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babylonsister

(170,962 posts)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:21 PM Nov 2020

The Rude Pundit: Getting Through the Next Two Months of Hope and Dread

https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2020/11/getting-through-next-two-months-of-hope.html

The Rude Pundit
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11/24/2020
Getting Through the Next Two Months of Hope and Dread


1. It is okay to feel hopeful in the wake of the ascertainment of the election of President-Elect Joe Biden, thus starting the transition from the catastrophic fuckstorm of Donald Trump's presidency. Everyone who was supposed to do their jobs decided to finally do their jobs, from the state canvassers in Michigan to the General Services Administrator. In one consequential day, we went from "Oh, Christ, this fucker might have a chance to steal this election" to "Thank Christ, this fucker is actually going to be gone." Between that fact and the vaccine light at the end of the COVID tunnel, for the first time in years, it's possible to envision a future. Not a perfect one, not an easy one, but one where there's a chance to move again towards "more perfect," where we take on the difficult tasks like climate change and poverty. No, I'm not blinded by hope to think any of this won't be a daily struggle against people who despise us and with people on our own side who want to do more or do less. But, goddamn, the air feels lighter, less weighted with the miasma of unending despair that has filled our noses and lungs. And it's just fine to enjoy breathing that cool breeze for a bit.

2. It is okay to feel dread for the damage that Trump can and will do over the next two months that he's in office. Trump and the vindictive cuntfleas he has surrounded himself with will seek to undermine the Biden administration in ways trivial and in ways important. Right now, they're wrecking trust in our elections by insisting that this one was corrupt and stolen and that they've lost only because the complicit courts won't let them present their secret evidence or some fucking thing. It doesn't matter. What matters is destroying as much of that nation's faith in the federal government - hell, in all governments run by Democrats - that they can, as well as discrediting voters from people of color who live in those Democratic places. And this sabotage extends to fucking up the United States's place in the world by undermining treaties like Open Skies. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see Trump start a conflict with Iran or break diplomatic ties with an ally or NATO as a pissy middle finger to anyone who questions his idiotic "America First" policy. We can be pretty sure they're all destroying records as quickly as possible, as many as they can get away with, covering up what are likely voluminous numbers of crimes. And we've gotta survive the next two months of inaction on COVID, including underfunded preparation for the vaccine rollout. Yeah, there's a fuckton to dread.

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4. It's okay to want Trump and this administration brought to justice. I wrote about my fears that Biden won't do that back last December, and there's much more to say. However, I wouldn't expect any movement on that front until after the Georgia runoffs. You don't want to turn Trump into a MAGA martyr yet. Let's get them to depress the GOP vote so we can possibly get the Senate.

5. Mostly, keep telling yourself this: There will be a January 20th, 2021. There will be a vaccine. And then we gotta put on our work boots and step into the shit to clean it all up.
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The Rude Pundit: Getting Through the Next Two Months of Hope and Dread (Original Post) babylonsister Nov 2020 OP
Outstanding underpants Nov 2020 #1
Yes, this. Biophilic Nov 2020 #2
Many thanks for posting this! scarletwoman Nov 2020 #3
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #4
So much to clean up we may need a Federal Refuse Department. LanternWaste Nov 2020 #5

Biophilic

(3,479 posts)
2. Yes, this.
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 05:56 PM
Nov 2020

We will get out "our work boots and step into the shit to clean it up." Or, at the very least, we will support in any way possible those doing the actual mucking out. It's friggin' hard work to clean out a barn that hasn't been attended to for over 4 years. We owe them our support and not to be constantly seconding guessing them. I'm not necessarily a 'yes' person, but I'm more than willing to give the new crew time to do the cleaning and then the repairs and finally to put things right. Going to take time and patience on our part.

I'm just grateful there are so many awesome people willing to do the hard lifting.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
5. So much to clean up we may need a Federal Refuse Department.
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 07:00 PM
Nov 2020

Me? I'm still savoring Biden's win, his fantastic show of unity within the party by picking a former primary opponent as his VP, and amusing myself by mocking those who are slow-burn-frustrated by his electoral victory and record-setting popular vote cunt.

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