heilmania Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 This is the place to talk about it. Your friendly CB staff recognize that there is a need for a place to mourn, bitch it out, and talk about your (our) feels. Let's talk. (Keep it kind.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malachite Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I am scared. For myself, as a disabled woman, and far more for those in minority communities. I plan to do as much as I can to provide safety to those most vulnerable (POC, lgbt community, those with mental illness etc.) The only bright spot I can see is us all coming together to fight against injustice and oppression. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Mal, I'm scared, too. Before the headaches really settled in, I did all sorts of activism. I feel like it would make me feel better to be doing something, but I can't schedule *anything* because I might (and probably will) have a headache. It makes me feel helpless, and like I'm not a very good American. DH tells me I've done so much activism that I don't have to do anymore, and "Hardcore Volunteer" will still be carved onto my gravestone. He's sweet. When he met me, I was volunteering for 4 different organizations, so he knows I'm not as shiftless as I seem. But it really makes me feel cut off from politics. My friends who are of color are freaking out. I'm Jewish, and reading Twitter these days makes me nauseated. I've never been scared to be Jewish before. We're all commiserating, and holding our breath: "How bad is it going to be?" The talk about disability is freaking me out, too. I get very little as it is, because my work history has been so erratic. Why hasn't Trump spoken up about all the hate crimes that just *happened* to start the day after he was elected? Could it be because he doesn't know what empathy is, and kind of thinks minorities are whiners? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I'm female, I'm gay, and I'm disabled (bipolar). Three groups he openely does not like. He is an awful, awful man and his supporters are using his win as an excuse to spread hate and violence. It is sickening and I hope I never get attacked. I have a Hillary decal on my car. Aren't decals the ones that come off?! Mine won't! So I hope no one trashes my car. I was/am very upset but feel just a little bit better knowing that if he does anything too crazy, Paul Ryan and the rest of congress might not take him seriously. Though he does have access to the nuclear codes so we'll see how that works :-/ I decided to balance the bad with good. I'm going to help fight climate change, in the name of Polar Bears and the melting ice caps in the arctic, because that is an area that is greatly overlooked and needs our help. And he doesn't believe in climate change, so all the more willing to help prevent big oil and other interests in invading the Polar Bear's territory. Judging by who I happen to be you'd think I'd be an LGBT rights activist, but I think that there will be enough people rising up to do that. Besides, once I tried to get involved in the community and was not taken seriously for whatever reason. Too old or something like that. Meh. Either way, Polar Bears! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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companion_cube Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Thanks for opening this thread. Even though I don't live in the United States, I am shocked and scared shitless. Up until now I believed that the United States, for all its flaws and failings, was still a country that could be held up as a positive example in this world. But now, I'm just not sure anymore if that balance is still positive. The man who was just elected highest leader and face to the rest of the world made a sport out of insulting and degrading entire groups of people. Leaders are supposed to inspire people to rise above themselves, not to tempt people to give in to their darker halves. Right now, it feels to me like any moral authority that the United States still had on the world stage is dead and buried. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 1 minute ago, companion_cube said: Right now, it feels to me like any moral authority that the United States still had on the world stage is dead and buried. Yes, I agree wholeheartedly. I also don't see how foreign diplomacy or negotiations are even going to happen. What does he know? Who can take him seriously? If they do take him seriously, what on earth will happen to our/their/alll country(ies)? I'm currently finding a small bit of strength in a group of people organizing to try to push back on a lot of what he's likely to tackle. I haven't figured out my nitch, but I'll be doing something assuming it passes conflicts check with my office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heilmania Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 1 hour ago, companion_cube said: Thanks for opening this thread. Hey, no problem! Thank you to everyone who has posted so far for speaking their truths. I have yet to put into words how I'm feeling. I work in nonprofit land, so we're all scared of losing grant funding (which will def happen). Of course, I happen to be the organization's fundraiser... no pressure there... Part of me is not accepting this outcome, screaming that Hillary won the popular vote, and asking the rest of me why I'm not out in the streets protesting like younger Heilmania. Idk. For now, #notmypresident. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I am still sad and dismayed at the election results. I was expecting things to calm down a bit but it seems like there is just one crazy on top of another happening to/with Mr. Trump (He will be called President Dump here, I have a feeling). It's not a normal process so far for transitioning, and he's choosing a gaggle of crazies to be in his cabinet. It's like he doesn't care about the people he's going to be serving. And I have no doubt he'll go back on his word about everything. Which is actually good because he scared the SH out of me with some of the things that came out of his mouth. But still, I can't imagine him being a good president at all, and people will be ashamed of their votes soon. Even though Hillary won the popular vote. ugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malachite Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I am waking up every day in a cold sweat, horrified that Trump has been elected. It feels apocalyptic. I vacilate between stunned and terrified. He is an extremely volatile person, and the people he is selecting to run his administration are white supremacist billionaires. I can't believe it. I never labored under the delusion that America was equal opportunity or truly democratic, but this is an extreme we have never seen before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 1 hour ago, malachite said: I am waking up every day in a cold sweat, horrified that Trump has been elected. It feels apocalyptic. I vacilate between stunned and terrified. He is an extremely volatile person, and the people he is selecting to run his administration are white supremacist billionaires. I can't believe it. I never labored under the delusion that America was equal opportunity or truly democratic, but this is an extreme we have never seen before. I hear you. When I heard he'd been elected, I went into shock. Not literally, but close to it honestly. I only made it through half a day of work the next day and that's largely because my office turned into a voluntary group therapy session complete with snacks and the encouragement of our CEO to do whatever was needed to feel okay or as okay as possible. i..e. permission to leave. now, I'm slightly energized by knowing that I'm taking steps to work against him. But there are so many areas. In the group I'm working with, everyone restricts themselves to three topic areas to avoid over-exhaustion. But it's just one bad proposed appointment after another. The dep't of education person (dear to my heart) is a billionaire who wants to close down the public school system essentially. i'm donating what little spare money i have to organizations that are going to need it. hell, my organization is going to need it, just at a much smaller scale b/c we're state-wide, not national. sorry, that probably doesn't help much. just that i hear you. and i wish i had a better solution. or any solution. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 On 11/14/2016 at 8:22 AM, 2Spirals said: I have a Hillary decal on my car. Aren't decals the ones that come off?! Mine won't! So I hope no one trashes my car. Can you cover it with black duct tape? (I'm not in on the conversation, just reading along) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 2Spirals, if you are worried about that in the future, you can get magnetic bumper stickers. And then you can make your own slogan. We've had a couple of fun ones. They really stay on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Yeah next time I get a car I'll go magnetic. (The same day I managed to scrape Hillary off my window, I was in a rollover accident on the freeway. The universe was mad at me for taking Hillary down? lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt07 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Ok. Donald Trump is officially starting to scare me. Now he wants to increase and modernize our nuclear arsenal, breaking I don't know how many treaties in doing so and kicking off multiple arms races. Also, he wants to shift focus from mainland China to Taiwan which will really piss off the Chinese. We don't need more enemies; we need to reduce the number of enemies we already have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alien Navel Cord Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 There is a show on Netflix, The Untold History of America by Oliver Stone... it goes into the cold war and all the nuclear treaties and how close we can several times to nuclear war. We all have bombs now more than 30 kilotons, able to destroy areas larger than 30 miles squared. Perhaps more, now. I think he needs to stay the F away from nuclear anything. He is such a creep. Russia got him elected, and we're just going to stand for that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) 9 hours ago, jt07 said: Ok. Donald Trump is officially starting to scare me. Now he wants to increase and modernize our nuclear arsenal, breaking I don't know how many treaties in doing so and kicking off multiple arms races. Also, he wants to shift focus from mainland China to Taiwan which will really piss off the Chinese. We don't need more enemies; we need to reduce the number of enemies we already have. I agree ... here is another link that is talking about nuclear arsenal also: Edited December 23, 2016 by melissaw72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2mnot Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 (edited) I know this is a relatively old thread, but I haven't been around for awhile. I'm lucky enough to live in a blue state, but we also have a huge shortfall of funds, which of course means painful cuts to everything on top of the huge federal cuts, punishments to sanctuary cities, and whatever else they can do to hurt people they don't approve of. So, yeah, I'm scared too. But I'm not gonna take this sitting down. crtclms, I know you suffer so much, but maybe you could share some wisdom from your activist past for newbies like me? I participated in a Moveon.org conference call yesterday, and will go to a local demonstration of some sort tomorrow. Honestly, at this point I am more pissed than scared. Fuck em. I want a fight I will resist. Edited January 30, 2017 by r2mnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heilmania Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 7 hours ago, r2mnot said: I will resist. Hi r2mnot, I've been finding protests on Facebook. Check out the ACLU website for protest laws in your state so you know how to interact with law enforcement, where you're allowed to stand with a sign, etc. Write the number of a pro-bono law firm on your arm in sharpie. Make a great sign. Make it big. You can even use yarn and poke holes so it hangs around your neck and you can use your arms freely. Make meet-up plans with friends in case you get separated. I've been to a lot of protests in my life. PM me any questions or whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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