Revolution

If the Sandy Hook shooting where 20 children were shot and killed didn’t change gun laws in America, nothing will.

If videos of black people being murdered by police officers doesn’t even result in convictions for the murderers, nothing is going to change the way the police conduct themselves, and nothing is going to convince racists that there is a problem.

If the Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein cases, and a whole bunch of other high profile sexual assault and discrimination incidents don’t convince misogynists that there is a problem, nothing is going to.

If the staggering poverty and gross and unfair wealth distribution, the limited access to basic human rights, the horrible treatment of the poor and minorities, as well as the middle class, doesn’t make our leaders and richest people do something, You’re not going to be able to broach their selfish ways.

If all the videos of animals being tortured and treated inhumanely, and all the deregulation and abolishment of environmental protections and climate change doesn’t upset or alarm people, posting facts and statistics isn’t going to do it.

If bombing abortion clinics and shooting up gay nightclubs and suicides from persecution and denying civil rights based on sexual orientation doesn’t convince fanatical evangelicals that their views are wrong and hurting people, nothing you say or do will alter their faith.

If all the corrupt and horrible things Trump says and does, and all his terrible policies and executive orders don’t make his supporters realize that he’s a horrible human being and destroying America, nothing is going to change their minds.

The point is, it’s probably time to stop worrying about changing these people’s minds, and get the revolution started already. We keep coming up with clever and reasonable arguments to illustrate the logical and rational points to people who don’t want to see them, and nothing we do is going to make them consider any of it. How many generations is civilization going to go on being held back because no one can be bothered to grab some pitchforks and get their hands bloody? You wonder why the people in charge don’t fear us? Would you be afraid of us? We can’t even stop fighting amongst ourselves and come up with a candidate we can agree on. No wonder a lot of conservatives view liberals as weak and ineffectual, and think the label is embarrassing. There comes a point where you have to make a stand.
Revolution might be the only way.