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WhiskeyGrinder

(22,357 posts)
2. Some women are reliving trauma, others are seeing men say things that show they don't have their
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 06:51 PM
Sep 2018

backs, others are realizing for the first time that what happened to them and has always bothered them was wrong and was assault. Be kind to yourself and others.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
5. I heard the same old tripe: more adoptions, fewer abortions, less welfare, blah blah blah
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 06:55 PM
Sep 2018

"It's not fair: I get ripped off by women and minorities"...rinse repeat.

White male resentment. I tune it right out if at work and argue if it's not.

classof56

(5,376 posts)
6. I share your anxiety and frustration.
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 06:56 PM
Sep 2018

Retired, so don't work, but I do find myself having a problem controlling my impulse to throw something heavy at the TV, especially when dTrumphf "speaks".

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
13. THAT is what has me so spitting mad!
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:27 PM
Sep 2018

Hey boys! It's ok! Go ahead and rape away! We've got your back here in the good old GOP! Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

They all make me want to puke.

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)
14. I know there is no way you can apologize without admitting guilt but if there were
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:39 PM
Sep 2018

the slightest bit of remorse or reform, I think we would sense it. But ... based on his emails (off shore boys trips away from the wives) he’s just an older, grayer frat boy.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
9. I get it, but sadly this and more were predictable the moment it was clear trump won in 2016.
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:00 PM
Sep 2018

So, almost 2 years later, I try not to let it ruin my day like bush and cheney did after invading Iraq. I darn sure will do a little dance if Democrats win the House and make a move in the Senate in November.

KT2000

(20,584 posts)
10. Yes -
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:12 PM
Sep 2018

I keep checking to see if there is good news that tells us that indeed things have changed for the better. But it has not, which makes it even worse as there have been enough lessons to understand the seriousness of this. I am furious.

spooky3

(34,458 posts)
11. Thanks to all who have replied. Two things that cannot
Wed Sep 19, 2018, 07:24 PM
Sep 2018

happen soon enough:

—Mueller does something that leads to Trump’s and Pence’s departures
—A huge blue wave in November.

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