DBH in Ottawa

Cyclist. Actor. Thinker. Husband. Dad. Grammar nerd. Opinions are my own. Go Cubbies, please. Barcelona m'enamora. Força Barça!

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

I made a quiet 6-minute film this fall for the @digi60fest, about anticipation, self-doubt, and the risks of connection.
It won Best Screenplay and was named a Top 5 Film at the festival.
I’d love to hear what you think (6 mins): https://t.co/q4Prpjsuni

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

@dieworkwear Yes, absolutely. It's a sign that "this is fine."

[Zena Keita @itszenakeita]

When people used to fail open-book tests in high school, I used to be genuinely confused.

I get it now.

[Amy Smith @watchkeep]

I needed this. You’re welcome.

[officialhambly she/they @officialhambly]

A few years back in Yosemite there was a problem with bears getting into trash cans and ppl said ‘why not make the cans more complex?’ And a ranger said ‘bc there is significant overlap between the smartest bear and dumbest human’ and this election feels like that quote to me

[Pete 😷 #COVIDisAirborne @PeteUK7]

Just seems appropriate today.

[Corey Ryan Forrester - WeLoveCorey.com @CoreyRForrester]

Southern White Man Talks About Trump’s Victory

[Trae Crowder @traecrowder]

TRUMP WINS AMERICA LOSES WHAT ELSE IS NEW

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

@jahsounds As a member of Gen X, let me add: Fµck Gen X. Just fµck right off, you bunch of sick fµcks. We will all soon reap what you've sown, all y'all included.

[Mike Wise @MikeWiseguy]

It's not just that Trump won. It's that Joe Rogan, Dana White and Brett Favre won. Jailed insurrectionists won. The Alitos and the Thomases won. Vladimir Putin won. Racism won. Misogyny won. Sexism won. Global warming won. Xenophobia won. Most of all: Fear Won. That's what hurts.

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

@Mikel_Jollett I'm not sure they even knew, since they either get their news from FOX, which surely suppressed it, or don't care enough to get news anywhere.

[Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 @NickKnudsenUS]

I have a confession and a plea to folks who are flirting with voting Jill Stein.

When I was a 20 year old college student in 2000, I voted for Ralph Nader instead of Al Gore. I loved the progressive message Nader offered, and Bush and Gore seemed kinda the same to someone who was paying peripheral attention.

I've regretted that vote for my entire adult life.

Ultimately, George Bush won by a margin of 500+ votes in the state of Florida over Gore. And that was the ballgame. Ralph Nader peeled 97,000+ votes away from Gore. If only 600 of those 90,000 had voted for the major party candidate that more aligned with their values, things would have been very different.

When I was in my senior year of college, 9/11 happened. The country and western world rallied around Bush's resolute response to the traumatizing terror attacks. I was in NY at the time, and it was a terrifying moment for the nation.

But the consequences of Bush being in office at that moment were immense.

Bush's disdain for his dad's nemesis, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, led him to invent a rationale to invade a country that literally had nothing to do with 9/11. End result? He killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people, thousands of American troops, and spent over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money in the process.

Beyond the completely immoral and indefensible Iraq War, Bush was a complete disaster as a president. His "No Child Left Behind" effort turned public schools into standardized testing centers. He tripled down on fossil fuels and ignored climate change. His tax cuts for the rich helped contribute to the 2008 economic downturn that led to the Great Recession.

He was a terrible president.

In an alternate reality, Al Gore would have been president in 2001 when terrorists attacked America. Would he have gone into Iraq? Absolutely not. Would he have ignored global warming? 100% no! Gore was perhaps the preeminent proponent of fighting climate change at that time. Would he have passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy? No way.

This is a sliding doors scenario. What would have happened? We can't be sure. But one thing is for sure: those votes for Ralph Nader (in Florida in particular) were EXCEPTIONALLY consequential for the lives of millions around the world. Gore would have offered a more forward-facing, environmentally conscious & peaceful presidency that wasn't so rooted in grievance and privilege.

My point is:

Either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win the election. That is a fact. You might feel the need to submit a "protest vote" as I did in 2000.

Just be ready to wear it when Donald Trump wins, strips away reproductive rights from all Americans, implements an economy-destroying tariff, dismantles the entire federal government, eliminates the Department of Education, prosecutes his perceived enemies, and devolves America into chaos.

There are no perfect choices. But rest assured, there are only two.

Trust me - I've been wearing my vote for a quarter century.

[Leah Greenberg says NO KINGS ❌👑 @Leahgreenb]

Clear eyes, full hearts, fuck nazis

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

“I used to hang out with him. He’s a crazy motherfucker. Limited mentally – a megalomaniac, narcissistic. I can’t stand him.”

- Quincy Jones, on Donald Trump, in 2018

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

@RealBlue75 🙏

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

@mehdirhasan Your lips to god's ears.

[Velodus✨ @velodus]

The single worst thing about Trump to me will always be how much he's changed people. I've watched friends and relatives become entirely new, worse people in the wake of his political rise. Like it's not merely that he's a terrible guy, it's that he's ruined people.

[DBH in Ottawa @biondone]

@RatherReadABook @TimAlberta Amen.

[Robert J Ellingsworth 🆓 @BY1959]

We Understand the Assignment Too. 💙