After spending a year watching kids get shredded up by our bombs I was really depressed. Somehow Beyonce, Oprah and Kamala weren't able to get me to forget about them kids and feel the joy.
Maybe you should pin your expectations of the "Savers of the World" on the people responsible and away from black women, the singular most unprotected demography the world over. Beyonce, Kamala & Oprah are not your elected leaders, look to the ones you chose.
You read that as an attack on black women? I just pointed out her two biggest celebrities who helped deliver her message of "joy". I have no doubt that as the Left rises it will continue to have strong principled women of color in leadership positions that will fight for real positive change.
I suppose I could have also included Taylor Swift in her collection of mega star supporters as well, but I had Beyonce on my mind since she did such a great job at the half time show yesterday.
Star Link voting machines, White Women that were worried about the cost of a dozen eggs than their daughters rights, and continuous vanity rallies by a man who has the complexion of potato salad that sat outside for a month.
Hate is more powerful than we really ever acknowledged i feel, and that's how we got here today.. by burying the lead and ignoring its roots until it grew this twisted, thorney bush
It won because it had help! From Russia! From Oligarchs both foreign and domestic! From the news media! From cheating, treasonous Politicians. The odds were stacked against Love and Hope!
I certainly didn't expect that this is who we are as a nation.
I kept hoping it was going to work out in the end.
Maybe it still will but we are guaranteed a minimum of four devastating years.
Narcissistic and Toxic behavior often gets rewarded. The singular focus allows them to achieve more because they keep at it.
Balanced personalities have other things to do, they give up, or get out of the way.
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I’m pretty sure the general consensus is that the “economy” won. So it’s ok for you to sow anger and fury, but not “them?” This comes off as pretty hypocritical, if you think about it. But most people don’t, and they just post stupid mic-drop bullshit for likes.
I believe two things happened. One your country lives in this odd bubble of "USA USA greatest country ever" yes you are great but so are many other countries. This bubble was easily bought first by Fox, Newmax and others. What you didn't understand because you are so busy telling everyone how great
you are, how great you used to be and how great you will be again. That the fighting between you all was faned by others for sales.
Secondly, russia has been at war with you for years you didn't see it because you are fighting with eachother.
Now here's the good part you are wonderful people
When you put your mind to something nothing can stop you!
Now is the time to put your minds to moving forward. You have heard alot of them understand it's just noise to scare you. Pull up your sleeves and get to it!!
I have every faith in you!!
Well said, but you either miss or underestimate the power of trump’s cult.
America didn’t divide, didn’t “fight against ourselves” - trump stepped up as a cult leader and was worshipped by millions. He used anger, hatred, and fear as weapons to divide Americans. Those who resisted became the enemy.
Others have said this about Germany family members, about Italian family members, many many other countries have been though this.
It is not easy at all. The best way I can think to describe it is that you have a drug addict in your family. Holding everyone hostage with guilt, anger and confusion.
Time to rip off the band aid! The drug addict toddler yells and yells that's the only way he gets his "fix" me me me me me. You are stuck in his tv show pull the plug 🔌
Hate along with a host of other things like greed and corruption. They are destroying our democracies. This should be a lesson about corporations policing themselves, they don't. The corruption has been gaining a foot hold for years and now they're in charge. Insurance companies aren't doctors.
I believe you are correct; however, hate destroys from within, and MAGA is already self-destructing. Now is the time to push back on all elected officials to stop this national embarrassment.
Hating, destroying, and denigrating are so much easier than loving, creating, and affirming. Those who feel threatened by the rights of others will take the easy way out and will only feel validated by tearing others down.
I think if Kamala had more time the outcome may have been different.
I'm also convinced
Trump cheated. There were four states where Democrats won every race down ballot but Trump won the POTUS vote.
That seems very fishy to me.
I don't trust that computerized ballots can't be tampered with. Elon.
Looking at the demographics misogyny is the real culprit
They used even stereotype imaginable to take Harris down
Latino men have a big problem with strong women
Same with the Arabs
They took her strengths and made them liabilities
Jessie Watters would say the most unbelievable things
as facts
I'll see lots of these haters in my ER suffering from heart problems or headaches resulting in worst problems, all cause hateful desires onto others prevailed. Takes too much effort to hate, smile is so natural... just saying.
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Jaime, beautifully stated and exactly where I'm at right now too. I'm thinking that a whole lot of us are putting a great deal of effort into figuring out how to proceed. I tell myself; one step at a time; don't panic; start close to home and then widen the circle. And breathe...
There is still hope in my heart that love at the end will win, time will mend the weather that torments us presently, call me a romantic/optimist but the world is slowly changing, as some have learned from the past that moving forward means keeping democracy, civility, sanity alive.
The American ideals,
We've always heard about,
The GOP and Trump,
Have decided to throw out,
If the least intelligent among us,
Are allowed to decide our fate,
America sure as hell,
Won't end up being great.
Joy won over in our hearts and minds, just not in theirs. Remember “that which does not kill us only makes us stronger” and there are too many of us to kill, so stronger we will be. 💙💙💙
More like ignorance. The working class voting against their own interests. It’s funny that the majority in this country allows a minority to enslave them.
I disagree. Hate took over vulnerable people with weak thinking skills. Two more years (or less) those that don’t normally think will better understand who to trust. Evil eventually reveals its true colors.
Hate didn't win. Apathy and complacency won. The people who didn't vote let the haters win. And I'm still not convinced the results were 100% legit. Not to mention the meddling MuskRAT who literally bought our country for cash on the barrelhead.
They also said that non violence was an effective form of protest. Seems like idealistic fantasies used to keep people docile. While it’s a lovely thought I can’t help but wonder how realistic those ideals are in our world.
Has it? I feel that we can yell and screen and show our dissatisfaction and be ignored by the wealthy OR we can bring them fear the likes of which they have never known. The CEO adjustment proved its effectiveness. Question your faith.
Can you provide an example of nonviolence effectively removing a fascist leader or occupation, en as caring significant social change? No, oppression requires violence.
Hate has not won until the very last of us is gone or has given up. I will fight for democracy, reason, and compassion until the fascists shoot me or send me to one of their Texas concentration camps.
It ain't over till it's over. We're not done yet. Remember, things looked pretty bleak in 1942, but we won that war in the end. We can win this fight as well.
I won't lose the fire that my anger sparked. We will be upset about so much in the upcoming months and years, but, we can't let anger be our normal. That would eventually eat us inside out like the MAGAts are doing now. Renounce stupidity with logic and facts. Keep our character intact.
The story is not over. Musk and his VP Trump are going to do substantial damage, but it may be like a forest fire that cleans things out and makes room for new growth.
People who hate may have won a battle, but we don't have the right to give up the war between good and evil. That's an ongoing obligation for those of us who'd rather fight than give up. THAT was my contemplation for the day.
The country has taken some steps back, and things certainly look bleak with the expanding submission of MSM, influence of misinformation, and anti-intellectualism that has infected our society.
But we have been in darker times than these. Imagine being a racial minority or LGBTQ in 1936 America, with the KKK, system discrimination, rising isolationism and authoritarianism, and the ongoing struggles of the Great Depression.
Every day. I really thought the majority of Americans were smarter, and if not kinder, understood he wasn't acceptable. Mean and stupid qualities in people I try to avoid
Yes, I still sit here sad that America is in such a state and that my fellow Americans are ok with hate, racism misogyny, and lawlessness. Makes me sick. Makes me want to do a COVID lock down for the next 4 yrs. But can't, have to do good where we can and fight the darkness. Every fuckin day.
Yes, it did. Let's make it a temporary win. Write your senators about his unqualified nominees, urge your governors and mayors to use their power to protect democracy. Support organizations like Indivisible and the ACLU. They have taken on 47 previously and won. He has no mandate. We have a voice.
We humans are inherently capable of any evil as a survival mechanism and only behave civil when rewarded. For example, robber barons who turn into philanthropists are just comfortable and bored.
They are just trying to
To clean their guilty conscience & legacy before they die. Out of self interest.
Hate has won thus far,.....but not ultimately. I need cautious hope that those who chose this path for us just need more time to see what is obvious to the rest of us.
Yes, I did believe that joy, hope, would prevail. I put all I had into that fight for good over evil. I will never understand why evil always comes out on top. I will never stop believing that someday good will overcome. For my daughter, their daughters and now my great grands.
Disinformation won. When we give people bad information, they make bad decisions.
We not only have to educate but also to motivate and invigorate people against the mostly unseen and most destructive force on the planet—corporate-sponsored lies.
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Cheated 😔
But
We are going to regroup
And crush those fucking assholes
Next time!
It's depressing.😔
I kept hoping it was going to work out in the end.
Maybe it still will but we are guaranteed a minimum of four devastating years.
Balanced personalities have other things to do, they give up, or get out of the way.
I’m pretty sure the general consensus is that the “economy” won. So it’s ok for you to sow anger and fury, but not “them?” This comes off as pretty hypocritical, if you think about it. But most people don’t, and they just post stupid mic-drop bullshit for likes.
Secondly, russia has been at war with you for years you didn't see it because you are fighting with eachother.
Now here's the good part you are wonderful people
Now is the time to put your minds to moving forward. You have heard alot of them understand it's just noise to scare you. Pull up your sleeves and get to it!!
I have every faith in you!!
America didn’t divide, didn’t “fight against ourselves” - trump stepped up as a cult leader and was worshipped by millions. He used anger, hatred, and fear as weapons to divide Americans. Those who resisted became the enemy.
It is not easy at all. The best way I can think to describe it is that you have a drug addict in your family. Holding everyone hostage with guilt, anger and confusion.
I'm also convinced
Trump cheated. There were four states where Democrats won every race down ballot but Trump won the POTUS vote.
That seems very fishy to me.
I don't trust that computerized ballots can't be tampered with. Elon.
They used even stereotype imaginable to take Harris down
Latino men have a big problem with strong women
Same with the Arabs
They took her strengths and made them liabilities
Jessie Watters would say the most unbelievable things
as facts
💙
We've always heard about,
The GOP and Trump,
Have decided to throw out,
If the least intelligent among us,
Are allowed to decide our fate,
America sure as hell,
Won't end up being great.
Win in the end is just a bump in the road
did it?
some think it was rigged
They are just trying to
To clean their guilty conscience & legacy before they die. Out of self interest.
Keep the faith, not the religion.
Hate never wins
We not only have to educate but also to motivate and invigorate people against the mostly unseen and most destructive force on the planet—corporate-sponsored lies.
#teamjoy