Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have noticed me mentioning that I would write out a "year in review" post—wanting to get it finished and published by yesterday.
I set a couple hours to work on it yesterday and all it really needs is some editing. I took a glance at Twitter while I was finishing it up and read up about what happened in Washington DC. It goes without saying that I'm beyond appalled at the interruption of the congressional certification of electoral votes. A part of me is shocked that those who participated in an attempt to hijack and attack our democracy— bureaucratic systems, and ultimately our body politic—actually followed through on it. However, the continuing mentality of those who still blindly—or, more accurately, chose to follow—Trump and the false ideas of a "rigged election", mainstream journalism being "fake news" leaves me unfazed. Bill Maher, even if I don't always agree with him, has said in multiple shows that Trump will refuse to leave if he loses the election and former President Barack Obama's statement yesterday points out the systems which continue to enable said mentality and what led up to the mob's attack on the Capitol...
Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/jLCKo2D1Ya
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 7, 2021
My frustration with yesterday's events is not the reason why I'm holding back on publishing my 2020 retrospective. I don't believe that it is the right time to publish something that's more personal—especially since I was more optimistic about this year—and take the focus away from a direct attack on democracy at large.
My plan is to get the post up on Sunday. Please stay safe and take care of yourselves!
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