6 hours ago
(Yesterday, 04:02 PM)Maxmars Wrote: I have been spared any 'citizen' drama over this... something tells me that many a life-long Democrat has inner reservations about the last four years... and the magical appointment of Harris as their 'chief representative.'
Nevertheless, I think they are waiting to learn if all they have been warned about will really come to pass under the new administration... 'internment camps,' 'political prosecutions,' 'the drafting of their kids into forever wars,' and a sex-crazed president who hates blacks and women.
Don't worry, Democrats aren't stupid... that characteristic is entrenched in the leadership... telling people what they want them to believe, and pretending it's so because "they" said it. These are the same people who told the Democrats that Harris was "their" choice.
Reservations? No, not really. I haven't heard that from any in my circles. There was a great deal of sadness that everyone hopped on Joe's lapses and ignored Trump's lapses and misstatements and fabrications. We like Joe, and we don't think he's any more senile than Trump is.
Some of what you mentioned are indeed things that we're worried about ("internment camps", "forever wars", and yeah when you've got politicians saying that women shouldn't be able to vote (this guy. ick! Thank the ghods he lost!)and only people who have kids should vote, THAT concerns the heck out of us. And we worry that politicians like Harris, Hillary, Joe, etc might get thrown into prison.
We'll see what happens. Those of us who lived through the fifties, sixties, and seventies have some advice and strategy ... but mostly the ones I know are waiting to see what happens and trying to not overreact. Sadly, there are people I'm concerned for who have talked suicide and I'm thinking I should get mutual friends to reach out to them and suggest other positive things they can do rather than (as the phrase goes) "unaliving themselves."
