2020: The Year From Hell

2020: The Year From Hell

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“Damian,” said Bruce, “What does justice mean to you?”

For the first few seconds, Damian did not react. Instead, he pulled his cape over his head and tossed it onto the bench, while Bruce waited patiently for him to answer. 

“Why?”

“I want to know.”

Damian crossed his arms. “Grayson tried to have this conversation with me too, in the beginning. I assume it’s traditional.”

“What did you tell him?”

“I did not. Philosophy is pretentious nonsense.”

“Pretentious,” Bruce repeated, blinking. 

“I know what I said.”

“Humor me.” Bruce set his gloves aside and gestured for Damian to take a seat on the bench. Damian did not want to. Bruce could see that much in his eyes, but in the end he did sit. Bruce took the seat opposite him, cowl pulled backwards. 

“How do you know when something is unjust?” he asked. 

“It feels wrong.”

“Feels?”

“It makes me angry,” said Damian shortly, “or upset. Hurts. Wrong.”

“What was the first thing that felt wrong?” 

Bruce looked expectantly at Damian. Damian stared flatly back, and he did not answer. 

“I don’t remember the first time I felt injustice personally,” Bruce volunteered, “but my parents made sure I was aware of it. I remember an afternoon when I was five years old. My father came to pick me up from kindergarten himself that day. We bought ice cream and walked by the river.”

No response. 

“We went to the old bridge by the ferry. Do you know where that is?”

Damian nodded. 

“It was cloudy. There weren’t many people that day, so father and I stood alone by the water. He asked me if I was the fastest kid I knew. I wasn’t, so I told him no, I had a friend from school who beat me in every race.”

Bruce half-smiled. “This was long before Superman and Flash, of course.”

“Yes.”

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alaska, utah, maine, iowa, south carolina: CALL YOUR SENATOR to prevent a 6-3 conservative SCOTUS majority. scripts below.

(posted 9/19) Hi y’all. I know most folks on this site are probably reeling from the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. If we want to preserve rights for women that she fought for her whole life, we need to follow her lead and mobilize.

At this point, the only real hope for escaping a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, absent Biden winning in a landslide and packing the court, is if four Republican Senators stand up to Mitch McConnell’s double standards and maintain the precedent that the Republicans followed in 2016: not voting on a Presidential SCOTUS nominee in an election year.

Is McConnell’s “election year” rule a hundred percent fake? Yes. Do I hate that we have to play ball on this shitty, institution-shattering court that he’s set up? Yes. But McConnell & co. robbed Barack Obama of his SCOTUS appointment in 2016. There should be one more Dem judge seated than there is right now, and this is our only chance to keep the playing field even remotely equal.

If you live in one of the following states, please call these specific Senators right now and plead them to go against McConnell. I really can’t stress enough that this may be the only path to stop the Senate adding a THIRD Trump appointee in four years. I have included scripts and phone numbers to make this as quick and easy as possible. It will take you five minutes, less, and there are never as many callers as you think there are. Your voice could make an actual difference.

ALASKA: Lisa Murkowski, (202) 224-6665 Hello, my name is X, and I’m a constituent from Alaska, zip code XXXXX. I don’t need a response to this message. On September 18th, Senator Murkowski said she “would not support” filling a Supreme Court vacancy before the inauguration, because it would be a “double standard.” I was glad to hear Senator Murkowski standing up for what’s right and I encourage her to keep this position, staying consistent with the precedent set in 2016. Senator, please oppose filling the vacancy before the inauguration. Thank you.

UTAH: Mitt Romney, (202) 224-5251 Hello, my name is X, and I’m a constituent from Utah, zip code XXXXX. I don’t need a response to this message. I want to urge Senator Romney to oppose filling the Supreme Court vacancy with a Trump nominee, due to the precedent set by Mitch McConnell in 2016. Earlier this year, Senator Romney voted to convict President Trump during his impeachment trial, and that gives me confidence that he can resist party pressure and fight this double standard. Senator, please oppose filling the vacancy before the inauguration. Thank you.

MAINE: Susan Collins, (202) 224-2523 Hello, my name is X, and I’m a constituent from Maine, zip code XXXXX. I don’t need a response to this message. I want to urge Senator Collins to oppose filling the Supreme Court vacancy with a Trump nominee, due to the precedent set by Mitch McConnell in 2016. In an election year for Senator Collins, it’s important to me to see that she can stand up for what’s right despite party pressure. Senator, please oppose filling the vacancy before the inauguration. Thank you.

IOWA: Chuck Grassley, (202) 224-3744 Hello, my name is X, and I’m a constituent from Iowa, zip code XXXXX. I don’t need a response to this message. In August, Senator Grassley said that he “couldn’t move forward with” filling a Supreme Court vacancy before this year’s election if it were on the table, because it would backtrack on the standard he helped set in 2016. I want to urge Senator Grassley to stick to this position and oppose double standards. Senator, please oppose filling the vacancy before the inauguration. Thank you.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Lindsey Graham (I know, long shot), (202) 224-5972 Hello, my name is X, and I’m a constituent from South Carolina, zip code XXXXX. I don’t need a response to this message. Senator Graham has said, and this is a direct quote, “I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination.“ He repeated the idea again in 2018, saying, “If an opening comes in the last year of President Trump’s term, and the primary process has started, we’ll wait to the next election.” I urge Senator Graham to stand by his previous words and play by the rules the Republican Party has established for election-year nominations. Senator Graham, please oppose filling the Supreme Court vacancy before the inauguration. Thank you.

and if you don’t live in one of these states - please do reblog!!

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This is both amazing and profoundly irritating - the exact writing equivalent of that thing artists do - you know, how they’ll mess up anything that’s on expensive paper and planned in every single detail but get them doodling during a boring lesson and suddenly they’re Michel-bloody-angelo.