who counts as a real person in America?

[hammercock]

Female? Queer? Disabled or chronically ill? Old? Person of color? Immigrant? Religious minority? Poor or living on the edge? Living in an area that stands to be inundated by rising seas or destroyed by storms of increasing violence? Members of all these groups now know that we are not really people in the eyes of over half the electorate. Those of

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[chienne_folle]

I'm thinking maybe the Northeast should secede, since we clearly have fuckall in common with the South and the Midwest, as in, not even insisting that our leaders be, y'know, SANE.

I keep hoping this is a terrible dream.

I guess it's good they just legalized pot in Massachusetts. I've never smoked pot in my entire life, but I think we're all gonna need some help getting through the next four years...

[gale_storm]

For those of us who have chronic illnesses and dare to live outside the country, I have to say that I'm terrified for the future of the US. Those states may not be united for long after this election comes to a close. Seams have been splitting for a long while now, so whichever way this goes, it won't be pretty in the end.

[fizzygeek]

One of my favourite people is a trans immigrant who is living below the poverty line. I fear for their safety.