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.

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[missdiane.livejournal.com]

His VP almost scares me more. That and someone taking Trump out would very likely incite a race/class riot.

One positive thing that's starting to come out of this that I hope continues to take shape is people organizing to try to keep the worst of the worst from happening.

It won't be all that long before many Trump voters realize that they screwed up because all the promises made most certainly won't come true.

[veganhothead.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that. How are you so level-headed?

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

I guess survival/protective instincts kicking in. I'm fretting enough about my friends losing so much more than me that rather than thinking about myself, I'm trying to do my best to think about them.

Though I am already having worst-case-scenarios in my head of a repeat of the great depression and how could I possibly survive it.