Liberals On the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown

[blackjedii]

Once, there was a strange and subtle art practiced among the elect of London and Washington, called Kremlinology. The idea was that through various interpretative techniques, Cold War intelligence agencies could find out what was really going on in a Soviet Union that-it was assumed-was always hiding some great secret about itself. In practice, it

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[mhfromnh]

hey now! that's...that's...well accurate. I'm knitting to stave off the breakdown.

[blackjedii]

Nnnno! That is teh worst thing we can do. We has to remain calm and focused and fixate on what we can do and that's not just jumping at conspiracy theories and Twumps. (Treets? Trumpdumps?)

If you are knitting might I suggest making some socks to send to homeless shelters? It is teh winter and homeless shelters always need socks.
https://thejoyofsox.org/

[mhfromnh]

I've never tried socks. I've made hats and headbands and mitts.

[blackjedii]

Dooo it dooo it dooo it

http://arnecarlos.com/pattern-for-the-easiest-sock-in-the-world/

[maynardsong]

Thank you for this. Yeah, just breaking down is not remotely productive. I'm not saying, "We will survive" because there's a TON of people who will suffer dearly under the regime who wouldn't have under Hill-dawg. But there are very notable differences between the USA in the 2010s versus 1930s Germany. Social media, the fact that the resistance is NOT in fact underground. I'm a brown lady and I am not worried about someone from the NSA knowing full well that I have harsh criticisms of the Dump Truck. We have social institutions outside the government that keeps people woke. People can fight the good fight and right now the resistance is a lot more mainstream than underground. That's worth something.

[blackjedii]

+20

like, that's what actually makes me... more hopeful than not. That there are so many ways for Trump to screw up front and center and be called out on it. Muslim ban? Airlines and tech companies were pissed. He tries to censor the Internet? Remember when Google and Wikipedia shut down for just one day and how quickly Congress was flooded with calls from angry college students?

I am worried that "the left" won't be able to stay cohesive - you have an easier time herding cats than liberals, but there's tons of ways to apply pressure and less than two years to midterms. Some of us are having elections for state THIS year. The election isn't an "over"; it's just an "obvious" antagonist.