hummingwolf | Note to self

No matter how it feels right now, it is not really the case that half the population voted to sentence you to death. And surely all those supporters of Republicans who want to cut off all assistance to people like you will band together to make sure that you're not dying homeless and shivering on the streets this winter, right?

Right?

Everybody's waxing hyperbolic today. That's all it is--hyperbole. (And yes, that "everybody's" is hyperbole too.) The Democrats and the Republicans and the Greens and the Populists and the independents and all the rest here in the US and in other parts of the world will just need a few days to calm down and realize that the nasty behavior they've exhibited across the board in recent weeks does not help anybody. Everybody will look at their own venom they've been spewing forth about their political opponents, will repent in dust and ashes, and will reach their hands across the dividing lines to work together in harmony to make this world a better place for the good of all.

When pigs fly.

Self, it's okay to be cynical. Under the influence of a particularly divisive election, residual cynicism and bitterness are to be expected. But it's probably best not to tell all your good friends and friendly acquaintances all along the political spectrum to shut up--stop talking about how evil your liberal/conservative/authoritarian/anarchist/space alien opponents are--just shut up right now. No, you really shouldn't go around saying that to people. But it'd be nice if they would shut up now, wouldn't it?

(I resist the urge to name names. Though I cannot say "they know who they are," because honestly, many of the worst offenders are the ones least likely to understand how toxic their bile has been. It's one thing to say that someone's policies are or will be damaging to the country. It's another to say that that someone is in league with the terrorists, or that God will crush your opponents, or that your opponents are all sheep who cannot think for themselves. And it is so tempting to do the same thing myself.)

Right then. Self, there is still hope. This was just an ordinary election, not a referendum on whether or not you will be allowed to live another year. Maybe you won't die cold and alone after all.

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Well said, CB. Honestly, the hyperbole, smugness and melodramatics on my flist is making me really, really scan through it.

I second the motion for shutting up on both sides. Actually, I haven't heard a peep from any of my Bush friends. All the wailing and gnashing of teeth is coming, unsurprisingly, from the anti-Bush camp. Which includes most of the civilized world, so I also have my non-American friends bemoaning the fate of my country.

Really, it's getting on my nerves.

*hugs*

i have an auto-scroll mental setting for certain people on my friends list. and it isn't that i don't understand their frustrations.. it is just that i have learned to chose what mindsets i allow into my life and my thoughts on a moment to moment basis.

i can't say i won't post thoughts about it all.. however.. i do not believe it is the End of The World, i believe we will survive and manage just as we always have..
and i do not believe that you will die cold and alone. ever. because there are too many people who love you who would beg, borrow or steal their way up there to rescue you if it came anywhere near close.
starting with me.

there is always Hope. i will post pictures of the wee miss later, just to remind us all of the better bits.

much love to you, dear lady.

For crying out loud, no one wants to sentence you to death. Not me, anyway.

Unless you're really that Bin Laden Character.

You won't die cold and alone. Even though you have no idea who in the heck I am and rightly wouldn't trust me with your life....if you really have absolutely nowhere to go and nowhere to live...you can come and stay with me. I've got tons and tons of blankets I'll share with you and some crappy canned food left over from the local Food Bank. I've got corn flour! I'll make you some corn-pancakes like I made for myself, this morning :)

For crying out loud, read the post for content and not something to jerk your knee to.

:-P

Thank you, Nali. I cried when I read this.

(I know that the silly election results do not have a sudden impact on my survival anyway, but the rhetoric of certain people has been getting to me. I don't like being told I don't deserve to have a roof over my head.)

Heh. Multiple LJ posts today have been telling people to "shut up already." It's a trend! I've hardly ever been trendy before.

Yeah. I'm reading lots of people's posts all the way through anyway. It seems that, mentally speaking, I'm a bit of a masochist after all.

Heh. Thank you. Actually food isn't a problem at the moment, as long as this month's paperwork doesn't go astray. My food stamp benefits are even supposed to be increased shortly, so yay! But the housing situation really does have me stressed out, and the rhetoric certain Republicans spout about people in situations like mine gave this election's results enough extra oomph to hit me pretty hard.

Really, I'm just tired of all the Bush supporters talking about how Kerry and the Democrats will lead us straight to hell, the Kerry supporters saying Bush and the Republicans have already got us nearly there, and scattered supporters of the third-party candidates letting us all know that the handbasket we're in has already begun to burn.

And I agree with you. It got to the point where I considered dropping friends -- from both camps -- because I got tired of being called names that even my foul-mouthed son would never use.

I hope whoever runs your state wises up and gets you the assistance you need and deserve. And if I end up back in the US (looking more and more likely given this government's tendencies), I'll come help you.

We can weave handbaskets together.

Ooh. It's a post-election entry I like.

I wasn't going to read my friends page today. I still haven't, really... I've just scrolled down, read a first line, *sigh*, read another first line, *sigh*, and so on and so on. Until I got to yours. Then I said, "Yeah."

I griped a bit myself, but behind a cut, and it wasn't terribly mean. Grouchy, but not mean. :)

However, nobody I know is taking up your trend. Bugger. Maybe I should borrow some of your friends.

Sorry. I was at lunch, skimming my flist, and misread what you wrote.

'sokay, we love you anyway.

Thanks, Jen.

But where do we go to learn handbasketweaving?

Grouchy I can deal with. Well, I can deal with a certain amount of the nastiness too, but I'd really much rather not.

Adult education?

We'll get a Basketweaving for Idiots book from the library.

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