angrybitch1.bsky.social
@angrybitch1.bsky.social
***the holiness, not holiness
July 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I feel like this was a missed opportunity, but I was caught off guard.
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
show up to volunteer here? the cognitive dissonance is so fucking deep that this kid, 18, 19, just didn't get why showing up with giant Trump signs in a Latinx neighborhood, to a social justice place to volunteer is a problem? I am really struggling, because what I want is conversation.
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
with immigrants. In my head, I'm LIKE FUCK, DUDE, READ THE FUCKING ROOM.

I of course, didn't say that but tensions were getting icky so something had to be figured out. The young man wound up leaving after talking with our Youth Mentor.

So much to unpack here.

But why in hell would a Trump
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
contact his P.O., but his Trump sign was problematic ( 2 volunteers had approached me, telling me it made them nervous) . I told him that he was welcome to stay, and that I respect his freedom of speech, but again, the sign was problematic. This kid was nice, polite. He tells me he has no problem
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
shit out there) Anyways....I ask, how can I help you?

The young man tells me he's here to do community service ( code for I got arrested, need to do volunteer hours) . I'm surprised because it all runs through me, and no one told me. To make an even longer story short, I tell him that I would
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I'm a bit, well on alert, let's say. So I go outside and very nicely, ask what turns out to be an older, white teen, how can I help him? That's what I always do. Our parking lot is located on a funky block, next to a liquor store, so we are trained not to escalate ( drunks do all kinds of crazy
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
In drives this BIG WHITE TRUCK, with a giant TRUMP supporter sign on the dashboard.
You need to understand the picture: there's like 10 Latinx youth outside with our Handyperson, also Latinx and this giant Trump lovin' truck pulls in. I manage the office. I volunteer on the holiness, so yeah,
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
place. We also run our county's Rapid Response Hotline. This is the holiness that immigrants call when their loved ones have been taken by ICE, or if there is an ICE raid.

This is the backdrop.

Today, we had our volunteers outside, preparing the garden for Dia de los Muertos merrigold flowers.
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Hell, I'll volunteer!!!
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Life takes over sometimes.
December 29, 2024 at 4:51 AM