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[Boomerproud]

1. Please take care of your physical and mental health.

I feel very much alone most of the time so I understand your pain. There was nothing offensive about your post.

[Scrivener7]

2. You're having a hard time. How about talking to someone? Everyone needs it sometimes.

And please don't stop posting. Don't go away.

[Scrivener7]

8. It is simply untrue that animal activists and greens are not welcome anywhere.

This is something you have constructed. It might be helpful to explore why. Being brought low by someone's comments about cat ladies (as you expressed you were in your other post) suggests that you may need better tools for maintaining equilibrium.

[Scrivener7]

10. I don't understand your comments about DU, but at any rate, you're welcome.

[multigraincracker]

18. A lot of problems arise from the clash of cultures.

Back in the late 60s, I was at the lunch room at the dorm. A friend from India was having a hamburger and I asked him about it. He said his mother had told him American cows are not sacred.

[multigraincracker]

38. Cultural Anthropology was my minor

in college. I loved it. Culture adapts to its in environment and history. Changes as they change.

[KPN]

36. I have a gay, vegan, animal rights activist son. He expresses the same feeling of not being or

feeling welcome in many, probably most settings. I'm mentioning this because: (1) your statement above resonated with me having spent a lot of time with and listening to my son in the past several years and the deep love and appreciation I have for him and who he is; and (2) your expression helps validate him in a very small, seemingly insignificant but also meaningful way and I want to thank you for that and return the favor by validating you in response. Your feelings are legitimate. Don't ever feel bad about having them or, more importantly, bad about yourself for having them.

By the way, my son has recently found himself -- by this I mean he has learned to love himself and who he is -- and come into his own. He is in his later 30s now and it took him many years, but he seems to be there -- and he hasn't given up any of his values or passion for what he believes in.

I'm kind of rambling now, I know. Just know that there are many of us who understand and appreciate what you said.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Thank you for sharing

[multigraincracker]

19. You may find less judgement here than about

anywhere else. At least we try. No one is perfect.

[yardwork]

5. Nothing in your post is offensive or puts you at risk - but take care of yourself.

It sounds like you're going through a lot. I'm very sorry for your loss. The loss of a beloved mother so recently is an understandable reason for extreme grief.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. "I find liberals sympathetic but they mostly live on the net ."

That's some wisdom spoken there. I tried like hell to connect with other liberals, but it sometimes feels like we're all hiding.

I am sorry for your loss. This is a good thing you're doing. Affirm your personhood. It will make you stronger.

[BlackSkimmer]

12. If you're drunk at 830 am, please take the advice in this thread and get help.

Take care of yourself.

[BlackSkimmer]

15. Lol, I completely understand.

[BlackSkimmer]

17. Sadly, I have no family left in this country at all.

Hug them.

[multigraincracker]

20. Lao Tzu might say that

Conservative and Liberal arise together. Without one, there would be no need for the other.
We are given perfect examples of how not to act.

[tavernier]

22. When I lost my mom

it was as if someone had cut off my right arm… without anesthesia. It took a few years for the pain to subside.
I find your post a very normal reaction. Long walks were helpful for me.

[niyad]

25. You are part of a large and supportive family here. Know that you are not

alone. Please take good care of yourself.

[cally]

27. I still desperately miss my Mom

who died at 93 over 3 years ago! I found grief counseling helpful and it is free through hospice. (Paid by government not hospice so open to anyone) I have felt alone in my new location and am still desperately searching for liberals. I just signed up to volunteer for a liberal political candidate so I hope I can find some folks like me! By the way, you don't have to be a citizen to volunteer (I have no idea of your citizenship but you said you immigrated)

[Wild blueberry]

28. Thank you for posting

As another introvert, I hear you. Grieving is hard and takes many forms. On this Mother's Day, you are remembering your mother with love. I imagine she would want you to feel her love. Please be kind to yourself and your heart.
Glad you reached out.

[llashram]

29. all things pass

work on all that causes you pain...only you and trusted others can do it. At 74, I am still at the wheel. One reason is I have been in therapy since 1978...happiness in degrees can be found. I keep you in my positive thoughts.

[vlyons]

30. Yeah I'm pissed too about the Roe Vs Wade stuff

I'm 75 female with heart disease. I was a hippie when I was in college back in the late 60s, and our cause back then was anti-Vietnam war protests. The women's movement was just getting going. It was mostly portrayed in the media back then as lesbians and crazy bra burning radicals. MS magazine was new.

I just finished watching all 4 seasons of the TV version of the Handmaid's Tale. It was a tough slog, very difficult to watch especially seasons 2 and 3. But wow has it affected me deeply. It so resonates with what I see in RW politics and intolerant religions. The message I get is wake up and pay attention. These rabid Chreisto-Fascists are allied with the corporate greed mongers. They want to eat the whole world and annilhilate everyone who doesn't get in line and fit their pictures. If they could being back slavery, I think it would be no problem for them.

I love animals too, as do most of my friends. I used to have an alpaca and llama ranch before my health went to hell in a handbasket. I've been a Buddhist for many years, and it has helped me to calm down and not immediately react with anger, when I encounter stuff I don't like.

[cayugafalls]

35. Your post hit me hard. I really do feel your pain.

You are loved here, my friend. The events of the last week have hit everyone hard.

But that is not why I am posting. I am posting because you mentioned about not having dealt with the grief yet. Go somewhere and cry. It is ok. Let it out.

Repressing your grief is not good for you. It only delays the inevitable and could result in it coming out in a way that is unhealthy.

You deserve to feel.

Sending love to you, cayugafalls.

[Duppers]

37. Oh NO!!! I'm sorry you're leaving.

Thanks for reaching out to this fellow critter-lover here.

Take care.