years of the first-ever Black president, who tried but failed to get vital legislation approved by the racist GOP.

However, when you’re under the duress of a self-professed white nationalist, who weaponizes his absolute power to empower and radicalize white males into domestic terrorists, demonstrating the deadliness of #MAGA, that’s when the high stakes get dangerously higher with the promise of more lives lost to systemic savagery.