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skip fox

(19,356 posts)
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:47 PM Sep 2020

Why are some saying not to worry about Trump's role in this upcoming election?

Is it frustration at the hair burners?

Is it to calm unnecessary fears?

Perhaps there are a number of good reasons, but the effect will be detrimental.

If we don't worry about Trump's possible hi-jinks (and there's an indication they've already begun with his people talking to Republican legislators in PA) we'll be defenseless.

Yet they're right, we don't have to burn our hair, but we do have to roll up our sleeves and we may not if we are unprepared.

(There might also be bad motives with a few.)

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Why are some saying not to worry about Trump's role in this upcoming election? (Original Post) skip fox Sep 2020 OP
I haven't had a haircut since the plague hit. I have hair to burn. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #1
No burnt back hair allowed. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #3
I don't have any. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #6
They "don't want people to panic" frazzled Sep 2020 #2
Worrying is reasonable; freaking out isn't. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #4
Worry is a relatively useless emotional state. Caliman73 Sep 2020 #5
It's not my hands this administration makes me want to throw up. rzemanfl Sep 2020 #7
I'm worried about it. ibegurpard Sep 2020 #8
One does what one can, but a number of people are telling us it's skip fox Sep 2020 #9
So what your plan of action is ibegurpard Sep 2020 #10

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
2. They "don't want people to panic"
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:54 PM
Sep 2020

So they gloss over all the statements that Trump, and Graham, and other Republicans have been making that shock us to the very core regarding this election and the protocols of government.

The don't want us to panic about the recently revealed plans to possibly have Republican governors, especially in swing states, override the named electors and install their own, so that even if Biden wins, they can fix it in the Electoral College.

We've heard someone else minimize and deny facts about another issue: COVID 19. And that worked out well, didn't it.

Far better minds than mine are contemplating the dire shenanigans they anticipate are being put into place after election night. So don't worry about us mere mortals here at DU raising the alarm. The likes of Laurence Tribe and others are sounding off.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,280 posts)
4. Worrying is reasonable; freaking out isn't.
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:55 PM
Sep 2020

Worrying gets one to pay attention and prepare for difficult possibilities; freaking out means running around, rending one's garments and yelling and not doing anything useful, while disheartening and discouraging others.

Caliman73

(11,694 posts)
5. Worry is a relatively useless emotional state.
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:55 PM
Sep 2020

Fear is evolutionarily advantages because you are responding to a real or perceived immediate threat. It can make you move and take measures to defend yourself.

Worry is linked with anxiety, which can be debilitating and cause you to avoid things.

We should be prepared, we should know what the potential actions are that are being undertaken to steal the election. We should do what we can to counteract those things.

We should not allow worry to make us freeze or throw our hands up.

It is about how the message is delivered and the response that is being elicited, that is important here, as you said.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
8. I'm worried about it.
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 03:03 PM
Sep 2020

So are many others with more avenues of recourse than i have. Now that we have that out of the way what do you suggest I DO about it? Everyone is aware of it and other than doing what I can to get people out to vote and making personal preparations for the possibility of things going badly there's nothing I can do.
Do you honestly think people are unaware of what's going on? Everyone here is aware of it. Democrats are aware of it. Joe Biden is aware of it. Everyone is taking it seriously. Republicans have gone rogue. What do you suggest we DO?
Posting this over and over accomplishes zilch.

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
9. One does what one can, but a number of people are telling us it's
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 03:07 PM
Sep 2020

either not happening, it's not as bad as we think, or there's nothing we can do about.

I'm suggesting we shouldn't be susceptible to such thinking.

That's one thing I can DO right now. Maybe tomorrow something else will occur to me. But not if I'm not worried.

ibegurpard

(16,685 posts)
10. So what your plan of action is
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 03:22 PM
Sep 2020

Is to tell others who are already worried about it to worry about it. OK carry on 🙄

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