In a lot of ways, today doesn’t feel like 2016 to me - it feels like 2004 (which was my first election). The despair and heartbreak I feel today feels like that. The anger too. 2016 was a system shock. But 2004, the electorate decidedly rejected the values I held dear in favor of a proven con man and cadre of cronies and criminals. And there is something much more painful about that reality. When you have to acknowledge your work and your values weren’t enough. And maybe your tactics were wrong.
@film_girl I want to agree, but I feel like there’s a huge difference wrt 9/11. I hate it but at the same time, it’s hard to imagine any other way to react to 9/11 than to reelect whichever asshole happened to be in charge at the time. It just seems like a perfectly reasonable, if flawed, response to trauma
But wtf was Trump’s 9/11? Covid? Trump voters don’t even believe Covid was real! Trump was rejected in 2020, Republicans failed to capitalize on 2022 inflation, and now they get in power????