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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuote from "The Green Mile" that pretty much sums it up.
I'm tired, boss. Tired of being on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having a buddy to be with, to tell me where we's going to, coming from or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head, all the time. Can you understand?"
I came across this elsewhere this morning, and it sums up how I feel, especially in light of the parade.
Mr. Steve
(114 posts)Getting to the point where enough is damned well enough.
TNNurse
(7,083 posts)PatSeg
(49,584 posts)Fix The Stupid
(958 posts)Or the ability to "put yourself in other's shoe's", so to speak.
It is at times both a blessing and a curse.
I truly believe some people are hardwired with NO empathy and others are wired with OVER empathy, ie, they can feel and extrapolate other people's feelings...
I know this because I feel it constantly.
More people need empathy in this world.
Bernardo de La Paz
(50,582 posts)"Oh, mommy, look at how cold that poor kid is without a jacket."
"Shush honey, his parents must be bad to be so poor."
"Daddy, see that man helping the guy who fell. Let's help too."
"Don't you dare! People have to learn to take care of themselves!"
Just like there are no bad dog breeds, only bad owners.
It is interesting how a lack of empathy correlates with red states, imperfectly of course but there is definitely some correlation. Alberta is the most CONservative province in Canada.
To get more sense of the correlation, note states where reporting is mandatory but do not offer immunity. Few vets are going to "notice" abuse when they can suffer if they report it. In those states the "mandatory" aspect is just for show, not for effect.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)generally speaking; post conventional morality, where you care about the common good and will place that above your own interests. The rest are sociopaths, only care about themselves, and psychopaths who don't care about anything, themselves or others. Guess which one, in theory has the lowest numbers? (post conventional) In theory conventional morality has the highest. I am guessing there are far more sociopaths and psychopaths than was believed, simply from cultural osmosis.
But yeah, John Coffee, I second that, I am just tired. Tired of the ugly.
llashram
(6,269 posts)johnthewoodworker
(694 posts)Will things change. Nope.
Tommymac
(7,306 posts)IMO fuck the gloomy doomy attitudes I see too often around here.
Reality is what WE make it. Change happens with ME and YOU.
What you do matters.
I for one believe the horse WILL sing in the end.
Lets get to work.
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)Affordable Care Act!
Afro-American President -Barack Obama.
Trump lost, and Biden won..
Medicare.
Seat Belts...(yes I am a seat belt fan)..
Anti Virus shots.
Small Pox Vaccine.
Nice weather sometimes.
Computer and Internet... now using both...(didn't exist 50 years ago)
"Spell Check"...(I cannot spell..
Modern Medicine.
Social Security & pensions.
Parks
Friends
special kinds of ..."LOVE"
Let us not forget chocolate chip cookies & pizza
(AND THE HORSE DOES SING IN THE END!!!!)
housecat
(3,137 posts)Republicans want spellcheck put in the same category as vaccines and factual history: optional at best, preferably not used, and, ideally, ignored altogether.
It is the reason so many need The Official Dictionary of Republicanese to decipher their written incoherent rantings.
Tommymac
(7,306 posts)CrispyQ
(37,932 posts)We don't have time to be distracted by fascism, & yet, here we are, fighting science-denying fascists, who think they should continue to be in charge. Like the white, Christian patriarchy has done such a great job already.
Tommymac
(7,306 posts)I've only got 20-30 years left on this rock, goddess willing.
It will be harder to deal with Climate issues under a right wing authoritarian country and world...but we'll have to do it regardless.
Failure is not an option.
It is just going to take a bit more work. People, not governments, not corporate cartels, are going to be the driving force in the end...and I have faith in the majority of people.
So I cheerlead to hopefully make myself and others feel a little bit more optimistic motivated - that is the best medicine for me. Misery loves company - I want misery to be as lonely as possible.
Stuart G
(38,726 posts)And that is up to Joe..
Not me...:
ItsjustMe
(11,529 posts)Joinfortmill
(16,146 posts)nuxvomica
(12,823 posts)The call to heroism is always met with reluctance as it is never a call to glory but rather, IMHO, the instinctive impulse to transform the world into a safer place for the innocent. We can reject the call but in doing so we may suffer more. Accepting that challenge to transform the world is what gives our lives meaning. It can't be ignored.
calimary
(83,841 posts)Quote of the Year!
SCantiGOP
(14,152 posts)I think everyone here knows exactly how that feels.
I just hope it makes us work and fight harder, not give up. As Kate McKinnon said at the opening of the first SNL after trumps win: I know Im not giving up. Please, you dont give up either.
Claypoolsbass
(4 posts)Just finished watching this movie yesterday, great film.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,869 posts)Lately. Covid had made it worse.