WCJ Holidays 2024, Part I
Dec. 21st, 2024 09:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kilroyThis morning I was having breakfast and chatting with my dad. He's very much one of the "it's not going to be that bad" people. We survived the last Trump presidency and the world didn't collapse. There are still some people willing to do the right thing in government. The opposition aren't stupid. Good outcomes can still come from the ultra-rich and corporations as long as it's profitable for them. You know the type: smart enough to recognize the problems, but staying forcibly optimistic out of chosen ignorance.
My responses must have sounded a little shrill, but my dad probably doesn't realize that what he heard was me moderating my tone down from "internally screaming." When I hear any person-- Republican or Democrat-- say anything like "There's no way they'd do that," I have a visceral reaction. My gut clenches, my gorge rises, my blood pressure spikes. I want to physically shake them because of how wrong they are. I want to cry because that exact attitude is how we got to this point. I'm terrified of what happens when the enemy they actually does the horrific that.
I wasn't expecting that first thing in the morning. Welcome home, me.
My responses must have sounded a little shrill, but my dad probably doesn't realize that what he heard was me moderating my tone down from "internally screaming." When I hear any person-- Republican or Democrat-- say anything like "There's no way they'd do that," I have a visceral reaction. My gut clenches, my gorge rises, my blood pressure spikes. I want to physically shake them because of how wrong they are. I want to cry because that exact attitude is how we got to this point. I'm terrified of what happens when the enemy they actually does the horrific that.
I wasn't expecting that first thing in the morning. Welcome home, me.