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@pteryx I'm not crazy about the idea I'm "less innocent" than anyone else because the only housing I could get is in the south, considering I vote blue. But I can't entirely disagree with it either, even if guilt by association doesn't feel fair.
Whatever I can do to help, I intend to. Thinking carefully about WHAT helps most, beyond voting and persuading, is crucial. Making each action count. My health and energy increasingly limits what I can do.
@pteryx Unfortunately I have to agree. We're at least a decade past when "Here we all are, see how many of us disagree with X?" carries meaningful weight.
I'd ask what I can do that's meaningful, but it seems like you think because of where I live, I have an extra helping of blame and thus should be expected to do more, risk more, sacrifice more than someone who lives in a blue state. You may not even be wrong.
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@pteryx @humanadverb I'd say you're already doing the thing that best meshes with your skill set and ability to handle. You're a wordsmith, a truth teller.
Put simply, you're doing what you do best, which is persuade and educate others, spread the word, spread truth and knowledge.
Those things are priceless, never let anyone tell you otherwise. You *are* helping with your very best skill!
@pteryx I wish I could say otherwise, but that's a pretty accurate assessment of the situation. I'll put it this way...I had to actively go look up the events in Panama from just before I was born, because basically "The WWs happened. Korea happened. Nam happened. Cuba happened. Panama happened. And NOW back to "real history ", where everything not covered in The Buybull is one event: The WoNA!"
@pteryx That's my thought. I don't think we can do anything; the other side armed against tyranny then sided with the damned tyrant. But all we have left is to protect our own honor and reputations. No one in a position to act is *listening*. Or if they are, they're delighting in our scurrying. Fuckers.
@pteryx I can only guess your emotional state based on what I know of you, but I for one am *shaking in my fucking shoes* at where things are going. I'm supposed to be applying for jobs, but instead only Rena is keeping me from a total backslide on things. I want to put my head under the covers and not come out til this terrifying gd nightmare is ended. And yes, I too resent that I'll be held as responsible as those who cheered it on.