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CrispyQ

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44. A few weeks before the election, Alex Wagner observed how we were all hoping Obama wasn't just an aberration,

Tue Nov 12, 2024, 09:40 AM

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a one time thing. Harris was our hope to prove that we truly had progressed & were on a new path. The bigots shut that down. So we keep pushing forward even if it means finding a way around new barriers. People forget this isn't the first time the country has had a crisis. Hell, a few years after the Revolutionary War John Adams passed the Alien & Sedition Acts, a sort of beta Patriot Act, & he had those who opposed him locked up. The difference this time is . . . climate change. Humanity's on a deadline & it's getting tighter every day.

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Who else feels tired and hopeless? [View all] EnergizedLib Nov 12 OP

I've been fighting this shit all my life so, yep. CousinIT Nov 12 #1

It wasn't *this* bad your whole life, was it? EnergizedLib Nov 12 #19

It probably depends on how old one is EdmondDantes_ Nov 12 #41

Thank You EnergizedLib Nov 12 #43

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Thank You EnergizedLib Nov 12 #5

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I Understand JeffinUT Nov 12 #3

Well, the joke is on them, because they are not going to get those cheap eggs. LisaL Nov 12 #7

That's what this was all about EnergizedLib Nov 12 #9

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But they will probably get a bird flu pandemic Bettie Nov 12 #31

++ appalachiablue Nov 12 #47

That's what's tough EnergizedLib Nov 12 #8

I don't know JeffinUT Nov 12 #20

I never thought I'd see the day EnergizedLib Nov 12 #21

They knew. We're not going to Politicub Nov 12 #58

And that is what gets me Dem4life1234 Nov 12 #24

Well, I *am* an atheist EnergizedLib Nov 12 #36

A few weeks before the election, Alex Wagner observed how we were all hoping Obama wasn't just an aberration, CrispyQ Nov 12 #44

This broke the dream Henry203 Nov 12 #4

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Is it not too late? EnergizedLib Nov 12 #14

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Thank You EnergizedLib Nov 12 #17

The hard right has been working on this for 50 years, it's a process. Now appalachiablue Nov 12 #48

See, I deluded myself into thinking EnergizedLib Nov 12 #11

Yes, it's ridiculous. But don't forget about voter suppression. LisaM Nov 12 #68

That's why I don't believe this was stolen EnergizedLib Nov 12 #72

I live in an all mail state, so nothing was different here. LisaM Nov 12 #73

T H I S LSparkle Nov 12 #46

America WAS getting better! It's not an easy, straight journey, people. CrispyQ Nov 12 #52

I feel betrayed by fellow citizens. I feel tired of fighting wnylib Nov 12 #13

Oh, I'm not going to submit, I won't conform EnergizedLib Nov 12 #15

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Thanks a lot EnergizedLib Nov 12 #26

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I feel hopeless but not tired, just beyond pissed Dem4life1234 Nov 12 #22

I'm not even angry EnergizedLib Nov 12 #27

See, that's the thing Dem4life1234 Nov 12 #29

Because they care about ratings and $$$$ EnergizedLib Nov 12 #35

I worry about that too Marigold Nov 12 #38

They might notice EnergizedLib Nov 12 #40

They all suck. CrispyQ Nov 12 #50

This was the death blow. Everything was on the line. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 12 #23

Sure, we can EnergizedLib Nov 12 #25

Not really. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 12 #65

The problem is information and messaging EnergizedLib Nov 12 #75

Come on asteroid. BigMin28 Nov 12 #28

But we're supposed to unite and be civil with them? EnergizedLib Nov 12 #34

No, not me BigMin28 Nov 12 #55

They absolutely want to kill us. GoYouPackersGo Nov 12 #61

I think people are taking inventory right now Johnny2X2X Nov 12 #30

Nail on the head EnergizedLib Nov 12 #33

I'm a mix of exhaustion, anxiety, depression, BlueKota Nov 12 #37

I feel worn down/beat down/sad EnergizedLib Nov 12 #39

I know we here voted to stop it. BlueKota Nov 12 #42

I appreciate the now EnergizedLib Nov 12 #45

Tired but not hopeless Redleg Nov 12 #49

I take example from marginalized people ismnotwasm Nov 12 #51

'I keep my mouth shut and listen' EnergizedLib Nov 12 #53

That's what they want. Ocelot II Nov 12 #54

Of course, they want us defeated EnergizedLib Nov 12 #57

Hang on you have a family here on DU that will help. If watching news, even MSNBC turn it off, that will help PortTack Nov 12 #56

Thank You EnergizedLib Nov 12 #66

I, too, am feeling pretty demoralized now and I think we are losing the House and giving Republicans ultimate power. Lonestarblue Nov 12 #59

Maybe they have to realize it for themselves EnergizedLib Nov 12 #67

Completely hopeless. GoYouPackersGo Nov 12 #60

I've felt this way, too EnergizedLib Nov 12 #69

Certainly tired, but definitely not hopeless oldmanlynn Nov 12 #62

What difference would that make EnergizedLib Nov 12 #70

It'd just give them a reason to enact the "Insurrection Act" SledDriver Nov 12 #74

I am tired too but so long as I'm breathing, I refuse to give up. LoisB Nov 12 #63

Grief takes time Wild blueberry Nov 12 #64

Thank You EnergizedLib Nov 12 #71

Mostly tired Faux pas Nov 12 #76

I'm exhausted and stunned. prodigitalson Nov 12 #77

I hear you. I'm worn out and in such pain.. LeftInTX Nov 12 #78