What's Bothering You?

[Envy]

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.

 

[ali.di.magix]

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

 

[seliph]

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.

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.

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.

 

[DaCoSim]

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.