I Really Mean It
Veteran
I'm in the tail end of my 30s, still youthful and full of vigor, but obviously nearing middle age and fearing the onset of 
With everything happening now, the country making a full on tilt to open white supremacy, it's obvious that the rhetoric is going to become combat between the races. White nationalists aren't letting up, Trump has emboldened them, and these "liberals and centrists" who some of us foolishly believe to be our "allies" will stand to the side and shed crocodile tears as we are led to slaughter. I think the clash between these Trumpites/Alt-right/Cacs and our community is heating up and will reach a pitch within 10 years. Unfortunately, I'll be in my 40s and slowing down, possibly with a family to provide for, with sons and daughters to look after, most likely at a time when they and everyone else will need able bodied black men to lead the charge. For those in their 20s and even younger, I hate to say this, but I envy the physical aptitude you will possess at the most pivotal moment in our lives. I hope that I still have gas in the tank. 
With everything happening now, the country making a full on tilt to open white supremacy, it's obvious that the rhetoric is going to become combat between the races. White nationalists aren't letting up, Trump has emboldened them, and these "liberals and centrists" who some of us foolishly believe to be our "allies" will stand to the side and shed crocodile tears as we are led to slaughter. I think the clash between these Trumpites/Alt-right/Cacs and our community is heating up and will reach a pitch within 10 years. Unfortunately, I'll be in my 40s and slowing down, possibly with a family to provide for, with sons and daughters to look after, most likely at a time when they and everyone else will need able bodied black men to lead the charge. For those in their 20s and even younger, I hate to say this, but I envy the physical aptitude you will possess at the most pivotal moment in our lives. I hope that I still have gas in the tank. 
