I think we may need to relax a little bit [View all]

[maxrandb]

I am going to try. Yes, it's horrible, disgusting, deplorable, fascist, racist and relentless, but life is a marathon, NOT a sprint.

I just talked to my children. One a member of the LGBT community, and one a female PHD working in a STEM field. They were upset, as can be expected, but I simply asked them to keep some perspective. I asked them to imagine what life was like for a gay person, or a minority, or a professional female scientist 40 to 50 years ago. At least in 2025, they have a large segment of the population that are their allies. I'd imagine that wasn't true 40 to 50 years ago.

I would also like to point out that this is what Donnie Dipshit has done his entire, miserable life. Whether in business, politics, or whatever fucking scam/con he is running, he comes in and steamrolls shit around like a monkey flinging poop. Eventually, the stuff he's bragadociously peddling as "the greatest, bestest, most beautiful shit ever seen", turns out to be as successful as Donnie Dipshit Steaks, or Vodka.

All he has done so far by EO can be overturned in a heartbeat. His only success so far has been to get people running around like the sky is falling. We won't survive a year, or two, or four, if we keep running at this pace.

I will take comfort in knowing that he will fail, and at a minimum, I am on the right side of history.

I am not going to ignore the harm he is doing, or the destruction he is capable of, but I won't let him live in my head.

Let's take action where we can (limiting our spending and ensuring we aren't supporting businesses that support fascism is probably the best tool we have).

Let's vow to take one post we were going to make on DU, and turn it into a letter, or phone call to our local and national reps. Or, take that one post and turn it into a Letter to the Editor.

EDITED TO ADD: This is 2025, so maybe less Letters to the Editor and more Blue-Sky, Tik-Tok, Instagram and You Tube messaging.

BTW - How many of you have shared DU with your friends, family, neighbors and co-workers?

Let's find our local Democratic Party office and volunteer in any way we can.

Let's engage with like minded folks.

Let's be ready to respond to idiot MAGAs at our grocery stores, churches, gas stations, malls and neighborhood block parties. You don't have to allow MAGAs into your life, I sure won't! But, you can push back when you hear them retreading fascist talking points.

If any have read some of my posts, you know I am not a Pollyanna, but....

We are going to get thru this. We are about at the Wedding Scene in The Godfather Part I point of this Donnie Dipshit misadministration. There is a long way to go to the part in Godfather III where Michael is alone clutching at his chest.

Let's save some popcorn for the end.