What's Bothering You?

daringred_ said:
oh, trust me, i know it's because she's a woman lol. especially in this day and age where young men are being radicalized left and right by the internet and the likes of andrew tate. it's just still incomprehensible to me, especially because looking at the demographic breakdown, it seems several groups voted against their best interests. i thought it would still be a close race, but i had some hope she would still win. it doesn't help that there appears to have been some vote tampering, with elon musk offering $1 million or whatever and ballot boxes being set on fire etc.
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Yeah sorry, I didn’t mean to say my screed AT you as if you didn’t already know. I agree with everything you said. The voting breakdowns left me with my mouth hanging open. I’m white and female; my partner is male and Asian—both of us are stunned at how many people in our demographics decided this particular candidate somehow had their best interests at heart.
 
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Yesterday I wanted to make a post in here venting about how I am deeply upset that I am not allowed to have a voice in how I want the country I live in to be like and how my future is going to be impacted because I am unable to vote due to me being ever so slightly too young if only I was 4 months older than I am then I could have contributed my vote but now my vent I wanted to post yesterday but didn't no longer matters now that the election results are in.

I have been absolutely sick to my stomach about the election results for several months now, long before November and I seriously want to leave America as soon as I can, I no longer feel safe in America, I feel in danger.

I wanted to be able to achieve my dreams and aspirations, I am going to be an adult very soon and am going to be able to be independent and make my own life choices, I have been wanting to get a mastectomy and a hysterectomy for several years now and now I'm scared I am going to have my access to surgery taken away and that gender-affirming healthcare and birth control are going to be banned and that everything I've hoped for up until now is going to be destroyed.

I live in a blue state and I am stuck here wondering how long will I be safe for before that scumbag starts changing all of the laws that I was perfectly happy with and screwing up the place that I live in. As a person who is AFAB, a member of the LGBTQA+ Community and am Autistic(which can sometimes qualify as a disability) I am seriously concerned about what is going to happen to my rights and how hard is it going to be living with a president who actively opposes who I am.

Disclaimer: Just in case anyone has any problems with my vent or if I said something wrong I just wanted to say I honestly don't really pay much attention to politics unless it is concerning an issue I care about(Human Rights movement and Environmental topics) and even then I am not the most 100% educated person in the world about politics. I am sure scumbag has done a bunch of other garbage things(I know he's a Felon) but I am mainly concerned about how bigoted he is, I am really sorry if I sound ignorant or if I am ignoring other important issues or making them seem less important by only talking about one topic.
 
My grandma posted on a social media profile that she’s happy the [insert racist word here] lost, and what worries me is how many people heart reacted that post. I don’t like how she cut me out of her will for wanting to legally change my name, something I’m in the process of doing.

I don’t like talking about politics, but I feel this country is ****ed. I feel infuriated that my grandma watches game shows on television just to root against somebody for their race. I hate how my grandma says, word for word, “I’m not racist. I just hate [insert word you can probably guess here].” I hate how my grandma has a Trump sign outside of her house saying “The ‘my last name’ family is for Trump.” It’s like she’s speaking for everyone, and she basically is. My entire family voted for him, and my family acts the exact way she does as I described above.

I didn’t vote at all, so I feel that I have no room to complain. I wanted to, but I’m on vacation right now, and my flight was on Election Day!
 
I have a mental illness and am on meds for it and it makes me unable to work so I am on SSI and Medicaid and in supportive housing. Due to him being elected he’s gonna get rid of SSI and any kind of stuff like that. So I guess I can say goodbye to my apartment or a place to live at all, goodbye to any income, food, and meds and therapy.
 
I've spent the entire day trying to cheer up my friends, and listen to my mom rant about the election.

Don't get me wrong I'm very upset about it too, but I'm more upset by how hard it was to cheer people up, and seeing how much it's effected everyone's mood.

I feel for America, I feel for every single one of you American members if your just as upset as alot of us are (Though I'm not american) I hope your doing alright. 🩷
 
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The state of democracy, freedom, safety, health and standard of living are in grave danger in my country now.

And it really doesn't help that they elected him - the predator and convicted felon (among so many other things) - to inflict this upon us. How in the world am I supposed to keep faith in humanity? How are so many people this depraved? How can I trust myself to be alone in a room with anyone?

Seriously, my life has improved leaps and bounds over the past several years. I had just got my life back in order and began to look forward to my future for the first time in a very long time... and now my own country is about to become dangerous and I'm super scared. Sent back into the spiral. I will resist and keep a space for my happiness.
 
My team had a somewhat major incident last night. Even though no one was hurt and there’s nothing I can control, I can’t help but feel real **** about it. I feel for the guys involved, especially the operator because he’s a real good guy. I sometimes hate that I have so much empathy for people 💔
 
Sheando said:
Because she’s a woman. I really think it’s that simple. Even many “leftist” men will vote for a man convicted of fraud and assault before they will vote for a woman. With male candidates it’s “well, he’s the lesser of two evils.” With female candidates it’s “she has to achieve total ideological purity or I will be morally reprehensible by association if I vote for her.”

I’m so incredibly discouraged. For the first time in my life I thought a female president was a real possibility, but these results have me shaken. I honestly think we might not even see a female president in the next 50 years. Male Gen Z voters turned out in droves for The One We Got and are polling more and more as saying that feminism is ruining America, that men are oppressed, etc. Meanwhile my female friends have become convinced that speaking about women’s rights or experiences is divisive, exclusionary, or “cringe.” Idk man I haven’t felt this hopeless in a while.
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Kamala didn't lose because she's a woman, she lost because she fumbled a bag handed to her on a silver platter.

Soon after announcing her campaign she immediately expressed wanting to strengthen the military even more, having Trump-like stances on the border and immigrants, and their biggest detriment - doubling down on her support of Israel. She had it all when Biden dropped out, which people were practically begging for, but like always the Democrats never learn and chose to try to appeal to the right & center republican vote instead of securing the left vote. It's the 2016 election all over again; people didn't dislike Hillary due to being a woman, they disliked her because she's incompetent.

In Pennsylvania, 34% of respondents said they would be more likely to vote for the Democratic nominee if the nominee vowed to withhold weapons to Israel, compared to 7% who said they would be less likely. The rest said it would make no difference. In Arizona, 35% said they’d be more likely, while 5% would be less likely. And in Georgia, 39% said they’d be more likely, also compared to 5% who would be less likely.
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Edit because I hit enter sooner than I meant to; We can't rely on politicians to change our lives, we need to rely on each other. Look toward your community and organizers who are providing resources to make a difference. Instead of pointing fingers at each other, which is exactly what those in power want, start pointing upward at the system that enables this to happen in the first place.
 
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Ughhhh. I still have this junky cough. I had tonsillitis a few weeks ago, and on my last day of antibiotics, the cough started. It settled in my chest, pretty much, so it’s getting rather annoying. I go back to my dr for a follow-up since I’ve now the cough for almost 2 weeks.
 
This morning I caught a random girl I didn't know taking photos of me on the school bus cause she accidentally left her phone's camera flash on, I never said anything but I glanced at her for a second and she stopped when she realized I saw what she was doing. Good thing I had my face mask and hat on, but yeah. I'm still a little bothered about it but I don't know what to really do.
 
seliph said:
Kamala didn't lose because she's a woman, she lost because she fumbled a bag handed to her on a silver platter.

Soon after announcing her campaign she immediately expressed wanting to strengthen the military even more, having Trump-like stances on the border and immigrants, and their biggest detriment - doubling down on her support of Israel. She had it all when Biden dropped out, which people were practically begging for, but like always the Democrats never learn and chose to try to appeal to the right & center republican vote instead of securing the left vote. It's the 2016 election all over again; people didn't dislike Hillary due to being a woman, they disliked her because she's incompetent.



Edit because I hit enter sooner than I meant to; We can't rely on politicians to change our lives, we need to rely on each other. Look toward your community and organizers who are providing resources to make a difference. Instead of pointing fingers at each other, which is exactly what those in power want, start pointing upward at the system that enables this to happen in the first place.
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I agree with you that there was more than one factor—Harris trying to win over conservative voters was probably a lost cause and I’m sure it contributed to the millions of liberal voters who simply didn’t show up. But pretending like racism and misogyny aren’t influential factors in our political system seems pretty disingenuous to me. (Notice how you refer to them as Kamala, Hillary, and Biden? Not blaming you—but that’s how a lot of the coverage has sounded.)

My goal is not to point fingers at other people with relatively little power, but until we acknowledge that racism and sexism still have strong footholds in the U.S. (Gen Z voters, in exit polls, voted most similarly to the 65+ crowd and on average express far more hostile views toward women than voters aged 27-64) we will not be able to address those things. I do actually think that the white male power base in my country benefits from the insistence that sexism had nothing to do with two women losing to Trump while a white man solidly beat him in between. Meanwhile prominent politicians are going public to say that their wives would NEVER dare to vote in a way they don’t approve of, and that telling women their vote is their own is “repugnant.” I believe that “those in power” want us to turn a blind eye to continuing prejudice. I don’t think ignoring the contributing factor of oppression will stick it to the man somehow.

I respect your opinion and your presence here on TBT, and I’m only replying because you quoted me directly.
 
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