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So... who else here keeps having to get over moments of major anxiety and dread about the U.S. election next week? (self.justpost)

submitted 2 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/justpost

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And it won't even be over on Tuesday no matter who wins.

I just have to start distracting myself when it happens.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Same. Hope-posting is my best way to deal with it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No point in stressing over it. Whatever happens this country will just continue to circle the drain.

[–] FlyingSquid -1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

That sounds like quite the position of privilege you're coming from.

I'm stressing over it because I don't want my daughter or any other queer people put in "conversion" camps. And then we move on to all the brown people that will also be put in concentration camps...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm voting for Kamala but it's not like her victory will remove that threat to queer people and minorities. All the people that want to harm them will still be here gearing up for the next election and blocking anything positive from happening. It will never end.

[–] FlyingSquid 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Threat" vs. Genocide.

I think I know which is safer for my kid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kamala is not going to make your kid safe.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

From a literal genocide Trump is planning? Of course they will. What a silly thing to say. You remind me of people making the ludicrous claim after Roe got struck down that SCOTUS would have done it with Hillary’s justice picks too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sure it's better than Trump, but that doesn't mean she will be safe. All the people who want to harm her will still be out there working to do so. This doesn't go away when Trump loses.

[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 2 months ago

Me: I think I know which is safer for my kid.

You: but that doesn’t mean she will be safe.

Are you seeing the issue here?

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

In a way it'll be more stressful if Kamala wins. That would mean prosecuting, repairing, fixing, bolstering. Staying in it.

If Trump wins, it's all over and suddenly we have nothing to worry about anymore. It's done.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

What you just said is a little bit like how fascism wins— when you give up and give in by default.

Look, you wanna do that, don’t fuckin’ stand near me : they’ll have you turning me & my queer friends & family in to get “deported”, & you’ll be whining how difficult you’ve got it.

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[–] bokherif -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Having been through a few rigged elections myself, I think it will be business as usual. Social media has a tendency of exaggerating things out of proportion. This creates anxiety and helps people unsee the bullshit. I highly doubt that it’s the president who reigns this huge country, I’m convinced it’s all for show, so that we don’t get our pitchforks.

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