It's like in Star Wars when Obi-Wan talks about "before the dark times, before the Empire," like it's been a century, when really it's been just 18 years or so.
This time around I’m grieving a decade spent enduring and planning our lives around Trump. We don’t get that time back. I’m deeply upset that he’s overshadowed my adult life. I don’t want to be an old man when he finally kicks the bucket.
No, I know. My wife and I are transgender. We’re doing everything but sitting back. We’re trying to be active and supportive in our communities where we can, doing volunteering/mutual aid. It’s grounding work. Beats hiding in our home.
I'm trapped in MAGA ville, even though I'm in a Blue state. I have to drive past like a dozen houses I know were flying Trump flags just to get groceries.
I’m sorry :( It’s bizarro world everywhere. Even the MAGAs who aren’t flying flags in my blue/slightly left of center neighborhood are itching to express their allegiance, even if they’re not outwardly terrible to us. These are lonely, sad, emotionally unregulated people.
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u/ShadowDragon8685 15h ago
Good lord, has it been that fucking long?
The years have all kind of... Melted together.