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[Embed For Use By Upgraded+] Believin' all the lies that they're tellin' ya Buyin' all the products that they're sellin' ya They say jump and ya say "how high?" Ya braindead, ya got a fuckin' bullet in ya head |
Artist: Rage Against The Machine Song: Tire Me [Embed For Use By Upgraded+]  Prompt via "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  : Write an entry inspired by any three WDC emoticons. You pick the emoticons, but make sure they are tied to your entry in some way.    Can you tell what I'm going to rant about from the 3 emoticons?  I'm sooooo sick of talking about/hearing about politics. Yes, I'm making the logical choice to rant about it. But listen, because I don't think I'm alone here. Before I even get into it, here is why it bothers me... I can usually avoid news/politics pretty well. I can just go about my business, silently inform myself, vote when the time comes. It's usually a very quiet affair. I can see things in both parties that I favor and make a decision based on whatever my criteria happens to be. That's all there is to it. With this administration, it's fucking impossible. It's impossible to just put your head in the sand and 'mind your business' so to speak. Like, the shit is so over-the-top outrageous and egregious that you can't really avoid hearing about it. And then on top of that, because it's so horrific, you can't be like, "LOL oh well!" So I find myself way more involved and informed than I normally am because it's like, there are some things you just can't in good conscience pretend don't exist. That being said I never talk about politics in public or when I'm visiting someone. I just don't find it to be necessary. It's always negative and I don't want to roll up on someone's house, like, "Hey, our country is broken!  "So, this weekend, I went to visit family which involved a fair bit of driving. Here's what I endured during this venture. First of all, we stopped at a gas station about halfway there and this guy is very loudly talking to the cashier about Trump's "go back to your country" thing. We'd already filled the car outside, but we decided to go in and grab a couple bottles of water because it was like 5000 degrees outside. We get what we want and go up to the register and... they just keep talking like we're not there.  "Well, ya know... I guess... if they DoNt LiKe AMeRiCa MayBe ThEY sHoUlD just leave."  Which, sidenote, is an extremely narrow and unamerican perspective. You can go right ahead and u-turn out of my life if you think that's an appropriate way to treat US citizens. But the point is, they just kept talking about it while we were standing there trying to buy our drinks. Granted, it was in a pretty small town and the place was otherwise empty. I cleared my throat rather loudly and they glanced at me and then just kept talking.  Kira was like, "AHEMMMM EXCUSE ME." And then the customer stepped, like, 4 inches to the side and just stayed there while we checked out so that they could go back to their conversation when we left.We got back on the road and shortly before reaching our destination, we decided we should stop somewhere and grab food. I knew we probably wouldn't be eating right away because we were going to visit family so we didn't want to be starving the whole time. We stopped at some little diner and, of course, the news is blaring on the television there. So, we had the wonderful opportunity of hearing all about the political clusterfuck while we ate grilled cheese and soup.Finally, we arrived at my brother's house and we're having a really good visit. And then, suddenly... "Sooooooooo, what do you think about everything going on with Trump and all that?!" Please, no. MERCY. Seriously. This all occurred within 3 hours, by the way. And then, later on, I visit my grandfather and he has the news on in the living room where we're talking. One of the first things he says is, "What do you think about all this......???" I can't. I don't blame people at all for bringing it up. Like, it's crazy shit. I'm young, but I've never experienced or seen anything comparable to it. But sometimes I just want to hang out and NOT discuss what's going on the news. I want to catch up on what's going on in your life, not figure out where we both stand on politics. And, just to add in, I feel like people are testing each other often when they bring up politics. They already know how they feel about whatever's going on. I personally think that when a friend or family member brings something up, they're either consciously or subconsciously making sure that you agree with them. I totally understand why people do this. Like I said earlier, if someone thinks that anyone who doesn't agree with every aspect of America should have to leave the country, that's a huge problem for our relationship. But basically, the point of this entry, is that being in the US completely tires me right now. I hear about politics at school, at the gas station, at restaurants, almost every time I'm one-on-one with another human, etc... It's entirely unsustainable. I try to not bring it up when I do hear about something, although admittedly I don't always succeed, but I definitely try to curb political conversations quickly by being relatively unapproachable or unwilling to engage in it. Like I said, I'm young so maybe it doesn't hold a lot of weight, but I've never seen my country so divided before. My in-laws visited a little over a month ago and I still haven't recovered from how much they support Trump. "I just love  how he really GOES for it! We need someone  to really tell it like it is and stir  things up  !!!" I was stunned. We're talking fully educated, hardworking, and seemingly intelligent people absolutely LOVING that our president is keeping children in gated pens without soap or essential hygiene products (which was the especially hot button issue at the time). They were straight up giddy with joy. They think everything that's going on is both fun and funny. Take away all of the headlines, just pretend they don't exist, I still don't understand how a person could possibly be enjoying the division of our country. It sincerely changes my opinion of a person. And, for those who don't remember, I was one of the few people who accepted that people have different viewpoints and stated immediately after the election in 2016 that we should not be bullying each other regardless: "Invalid Entry" .People everywhere (yes, even on WDC) were being pretty vicious to each other in November of 2016. I saw that divisiveness on the site almost 3 years ago and it really bothered me. I wasn't okay with seeing people from either side calling each other names immediately following the election. Go read the comments on that entry if you don't remember or don't believe me. What I hate so much about politics right now is that it has gotten so bad I simply cannot be as middle ground as I was then. With the things I see and hear things going on now, if someone is gleeful about it, it really breaks my heart. I can't believe that people who I've loved and respected for years would be gleeful about the current climate. And that's why I'm saying to about at this point. I can't stand to see the way things are and I don't want to hear another person I care about saying that "it's not that bad" or "well, they deserve it" or "at least he's shaking things up! " It's a completely devastating lack of empathy for other humans. If someone refuses to change their voting from republican, okay, I can accept that. If someone is joyous about the way this administration is running things, it's unconscionable and indefensible to me, sadly. Yeah, ya tryin' to tire me, tire me I can see you in front of me, front of me |
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