https://wildhunt.org/2026/02/opinion-the-line-ive-drawn.html

Opinion: The Line I’ve Drawn
Storm Faerywolf By Storm Faerywolf

The United States finds herself in a political and spiritual quandary. It is a complicated issue, full of nuance that needs to be weighed carefully and with much consideration. As a collective, we must ask ourselves a defining question: do we continue to support a sadistic cabal of billionaire pedophiles intent on destroying democracy and inflating their wealth at the expense of everyone else? Or do we oppose them by joining with the “godless Democrats?”

It certainly is a head scratcher.

Oh, don’t get me wrong. I dislike the Democrats as much as the next guy, if the next guy is someone with basic compassion and self-awareness, that is. I do appreciate the weight of the decision, however. It can’t be easy to spend so much time feeling morally superior to Queer, Black, brown, and trans people, portraying the Left as evil fascist elitists who prey on children, only to learn that it was their own party that decided to do all of it, going “full pedo Nazi,” just like us antifa loving “libs” foretold. Poor things. Probably best to deny everything altogether, even as the literal concentration camps are being built and populated. It’s so much more comfortable to just pretend that everything is fine, it’s business as usual, and freedom reigns in the Good Ol’ US of A.

But even a cursory glance outside one’s bubble reveals that to be nothing more than a fiction, an emotional “safe space” built by conservatives for conservatives so they can continue supporting the mechanisms of evil and not have to actually think about it, let alone take responsibility for their actions. Like spoiled children, they put their fingers in their ears, whilst screaming accusations at the left for the very crimes they themselves are committing—it’s honestly what we have come to expect from them, at this point. But hey! At least the Dow is over 50,000.

This has been a war of words and ideals for some time. And honesty, it’s been in the streets for far longer than white America would like to admit. It didn’t start with Alex Pretti, Renee Good, Keith Porter, or Geraldo Lunas Campos. It didn’t start with the deaths of 32 people incarcerated in ICE facilities in 2025 (which marked that year as the deadliest in over two decades). It didn’t begin with George Floyd. Or Trayvon Martin. Or even Rodney King. It has been here the whole time, like a festering cancer in the body politic. From the moment Turtle Island was ripped away from the First Nations people and white man declared himself supreme. From the slave trade and the Jim Crow laws, the United States has always been deeply, deeply racist. And to deny that fact is to perpetuate it.

At this point I can hear some of the Reddit and Facebook commenters groan. “Is this another lecture in (supposed) White Privilege, again?”

No. It’s not a lecture nor a lesson. Mostly because I think those who are capable of learning it have already done so. Everyone has had ample time to figure this basic shit out on their own. This isn’t me trying to convince people that they need empathy (which they do, and pray for it I will, but it’s time to hedge our bets). This is me saying, “I draw the line here.”

We tried so hard not to go to war, but here we are. One side is gunning people down in the streets, tearing disabled women from their cars, ripping children away from their families, and then blaming the victims for their own deaths, even when we can clearly see the state sanctioned kidnapping and murder that is happening before our very eyes. Even when journalists are arrested for doing their jobs.

The opposition is galvanizing around the idea that everyone is entitled to due process, to humane treatment, and an adherence to humanitarian law. We believe in the equal co-branches of government that forms the checks and balances that form a free society. It’s the very thing that is supposed to set us apart from the lawlessness of terrorist regimes. If we can no longer agree that the constitution matters, then I think we might simply have irreconcilable differences. Is it worth keeping the United States intact, when the executive branch of the government thumbs its nose at the very laws that supposedly define us as a free people?

In the 1940s there was a term that came about for the German citizen who turned a blind eye to the atrocities that their government was perpetuating. “Good Germans” came to be used to describe polite members of society who would rather focus on their own comfort than the survival of their neighbors. It was these “good Germans” who helped maintain the Nazi regime, just as otherwise “Good Americans,” are doing the same in their support of the authoritarian regime that MAGA has become.

Recently, in a Facebook group for an event at which I am teaching, someone posted that they hoped that no one presenting there would be talking about politics, as they felt they needed to get away from all that nastiness. This prompted a heated debate. One side argued that to divorce oneself from politics (“I’m not political!”) was a privileged stance, as many people simply don’t have the luxury of feeling secure in the belief that their basic human rights will be respected. Some people (usually white, straight, and cisgender) honestly cannot comprehend that some might be treated differently than others in the eyes of the law. Some people, who have never had their own basic rights questioned or denied.

Here’s the thing: I understand the need for safe spaces right now. If you are one of the majority of Americans who are deeply troubled by what is happening in our country, I completely understand the need to pull away and heal. Turn off the TV, stop doomscrolling, ignore the news. The problem is when we expect others to follow suit in order to maintain our comfort.

Trust me, I would much rather be writing about trance journeys and sex magic, but I just can’t shake this feeling that not talking about it is just giving the regime more power and ability to continue disappearing people. I have been blessed with some platforms, small as they may be, and I feel it is a moral imperative to use those platforms to raise the alarm and to keep talking about our collective descent into fascism to anyone with the ears to listen and the eyes to see.

So, I made my own post to the group: “Since politics was mentioned: know that I will open my classes with prayers against MAGA/ICE. If that offends, my work is not for you.”

The responses were overwhelmingly positive. But, as you can imagine, there was some pushback. I was accused of being “unprofessional” because I am a spiritual teacher who is outspoken about political and moral issues. I have been told that in order to be a good businessman, I need to remain neutral so as not to alienate half of my potential clientele. (Heaven forbid I might accidentally offend a Nazi pedophile or their enablers!)

If “professionalism” means remaining neutral in the face of evil, then I reject that wholeheartedly. When commenters think they can shame me into silence with their schoolyard-level insults about my name or my sexuality, or their edgelord pseudo-intellectual libertarian nonsense, the only thing that happens is I make the resolve to get louder.

A self-identified ICE-supporting “MAGA Witch” commented, “I hope an equal amount prays against your prayers and cancels it out.” Cool. Thanks. Hold on to that hope. It’s really the only thing you have left, I guess. You certainly don’t have a thriving and supportive community, as the vast majority of modern Witches are quite vocal in their opposition to ICE and MAGA (and, you know fascism in general), so enjoy your increasingly lonely bubble while the rest of us work to actually make the world a better place.

I don’t know what the future will bring. But I do know that if we don’t pull together then history will definitely repeat itself. 1930’s Germany was a pinnacle of queer rights and the arts at the time. And that was all burned away when the Nazis took over. The current American incarnation of that timeless evil might be wearing different uniforms, but the fascist mechanism is the same. Anyone who claims to support the idea of the USA as a “free country” cannot in good conscience support what is happening right now. We don’t have to agree on every little thing. But if we can’t agree that everyone is entitled to basic human rights, then this isn’t a political difference. It’s a moral one. And I have drawn my line so you know where you stand in relation to me. I stand for freedom, for democracy, and for equality for everyone.

What do you stand for?