We Will Find a Way Forward
Posted Jan 10, 2026 - 21:37:22

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I've been trying to put my feelings into words about the events of the last week. In theory, I'm a writer. That's a thing I should be able to do easily. I've sat here with a blank document for the last hour though, and mostly just given up on trying to be remotely eloquent or thoughtful at all.

I'm just mostly angry and sad.

It's not the first time something like this has happened in the last twelve months, just the first time it happened on camera from multiple angles. It's been shoved on to every social media platform I'm on, and I've seen it far more than I wanted to. The adminstration has predictably toted out the a flat denial line, and the the comment sections of the internet are filled with real cultists and fake bots who will ignore the reality in front of their eyes for the narrative provided by their dear leader.

But we stand, and we fight. I don't know what the way forward is. I know there is one though, and I'm confident we'll find it.

I don't really have anything else deep to say. Like I said, the words are escaping me right now. The Joe Hill quote "Don't waste any time mourning. Organize!" comes to my mind again. I know I posted that a lot in November of 2024, but it still applies. They want us scared, they want us cowed, and they want us beaten. We won't give them that though.

We'll never give them that.
- Traegorn