I am pushing my broken body and fractured mind to speak out about the upcoming midterm elections because I won’t survive a civil war. I doubt many of you, more able-bodied people, will either.

You have many choices coming in November. There is one choice, however, that secures for America a new violent conflict within itself. That choice is simple: vote for Bentz.

Now, Bentz would never call for a war among his own constituents. He would never lead troops into the Battle of Christmas Valley. Those things require at least a crooked backbone.

No, Bentz would stay silent: the perfect decibel level for catastrophic cowardice. He certainly can’t be the voice of reason; his voice is reserved for resource extraction, or fair weather fiscal conservative slop. What would he possibly have to say about the safety and well-being of his constituents, much less representative democracy?

I hope with all I have that you — whoever you are — are not waiting for Bentz to do the right thing. Holding your breath like that would be a stupid way to die.

What war could possibly be fought as a result of our midterms being canceled? Of your clinging on to MAGA as the machine it impugned and desecrated falls to pieces?

I will not let my nephews fight in forever wars. That’s a hard line. Bad things happen once crossed. I’m sorry, but I love my family more than war for oil or international banking systems. I’d give my life so that they can live theirs.

How about you? Will your sons and daughters perish while peacekeeping in Venezuela? Mexico? Ecuador? Gaza? Iran? Do you think they’ll get to choose? The fact is this — YOU will be choosing for them in November.

Medford doesn’t survive a civil war. Anyone foolish enough to fight over the valley will die for it long before any semblance of a victory is claimed. And that’s because when neighbors fight neighbors, anything worth keeping has been lost.

An abuser holds the highest office of the land. An abuser of laws, of workers, of children, and of his position. And one thing abusers know how to do is force themselves on others. To force themselves deep into how we think and feel. To force us to accept their view of us, distorting how we see ourselves.

If you are MAGA and you want out — if you want to hold your country back from total and absolute authoritarian control, financial ruin, and endless war — there is only one way out. And it is not the war.

You must vote. You must reject the poison that is being silently bottle-fed to you by Bentz and others who support this regime.

If you are feeling hopeless about the future, stop. Stop right now. Because that feeling, ahead of the midterms, will betray generations of Americans. If you have any love for peace, stability, and freedom inside your own country, Bentz cannot be allowed to nurse it further towards collapse.

You and I don’t survive a fight that never needed to happen. That’s the nature of tragic stories; we see how none of it was necessary and how it changed things forever — and how those to blame are nowhere to be found.

Medford Won’t Survive a Civil War