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In reply to the discussion: How is everyone handling the hate they feel right now? [View all]Groundhawg
(981 posts)10. Hate eats at you. I don't hate anyone. It isn't healthy for ourselves.
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I am not handling my HATE well at all ...... I wish i could shoot Them all. Im not violent either.
Trueblue1968
Nov 7
#158
Yes--they punched us in the face, pushed us to the ground, and then, boot on our necks, snarled, "now, stay down!"
Timeflyer
Nov 8
#166
Hate may be a waste of time, but it's real and I feel it for every trumper right now.
lark
Nov 7
#110
I will not have anything to do with MAGA relatives, except for brief necessary exchanges.
Wingus Dingus
Nov 7
#6
I, too, am mostly sad, but still trying to process the meaning of this election result.
Lonestarblue
Nov 7
#116
On Election Day she put out a tic toc explaining why voting for harris was so important
questionseverything
Nov 7
#155
Feel the same way. Want to enjoy schadenfreude when the Leopard eats their face.
LiberalLoner
Nov 7
#21
I'm doing the same. A one-family attempt to collapse the Trump economy, lol.
Wingus Dingus
Nov 7
#48
Yep. I'm the same way lately--hoard the money, move it around as you see fit, but don't buy shit you don't need.
Wingus Dingus
Nov 7
#68
I will only engage with them only in the most minimum ways possible, and will absolutely refuse to discuss anything
JohnSJ
Nov 7
#35
You won't ever change their minds, anyway. They have their beliefs and grievances and
Wingus Dingus
Nov 7
#42
Not hate ... it's more a combo of frustration and disgust ... and dread for the future
FakeNoose
Nov 7
#44
My sister in law who is married to a maga ( who's marriage I think is going to end soon) told her brother
kimbutgar
Nov 7
#62
Hate kills the soul of the hater. Don't hate. Hesitate. Contemplate. Educate. Emulate. Communicate. Devastate.
ancianita
Nov 7
#71
I'm not handling it well at all. Somehow, I have to get my brain focused on something other than politics.
Vinca
Nov 7
#72
I realized a long time ago that the consequences of hate are essentially self-destructive.
patphil
Nov 7
#86
I prefer to learn to be indifferent to their fate. Hate requires the expenditure of
dobleremolque
Nov 7
#87
I haven't picked any fights yet, but I've been in a simmering rage since 1994 because of Newt Gingrich
LT Barclay
Nov 7
#108
i've swapped the hate for complete contempt and disgust for Don and those who voted for him.
Ping Tung
Nov 7
#119
I can certainly respect your right to do that (i.e., keep them in your life).
hamsterjill
Nov 7
#140