The last five years have been brutal. I went from laughing at Trumps odds of winning 2016 back in 2015 and thinking "he said Mexicans were criminals and rapists, surely no one Hispanic will vote for him," to grieving his win, to watching in horror as the biggest "I fucking told you so" unraveled over the next 4 years. Every damn day, a dozen Trump tweets and headlines would buzz over what awful thing he's done next. Then he got impeached, and you know everything else that has happened. I had almost become numb to the trauma. Every Trump headline was another laceration to add to the thousands I already had by now. The final trauma was replacing RBG before her body went cold and then starting election fraud nonsense claims.
Now it's over. Congress certified Biden's win. We got the government trifecta and won Georgia. Bernie and Biden and Kamala and the other democrats all survived the pandemic thus far. And then in the span of 24 hours, Trump was so fucking stupid he couldn't help but get excited about starting a coup, and then dismantled his brand and odds of winning again in 2024 pretty spectacularly. He successfully intoxicated any association with MAGA and got himself permabanned off major social media. He is relegated to the outer circle of the internet now, completely unable to spread lies like wildfire without his own website/platform or YouTube channel. And he's probably going to get prosecuted after the 20th.
I just can't believe it all worked out for us (except for the obvious coup and tragedy of the police officer dying). We still have a lot of work to do to fight misinformation and to educate the populace, but 2021 is starting off with Trump completely shamed and crippled for who he is, and it's a total relish to watch him gasp for air in the media. I feel safe from my government again. We will have a president who specifically has called out support for trans people and supported the BLM movement for the first time. What an amazing reality we're in today that's hard to believe after four years of reading headlines here and GAF and just being pummeled with trauma. It's over. We did it
This presidency will spark a million pieces of art, film, and literature, but it will always be remembered in history as the worst modern president, impeached twice, staged a coup, permabanned from social media, and only 4 years in office. Although he's like Voldemort and may appear later in other ways, he will never have the power he did the last 4 years probably ever again. That's powerful.
Anyone else still processing the reality of the last week? Feel free to use this thread to process your thoughts and feelings over this.
Now it's over. Congress certified Biden's win. We got the government trifecta and won Georgia. Bernie and Biden and Kamala and the other democrats all survived the pandemic thus far. And then in the span of 24 hours, Trump was so fucking stupid he couldn't help but get excited about starting a coup, and then dismantled his brand and odds of winning again in 2024 pretty spectacularly. He successfully intoxicated any association with MAGA and got himself permabanned off major social media. He is relegated to the outer circle of the internet now, completely unable to spread lies like wildfire without his own website/platform or YouTube channel. And he's probably going to get prosecuted after the 20th.
I just can't believe it all worked out for us (except for the obvious coup and tragedy of the police officer dying). We still have a lot of work to do to fight misinformation and to educate the populace, but 2021 is starting off with Trump completely shamed and crippled for who he is, and it's a total relish to watch him gasp for air in the media. I feel safe from my government again. We will have a president who specifically has called out support for trans people and supported the BLM movement for the first time. What an amazing reality we're in today that's hard to believe after four years of reading headlines here and GAF and just being pummeled with trauma. It's over. We did it
This presidency will spark a million pieces of art, film, and literature, but it will always be remembered in history as the worst modern president, impeached twice, staged a coup, permabanned from social media, and only 4 years in office. Although he's like Voldemort and may appear later in other ways, he will never have the power he did the last 4 years probably ever again. That's powerful.
Anyone else still processing the reality of the last week? Feel free to use this thread to process your thoughts and feelings over this.
