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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm a little afraid of running across a vocal Trump supporter.
Because I'm afraid of letting my rage out. Never a good thing. I spend a great deal of time dealing with my father's 'gift' for murderous, intelligent violence, and the Event has left me with a too-thin veneer of civilized calm. I'm a large male with martial arts training, and I'm utterly grateful to live in a very Blue area (87.5%!), and to have no family or coworkers who will admit to voting for the Event.
That guy on the Delta plane? Would have been Sad. So Sad. Hijab denigrators? Proud racists? Better be in a large group, fuckers.
I feel for all the Blue souls in red areas. Think about them often, and send them Vibes.
I'm trying to moderate these impulses and avoid triggers. Meditation, exercise, thought-direction: anything I can do.
But I'm a primate deep down. We all are. Faced with a screeching baboon with bared teeth, it's going to be the fight of my life to stay remotely civil.
Goddamn it.
We're in the middle of an undeclared civil war. They're dreaming the most un-American dreams ever dreamed. They won't succeed, because they are by definition the Most Incompetent Among Us. Can't think their way out of a paper bag. Don't have anything but bad dreams and hatred in their hearts. They're grooving on this Fake Ascendancy -- by which I mean it's all based on methodically-planned long-term destruction of everything that makes America great -- education, diversity, civil behavior. They've been sewing these seeds all my life.
I realize that it's a trap, these violent impulses. It's the social virus that Vladimir installed in our culture. While we tear each other apart, Russia will rise.
Big test for me. Breathe. Overcome the primate. Endure.
And to my brothers and sisters awash in the hatred -- I think of you everyday.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)I really think I could club someone to death at this point.
Leaving my 357 at home at all times....
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Yes, we are primates, but primates are social creatures also, and social creatures exist in a society of others. So self-control is essential.
There are many paths to find that inner peace that you clearly recognize is needed. For your sake, I hope you find what works best for you.
And remember that even as Trump and his supporters fight progress, it is happening everywhere. Not perhaps as fast as we would like, but it is happening.
cry baby
(6,682 posts)I'm face to face with trumpsters every day.
Same here.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Violence will only hurt you in the long run.
But I think we all feel ya here.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)If you happen to catch some trumpanzee assaulting someone or ripping off a hijab, let your rage fly!
If you're going to give in to the rage, make it count. Since you'll be charged with a crime and fined or imprisoned, make sure it's worth it.
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)Iam also a life long democrat but in a deep red area of upstate NY. Living up here is like a totally different world compared to just a few hours south from here, There were trump signs fucking everywhere. Shit, I didn't even go to my family's thanksgiving day dessert get together for fear of a confrontation with a wildly trump supporter on the wife's side. We all will get thru this some way I believe, But I refuse to take any shit period.