I am very much in favor of liberty and justice FOR ALL. Currently, that means I intend on voting for the party that is FOR the most people... especially those who have been deliberately attacked by the other party. Our two party system has many flaws. It was made and is upheld by imperfect humans. And yet, I still think it is worth preserving (and continuing to change).
All the conflict is so hard to witness with my soft heart. I'm anxious most of the time. And yet I want my heart to continue to bleed for people who are being oppressed and marginalized.
I am 100% with you, Marcie. Thanks for expressing all of what I’ve been feeling but have not seen many folks saying across social media platforms. This is the kind of nuance and complexity we desperately need in our discussions about this upcoming election. I don’t want to vote for either candidate either and am completely heartbroken about Gaza and Biden’s role in that. And yet so many serious issues facing our country and world cannot be abandoned or ignored. It’s an impossible task to reconcile all of these issues and life-threatening situations and come up with one candidate who will make all these issues better. But there is clearly one who will make many if not all of these problems worse.
we are not meant to have access to volume of atrocities in the world. My dad just found out a dear woman who grew up in the orphanage he worked with in Haiti has now had to take 4 more little ones on herself due to the NON-STOP suffering and atrocities going on there. it never ends. I understand the activist mindset to allow the pain and rage to move to action, AND I agree that paying attention to stakes in one's local world is truly important too! we need to choose or at least be thoughtful about what pebble in our shoe we allow to bring us to action. we can end up just walking around on all the rocks if we consume everything out there. I don't know how we parse it all out, though.
Yes, thank you for writing this. As we live in a traditionally red state and my 23 year old pursues their gender dysphoria diagnosis and top surgery, I am painfully aware of how important their protection (and protection of others is), and how dangerous re-electing Trump would be. They and their sister will sign all the petitions, not vote for Biden in primaries, object to genocide in every way they can but have assured me they will vote for him for their own safety come November.
100% agree with this! How does weakening the chances of Biden winning help the horrific situation in Gaza? Or any of the incredibly important issues we’re facing right now? I am as heartsick as anyone about our tax dollars paying for bombs killing Palestinian kids but you are so right, every issue is nuanced whether we want to see that or not. This conflict is a long time coming and all the blame can’t fall on Biden’s shoulders. The thought of Trump being president again just literally makes me sick to my stomach. As the mother of a lesbian daughter, I am so afraid for her future with another Trump presidency.
I am very much in favor of liberty and justice FOR ALL. Currently, that means I intend on voting for the party that is FOR the most people... especially those who have been deliberately attacked by the other party. Our two party system has many flaws. It was made and is upheld by imperfect humans. And yet, I still think it is worth preserving (and continuing to change).
All the conflict is so hard to witness with my soft heart. I'm anxious most of the time. And yet I want my heart to continue to bleed for people who are being oppressed and marginalized.
Know you're not alone, Marcie.
Thank you friend 🫶🏾
I am 100% with you, Marcie. Thanks for expressing all of what I’ve been feeling but have not seen many folks saying across social media platforms. This is the kind of nuance and complexity we desperately need in our discussions about this upcoming election. I don’t want to vote for either candidate either and am completely heartbroken about Gaza and Biden’s role in that. And yet so many serious issues facing our country and world cannot be abandoned or ignored. It’s an impossible task to reconcile all of these issues and life-threatening situations and come up with one candidate who will make all these issues better. But there is clearly one who will make many if not all of these problems worse.
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we are not meant to have access to volume of atrocities in the world. My dad just found out a dear woman who grew up in the orphanage he worked with in Haiti has now had to take 4 more little ones on herself due to the NON-STOP suffering and atrocities going on there. it never ends. I understand the activist mindset to allow the pain and rage to move to action, AND I agree that paying attention to stakes in one's local world is truly important too! we need to choose or at least be thoughtful about what pebble in our shoe we allow to bring us to action. we can end up just walking around on all the rocks if we consume everything out there. I don't know how we parse it all out, though.
I don’t know either but I like your pebble in a shoe analogy.
Amen, amen, and amen!
Yes, thank you for writing this. As we live in a traditionally red state and my 23 year old pursues their gender dysphoria diagnosis and top surgery, I am painfully aware of how important their protection (and protection of others is), and how dangerous re-electing Trump would be. They and their sister will sign all the petitions, not vote for Biden in primaries, object to genocide in every way they can but have assured me they will vote for him for their own safety come November.
Our kid is seeking top surgery too and afraid of Trump gets in, they won’t be able to receive it.
Praying and voting for their safety, and the safety of so many others. ❤️🏳️⚧️
Amen, Marcie!
100% agree with this! How does weakening the chances of Biden winning help the horrific situation in Gaza? Or any of the incredibly important issues we’re facing right now? I am as heartsick as anyone about our tax dollars paying for bombs killing Palestinian kids but you are so right, every issue is nuanced whether we want to see that or not. This conflict is a long time coming and all the blame can’t fall on Biden’s shoulders. The thought of Trump being president again just literally makes me sick to my stomach. As the mother of a lesbian daughter, I am so afraid for her future with another Trump presidency.
Our LGBTQIA have never needed us more!!!
Exactly !
Thanks for this Marcie 🌈 You hit on a lot.