I have been walking around with a deep sadness today

[gopiscrap]

I just can't shake it. As the child of a refugee and an immigrant myself, I have suffered first hand what war does to both the people fighting it and their families. We never should have gotten to this point. What the fuck is wrong with the god damn republicans? As a citizen I apologize to the world. Most of us would love to sit at the table with you and bask in both our diversity and yet sameness.

We all long for shelter, to be clothed, nourishment , education, health care and most of all, community.

To my sisters and brothers in Iran, I do not support trump, in fact I abohor what he is doing. It weighs heavily that I am a citizen of a nation that will commit war crimes and crimes against humanity.

[617Blue]

1. me too

[Grim Chieftain]

2. Very well said, gopiscrap

I have been at wit's end today. It's like our country, its values, its democratic principles have been shredded, and what's worse, it has been allowed to happen. My heart breaks.

[musette_sf]

3. Same

Also the child of a refugee and immigrant.

[gopiscrap]

5. oh please share about being the child of a refugee

my mom was a German refugee and I am a German immigrant

[musette_sf]

13. My Dad was a Lithuanian DP.

He was in a German forced labor camp till the end of the war in the European theater, then went to a DP camp in Germany till he came over to the US. I and my two closest in age siblings were born before he got his US citizenship. I remember mail sent to him from the government addressed to “Alien”.

All of the current events are bringing up cellular memory for me and I’m not having an easy time of it.

[gopiscrap]

14. wow I can understand

I still have my alien registration card

[JMCKUSICK]

4. You so eloquently speak for many of us Gopiscrap, thank you.

[LoisB]

6. I agree 100%.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. same.

[AZ8theist]

8. I'm right there with ya.....

Also, great user name!!

[FoxNewsSucks]

9. Exactly how I've felt, for quite a while now.

I have little hope it will ever end, much less any time soon.

[bdamomma]

10. We must stand united

against this sick immoral regime.

[mountain grammy]

11. oh yes, I feel the same.. so depressing to see us bombing another country

this is so out of control and I feel helpless to stop it.. I'm bitching about gas prices and all prices, but shit, nobody's bombing my city.. endless tears..

[Wild blueberry]

12. I share your feelings

Thank you for your eloquent post.

[ananda]

15. With psychopaths you can't think in terms of what's wrong or right?

They are completely amoral.

[BidenRocks]

16. Where is the Doomsday Clock right now!?

[BidenRocks]

17. I see TACO!

Now it is on a (wait for it), a Two Week Delay!

[MustLoveBeagles]

18. A reprieve

For now.

[usonian]

20. 11:59:59

Until he's laid to rest.

IN A TAN SUIT.

[calimary]

29. Sweet revenge!

And in an unmanicured part of the cemetery, where the grass can grow unmowed.

[NH Ethylene]

19. Same. I've felt shaky and fretful.

I'm glad to see he is TACO'ing, and I expected that would be the case, but it still feels like we are on a precipice. Anything could happen anytime.

The only consolation is that this one last statement about ending their civilization, has really shaken the world, and there is the littlest chance that a groundswell will get him out of office.

[BarbD]

22. How dare he! To threaten nuclear weapons!

This is not a game. Playing with real lives is no game. I am disgusted and ashamed to call myself an American.

[Spazito]

21. Beautifully stated...

thank you for this, it is very powerful in it's own right.

[Skittles]

23. hear, hear

my mum survived bombs as a child during WWII and that sense of fear never left her

I detest repukes acting like war is some kind of fucking game, shame on them ALL for pimping for that unhinged nutcase.

[BradBo]

24. I've been walking around like that since Trump got re-elected.

[Passages]

25. Well said.

It has been and continues to be an emotional rollercoaster.

[Clouds Passing]

26. I am a child of an immigrant too.

All who are born on this earth are equally deserving of the resources she has to offer. No one person deserves any more than any other. This consciousness needs to become the reality for all inhabitants of Earth.

The drive to take it all is a disease.

[usaf-vet]

27. 100% agreed.

[Upthevibe]

28. Kick. N/T