this is the republican's final gambit. if we all vote, we can stop them from regaining power again.
losing sight of our power is the worst thing to do right now.
I gave 12 years of my life to this country (Air Force), I've voted in every election, that I've been able to vote in (minus 2008 as I was deployed to Iraq and wasn't really focused on voting).
All I've seen since I turned 18 is the Republican party constantly fuck things up to the tune of a 20 year war that accomplished nothing (and gave me really bad anxiety/possibly PTSD), a ruined economy, a massive bungle of a pandemic, another ruined economy.
I just turned 40 a couple of months ago. That's all my adult life has been. It's been nothing but a colossal shit-show by a bunch of religious lunatics.
Now, these assholes are set to take even more rights away because they have the Bible shoved up their asses.
I'm sick and fucking tired of getting screwed over by these assholes, and I'm sick and tired of seeing people I care about get screwed over by these assholes.
The issue I have with saying, just vote, is that it's a message that's just fallen on deaf ears to Democrats over and over and over.
Hopefully, this is the wake-up call that gets people to wake the FUCK up and see what's actually going on.
Am I pissed, hell yes I am.
I used to love this country, but that love is gone. I'm going to continue to vote and do my part, but any love I had is gone, and it's hanging out with the less angry, anxious person I was before I joined the military.
The only minor solace I can take is that my wife and I are completing a move to California and getting out of the racist shit-hole that is South Dakota.