My daughter in Ohio is having a hard time with the results of this election [View all]
She’s deep in MAGA country. She got involved this year, GOTV for Sherrod Brown, introduced her daughters to political activism
As of right now, she can’t even look at her neighbors. She is desperately looking for another church (I am not religious, she picked that up on her own) using the word “deconstructing” which is an extremely painful process for religious folk. She wants nothing to do with anyone who voted for Trump. She is so hurt that friends and neighbors did not care about her rights or her daughter’s rights. That MAGA is so gleefully looking to see “deportations”. She will not try for another child because she has a history of miscarriages. She wants to move out of Ohio, but her whole life is there, and her kids are right at the age moving would be very upsetting.
Jesus she is in pain. Betrayed by people she thought were good, decent people, only to discover how much joy they get from the suffering of others. Like, the outsides look good, but the insides are full of rot and unresolved trauma they project only others. I don’t fuck with MAGA, but I’m also in Seattle where they are easy to avoid.
She didn’t understand the scope of how shitty these people are.
I just ache for her, and all the other blue dots. You guys are my hero’s right now. Thank you for everything.
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