So many individuals come to this web site and browse, suppose, and typically they remark. I can let you know a few of my most seen diaries usually are not essentially those with probably the most suggestions or probably the most feedback. There are issues I’ve written that are very private to me, and some diaries that if I look again at them I battle to learn via them as a result of nonetheless, to today, I bear in mind these moments and I discover them unhappy. I shared them with the Each day Kos neighborhood as a result of it was a spot I may discuss something. Being weak isn’t about simply broadcasting to the world each occasion of your day; for me it’s about being okay to say: “I don’t have this.” Or, “I’m not at my greatest at this time.” Being weak additionally means opening your self as much as be damage. There are occasions that the Each day Kos neighborhood has left me feeling damage—not in flaming mad mode, however damage as a result of I cared for somebody, typically folks I hadn’t met or recognized properly, however I knew them via this web site and thru our shared targets.
I sat again over the previous few weeks eager about diaries that made me bear in mind what they meant to me. In a previous CUA, I highlighted David Nir’s highly effective diary that introduced me to tears. I used to be within the bathe this week eager about this and remembered this diary by Neeta Lind honoring Carter Camp in 2013. It was a strong tribute to life and the historical past of a folks. Camp would cross on not an excessive amount of longer after this, and Neeta posted a ravishing tribute:
Carter at all times saved his humorousness. On a cellphone name I had with him after the Solar Dance he stated that when folks ask him how he is feeling he replies that it is solely a case of deadly ennui, and to not fear. On the time he stated he was forcing himself to exit and water the tomatoes to maintain lively. We laughed collectively. I hung up the cellphone and wept on the considered how a lot I’d miss him.
There are such a lot of Kossacks I’ve recognized who’ve since walked on that we’ve got mourned. I thought of GrannyDoc, BruinKid, Jotter, and so many others. I may run a listing of quite a few, quite a few names. I additionally considered the joyous moments that made me really feel each unhappiness and elation, like Denise Oliver Velez’s diary in 2008 about casting a vote for Obama, and what it meant in historical past:
They’re my mom’s household. They have been held in bondage in Loudoun county. After emancipation they remained, to until the soil, to beginning infants, to construct partitions and homes – lots of which nonetheless stand at this time. They’re buried in a quiet cemetery within the woods. Their spirit lives on in me. On today, as I sit right here watching with quiet pleasure, I see a change in Virginia, which I pray will change America, and alter the world.
If you’re voting in Virginia at this time, solid that vote for all those that got here earlier than, who by no means had the prospect.
Her diary was the form of testimony that’s so highly effective that it ought to be learn and seen incessantly. It’s a piece of the historical past of our web site. There may be additionally Chris Bower’s implausible write up of Occupy Wall Road, in addition to so many commenters with pictures and appeals to what was occurring.
Some tales from way back nonetheless appear sadly true, like a 2011 diary about plans to disenfranchise voters in North Carolina.
I needed to hunt for a diary, however this one I thought of loads through the current Supreme Court docket hearings, about Consultant Foley, the Republican congressman who was found to be sexually assaulting and concerned with a collection of younger males. Republicans on the time? Nothing. Not a phrase.
Now that three full days have handed because the revelation {that a} U.S. Congressman is a predatory pedophile. And that the very best ranges of Republican congressional management was conscious of this example, and apparently did nothing to stop this individual from accessing younger boys of their cost.
On the time Foley was the chair of the Home Caucus on Lacking and Exploited Kids. Oh properly. Dennis Hastert went on Rush Limbaugh’s present to say they requested him to resign. Then again, it turned out Hastert molested young boys. So, I guess that makes sense. This storyline introduced me to tears as a result of it represented all the pieces fallacious with a celebration that valued energy above the rest. It has solely develop into worse because the years have gone on, and Republicans forgive all sins of their very own and fictionalize claims towards others.
I want to add that this collection owes an important deal to do many in our neighborhood who, via the years, have saved up on native and regional teams and calls to motion. Please test the feedback! I’ve loved each state I visited to satisfy in individual with members of Each day Kos. From Ferguson, Missouri to Hawai’i and New York. San Diego to Montana and Wyoming, Colorado to North Carolina. Whereas I’ve not been touring with COVID about, search for some thrilling neighborhood meet up strategies forward!
Is there a remark, a narrative, or a second on Each day Kos that made you cry?
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