(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Our youth are Endangered, Terrified, and Enraged! DEMS must do something NOW or we may lose them! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-20 What do we tell the children? So last night I was skipping through the DK headlines and landed on a diary regarding how obvious it was or should be to all of us that Joe Biden will be the next Democratic presidential nominee. I was instinctively pounding out my comment in support of that idea when I got a text from one of my adult daughters. It was a tic-toc video of some guy who goes by JDKon — a trans influencer who is especially important to her right now because my beautiful 15-year-old grandson is choosing to be known as Susan. They look amazing in the skater dresses they wear and the eyeliner they artfully apply each day. My daughter has become increasingly terrified for them, after the Club Q shooting, a mile from where she grew up, a few miles from where they live now. It’s what’s happening in Tennessee, Florida and other places that has her lying in her bed at night, sometimes trembling and weepy, thankful to be in Colorado, but scared nonetheless. I stopped to watch the video, and was sad, heartbroken and suddenly stunned, for in the middle of it, I heard a huge pointed “Joe Biden isn’t doing anything!” and omg, I went OUCH! Long story short, I cautioned my daughter about… something. Party unity. All that stuff I completely believe with all my heart. She cried out, “Mom, we’re dying out here! I don’t want Joe Biden either. I’m sorry! He’s not doing anything! Nobody is doing anything!” This is not the exact video she sent, but very similar. x YouTube Video She cried out, “Mom, we’re dying out here! I don’t want Joe Biden either. I’m sorry! He’s not doing anything! Nobody is doing anything!” We talked for awhile. It was a little painful, but we heard each other. She is going to write a letter to Joe and tell the President about her amazing child, my grandchild. I am going to write a diary and suggest that WTF? At some point JFK called out the FBI and sent in the troops to find the dead boys in Mississippi. Kids are being shot in yards, schools, driveways… Girls are having their private organs monitored. POC cannot walk in their own neighborhoods or call the police for help in an emergency without fear of being killed by the very people they pay taxes to serve them. Goddam entire glaciers are melting and we are debating whether or not kids can read about Ruby Bridges. It is time to FUCKING STEP IT UP. ELECT MORE DEMOCRATS EVERYWHERE. VOTE. WRITE. PROTEST. DEMAND ACTION. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/20/2165003/-Our-Youth-are-Endangered-Terrified-and-Enraged-DEMS-must-do-something-NOW-or-we-may-LOSE-it-all Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/