Some folks are going to have a helluva rollercoaster ride

[missdiane]

It boggles my mind with the number of people - mostly on FB - that keep insisting that people just need to shut up and calm down and respect Trump now that he's about to be president. It's not just Trump having his finger on the proverbial button that's the entire problem and they don't appear to get that. Republican president all set to appoint a gang of wackadoo sycophants to his cabinet, republican congress, republican house, soon to be a handpicked judge to add to the Supreme Court. Tell me, where are the checks and balances? Yes, there isn't an overwhelming majority in Congress, thankfully, but still, a lot of damage can be done in a short amount of time.

Meanwhile, I have friends legitimately freaking out because Congress is already chomping at the bit to pick apart the ACA and Trump and evil freaking Pence are poised to go after taking away LGBTQIA rights. One friend in particular I feel especially horribly for. She has life threatening health conditions and her ACA insurance and the elimination of pre-existing conditions is what's been keeping her going as well as a special work program for disabled people. If the job and the insurance are picked away bit by bit, make no mistake, she will die. It is not media trumped-up fearmongering, these are things that were promised by Trump himself AND by the now nearly unchecked congress that's been cockblocking Obama from day one are poised and ready to do their level best to accomplish.

Oh and to those who think that the hate Trump stirred up is overblown, good grief, someone hollered "KILL OBAMA" at Trump's victory speech. Yeah, these sorts of folks are tooootally going to just chill out and be happy go lucky good, honorable citizens that haven't planned celabratory KKK marches, or instigated racial or gay intimidation. All just the media, right?

I'm one of the lucky ones, I know that. But I have friends that aren't so lucky and I worry for them.

Comments

[threecee.livejournal.com]

It IS time to stop panicking and start planning.

I'm thinking it is time to start getting involved in politics, distasteful as that may be. In 2018 there will be 243 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Senate to be filled - we need to help get them filled by the right people.

Writing to your congressmen about any legislation that should or shouldn't be passed doesn't have a lot of effect, but enough letters will make some of them break from their party's stance.

We need to locate and support local charities like food pantries and free clinics that some of our poorer citizens may have to rely on for survival.

If things get as nasty as we fear for minorities, we need decide if we will risk arrest or injury by joining in civil disobedience or peaceful demonstrations.

Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Gods, this post...this post so much. I'm just !@#$ing BOGGLED by how fast the hate-mongers swarmed out of the woodwork. And now we have Trump all poised to be a dictator: one cannot speak against him, Obama needs to stop Presidenting now and First Amendment rights are for the birds. Yeah. This is gonna be a realllllyyy long four years.

*HUGS*

[veganhothead.livejournal.com]

Is it wrong to hope he gets assassinated?