I am so angry with my Trump supporter friend and her blind stubbornness. Pence scares the crap out of her, but she just refuses to accept that choosing Pence for his VP is just as important a reflection of what a Trump presidency is going to do as anything Trump himself has said he's going to do. Even more so, since 90% of what Trump says is complete bullshit. She is so wrapped up in her Hillary hate that she refuses to acknowledge just how terrible Trump is.
ION, wife and child are sore this morning, but otherwise doing okay. And I hate my rental car. (2017 Jeep Compass. Enormous blind spots, uncomfortable steering wheel and sluggish engine.)
Hate makes you stupid. That's the big lesson from this election.
I've never heard much good about the Jeep Compass.
sj, you asked for suggestions... The NoDAPL protest is ongoing and even before the election was decided, DAPL announced they were planning on pressing ahead and crossing the river within 2 weeks. I'm sure the tribes protesting there would appreciate a donation for their legal fund if donating was the kind of suggestion you were looking for.
Yes, it is. Thank you for the suggestion.
Otherwise I suggest people make sure they don't forget self-care. One can't take care of others if one isn't taking care of one's self.
I was already struggling with that. This isn't helping.
Just more ugh to process. DEMs need a rural America plan.
Will probably need pro-life, NRA approved Dems for that. They exist though. It's going to be tough to revitalize small towns though. For manufacturing and tech, it's much easier to find skilled workers in cities and machines are a lot cheaper than unskilled workers. For service jobs, well, you need a population center to provide a good market.
I'm glad your family's feeling fairly ok, Kalshane.
Hate makes you stupid. That's the big lesson from this election.
Yoda is still right: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
I had just decided that self-care for me means stopping the non-stop carb fest of the past few days when my coworker brought in an ENORMOUS bag of candy!
One of my white male friends posted on FB this morning that Clinton supporters need to find common ground with Trump supporters and reach out in love "because we all want the same thing." Yanno, I'm not obligated to find common ground with people who voted for a ticket that dehumanizes me and damn near everyone I love. And we DON'T all want the same thing; the election made that abundantly clear.
It is the rankest privilege to tell Clinton supporters to find common ground with people who want to literally kill them.
I wish the BBC Miss Marple were streamable somewhere.
You might try pbs streams of Mystery (Masterpiece Mystery, I think they call it now?), at least some Miss Marple may be available through that.
Hate makes you stupid.
I wish we didn't keep getting taught this lesson.
I'm just so afraid of what "taking back our country" is going to mean. Like, physical fight-or-flight reaction afraid.
I'm so curious what Trump supporters who are not self-identified white supremacists think they were voting for. Wait, no, not curious, more just recognizing I don't know and can't imagine.
