I was just talking to my sister about something similar, in that we wondered if we should just stop paying attention because it’s all making us upset and there is little we can do to stop it right now. This post helps. Doesn’t change that I can’t stop Project 2025, but it helps change perspective.
@jerilryan.bsky.social I got told in 2017 by RB who created stage 32 at a public event DTLA (he said this to a room full of people but I know he meant me) that if he saw someone bashing Trump on line he'd think they would be a problem on set. I got up & walked out. I'm only one who did.
Sadly, It HAS changed me. I was never this person. Never cynical, short tempered, suspicious, pessimistic. I keep trying, because I'm well aware of the change, but I don't see that I'll ever get "me" back.
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But I can be here, focusing my thoughts, contributing to the discourse, making sure I don't succumb, everyday.
“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster. For when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
- Nietzsche