<3 I know that struggle. Reach out to your support system, and if you need something safe to get some sleep, try melatonin or even benadryl.

I talked to a guy at a party tonight who voted for him. He was admittedly very unexcited about his choice, and he agreed with me that Trump seems scared shitless. The dude also admitted to being scared himself, and he was pumped when I told him I was going to re-enter the legal field to try to fight against some of…

Thanks! You’re right. My hypersensitivity is also probably the result of the same thing. I feel SO alone right now that feeling rejected by the people who I think of as “my” people is extra terrifying. If I manage to somehow get myself ostracized by progressives, I will have no one.

This is definitely the worst week of my adult life. This is the first time as an adult I’ve felt the terror, smallness and helplessness I felt almost every week of my life as a child.

Like honestly, I don’t understand why I am suddenly saying everything wrong here. What about what I said made you think I was telling you that I know better than your doctor does?

Absolutely. Please do. I was speaking to my own experience.

OK fine everything’s hopeless and I’m never going to try to fix anything or be kind to people. Satisfied?

Counterpoint: Xanax hasn’t been terribly helpful, and it’s also highly addictive.

I think that a lot of people are very racist, yes, but I don’t think that means that people who aren’t are powerless to do anything about it. You’re espousing a defeatist attitude. I think many people - maybe most, maybe not, either way it is obnoxious for me to have said “citation needed” - have the ability to shut…

There are people in this country who’ve sworn an oath to defend the constitution. I believe they will do it. And I don’t think the rest of us will just sit here and take it, either.

I understand this feeling, but I cannot support it. He is the president-elect. He will be the president for at least four years. We have to deal with reality. It will be most productive if we accept reality rather than wishing it away.

Citation needed for “majority”

“Our side” and “them” is divisive language, and I do not believe what you say here as a result.

Calling people names - people who are in a vulnerable position and who feel repudiated by reality right now - is a very cruel thing to do. Even if they say something that feels personal and hurts you. Don’t do this.

No, but I think that showing people what acceptable society looks like by refusing entry to racists will make an important statement. If they want back in, they can change.

Thanks for being part of the problem. You sound like a child, and your actions here are on par with that elementary level of intelligence and maturity.

You can’t pardon someone who hasn’t been charged with a crime, can you? I thought she wasn’t found to have committed criminal acts?

Only the super wealthy can move to a different country out of nowhere and not experience a SIGNIFICANT quality of life disruption. Even then, they’re still in a different place. They’re still worried about all the people they left behind. It’s such a flippant response.

Don’t move to Canada. Reach out a hand to someone who is scared today and say that you will stand with them.

Good girl. Thank you