1. Just when I think I have a handle on how much sexism outweighs every other rational consideration in some parts, I am shown to have underestimated the situation yet again
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I'm so scared right now Brammers. I know some of it may be just me being pessimistic, but people that elected him don't need help hating my country already without him at the helm.
You'll get through this. We'll all get through this. If nothing else, Trump is so useless and his coterie so horrible that we only have to survive four years of awful. We've all done that before. On the upside, he and Putin are very unlikely to nuke each other!
It's jsut that, I dunno of this made international news, but there was a huge, politically-backed demonstration last week in Jakarta. Thousands upon thousands of right wing hardliners wanting the governor to be locked up cause he supposedly defame the Quran. It was a big conspiracy, it's so obvious because the last president's son is running for governor and suddenly they're lining up and riling up the right wing conservatives who hated the fact that the governor is of Chinese descent (the first one ever elected into prominent government office) and a christian
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I did know about that, it was leading news here, but it could have done with more context, because we just see a protest, not all the people who are horrified by it and who have spent years hoping that this sort of thing can't happen again.
The world is very screwed up right now. I think the only thing we can do is to be kind, and welcoming and hope and hug. I have so much hope for you, for your country, both of mine, and for the Americans. And I'm trying to finish books to make lots of money to move us all to Iceland or New Zealand if it all goes horribly wrong.
Thank you, this actually put a smile on my face, imagining you as this mother hen opening sanctuaries for marginalized LJers. Yes pl count me in in your haven, brammers.
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I did know about that, it was leading news here, but it could have done with more context, because we just see a protest, not all the people who are horrified by it and who have spent years hoping that this sort of thing can't happen again.
The world is very screwed up right now. I think the only thing we can do is to be kind, and welcoming and hope and hug. I have so much hope for you, for your country, both of mine, and for the Americans. And I'm trying to finish books to make lots of money to move us all to Iceland or New Zealand if it all goes horribly wrong.
MORE HUGS!
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Thank you for the hugs, too <3
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