Anyone else

[cilla4progress]

Scared?

[shenmue]

1. Yes

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I've been scared since election night

And it gets worse every day.

[cilla4progress]

3. Just listened to Elizabeth warren on Rachel

She said she’s filled with terror thinking about congress staying in the hands of republicans after the midterms.

[OnDoutside]

5. Ha, I was just writing a similar thought below. She is so right and

I'm glad she is saying it. Democrats cannot afford to believe that the system will work. How did 2016 work out for ya ? We've seen that the Reps intend targeting voter suppression, but I am sure that is only the start of their dirt.

[OnDoutside]

4. Concerned. Concerned that when the moment comes for people

people to stand up, or lose their democracy, they'll stay quiet. Either at the point where Mueller and Rosenstein are fired, or the Russians collude with the Republicans again, to steal the midterms. Where do you go then ? How could Republicans ever relinquish power when the consequences would be jail for many of them ?

[lunatica]

6. Sometimes it scares me

But I guess my optimism just kicks in and I believe people are fighting him.

[vlyons]

7. No!

Don't let fear and other negative emotions control us. We live in degenerate times. That's for sure. But fear is paralyzing and can lead to hopelessness. That's not what we need now. It's unproductive.

Keep calm. We are far more effective, when we see clearly without freaking out. Harness your anger and outrage to the work at hand. The Nov elections are just around the corner. Trump and his family just got indicted for self dealing with his charity yesterday. Mueller is still putting his case together.

Most important thing is to ALWAYS remember is that all things are impermanent. Nothing lasts forever. We got past the civil war, the great depression, and WWII. And we shall get past the Trump abomination too. Not only do we have to repair what Trump has damaged, but we seriously need to make some reforms to our democracy, so another Trump abomination doesn't happen again. We are not powerless.

[lunamagica]

8. I have been scared since election night.

[handmade34]

9. not scared

just really, really angry ...and it is affecting my well-being

[LuckyCharms]

10. Yes, a bit. But more enraged than anything. n/t

[Meowmee]

11. Yes

I think anyone who isn't is not facing the reality of what is happening, I was scared when I saw that fascist wacko running for the highest office and the fascists cheering him on etc. while the news gave him non stop free coverage and almost NO criticism. I still have a glimmer of hope that somehow something is going to turn this all around.

[kentuck]

12. To be honest...

I will be very surprised if Democrats take back the House or Senate in November.

[Hekate]

14. Not with Stalin counting the votes, right? GOTV, and pray. nt

[Hekate]

13. Yeah, and sickened. It's the kids.

Fuck I cannot even talk about it.

It's almost 4 a.m. and I got tired of staring into the dark so here I am. It's the kids. God have mercy on our souls.