Three months ago, on Election Day, I swore I wasn't going to let the second Trump term cause me the daily anxiety and stress that the first did.
Yeah. That's not working out. At all.
I've never been so frightened in my life over politics and the direction of our country. Every day it's just more and more horror. The rule of law, precedents, norms, civilized behavior..............none of it means jack shit anymore.
I find myself resenting Trump voters even more than I used to, and that's saying a lot. I'll have zero, ZERO, sympathy when the lowlife losers and racists who voted us into this mess lose their Social Security, disability payments, workplace protections, FEMA disaster relief, Medicaid, and on and on and on. Fuck every single one of them. We tried and tried to tell people what a disaster this was going to be, and "owning the libs" meant more to them than anything good and worthwhile that America has stood for for the past 250 years. They can all go to hell and rot.
The only thing I regret is that the decent people in this country are going to suffer right along with them. Over the weekend I actually found myself googling "safest blue states for women and minorities" and making a plan for selling the house and moving before things get too bad and we're trapped here. States that border Canada are my first choice.
I can't even believe I just wrote such a thing here on the blog. Never in a million years did I think things would come to this. I love my house, my state, my life, but I won't sit around while our version of the Taliban comes into power and live under the control of such people. We have literal (neo) NAZIS running the show. NAZIS. And a way-too-large portion of our population are ALL FOR IT. It's sickening. Scary. Almost unbearable.
How are you coping? Do you think I'm crazy? Alarmist? If not, are you making plans? I'm afraid this is all going to get much, much worse before it gets better. If you have any words of comfort that might make me think otherwise or feel better, please share them.
And thanks for letting me get this off my chest. As you can probably tell, it's been a bad day.
I’m stressing often, too. But I have the benefit of already living in another country. You’re not crazy or alarmist. But there does seem to be a major legal and political kickback beginning. I’m hoping this momentum will die and he’ll spend any time he has left in legal battles. (And I wish Elon Skum would disappear from the earth, and Booby Kennedy’s worm would eat what’s left of his brain.)
ReplyDeleteI'm so scared, Mitchell. I really and truly wasn't being flippant when I said we're trying to figure out the best time to sell our house and move. I envy you more than you know, living in Spain. I hope things will be okay for Chuck. I'm so scared for him and people like him with disabilities. Trump and Musk and their enablers are monsters. Monsters.
DeleteIt is that bad. You're not over-reacting. There will be much suffering and not any clear ways to stop it. Somehow, we must each stay strong as individuals, until and if we find a way to act together. I'm forcing myself to limit my scrolling and doing my best to organize my life in a disciplined way to accomplish practical things that need to be done at home. My equivalent to picking up and moving, which is impractical for me. Better than letting things slide. The nuns used to tell us God doesn't give us any guarantees that we'll have a nice life. So far, an awful lot of us in the US have had a damned nice life. If that nice life is coming to an end, somehow we just must find a way to bear it. We somehow have to find a way to live in a disordered and unpredictable future.
ReplyDeleteWise words. Thank you. You know, the thing is, I'm not as afraid for me as I am for some of my friends. The trans friends, the gay friends, the disabled friends, the brown and black friends. I'm a white cis woman, I'll be okay. I can "pass". (What irony!!!)
DeleteBut thank you. Really, thank you. I can stand my nice life coming to an end. I've done nothing to "deserve' that other than being human. But I fear for my loved ones. ]
Knowing there are so many folks like you makes a difference, though. Thank you.
Excellent rant, but sadly the MAGAts bought into his lies, as they always do, and refuse to accept the truth, even now when it's in their faces ... he's not done anything about grocery prices or eggs or stopping the war in Ukraine ... that was all lies and these idiots fell for it and will continue falling!
ReplyDeleteAs I said in a comment above, I'm not as afraid for me as I am for my friends who aren't straight, white, cis males. I'm so disgusted, Bob. So scared and discouraged. This isn't what "America" is supposed to be.
DeleteIt is definitely that bad. I range between white hot rage, fear and helplessness. I live in Washington and you would be welcome here although the cost of living is high, the drivers/traffic stink and it does rain, although not as much as people think. I would treat you to one of my handmade mochas!
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