I've been feeling angry, sorrowful, hopeless, helpless, disillusioned, and fearful the past 3 months

[YoungDemCA]

I am fearful for black Americans, Latino Americans, plus Americans who are Jewish, Muslim, or from other minority or marginalized religious groups, poor and working class Americans, immigrants (both documented and undocumented, specifically those from ethnic and racial minorities), women, LGBTQ Americans, Americans with physical, intellectual, and/or developmental disabilities...the list goes on. And on. And on.

I am fearful for young people, including myself, my siblings, and my friends and peers. I am fearful for elderly people, including my grandparents. I am fearful for middle-aged people, including my parents. I am fearful for the rest of the world. I am fearful for future generations - assuming, of course, that there will be future generations. I am even fearful for Trump voters - at least, those who I hope sincerely mean well and are simply poorly informed or misguided in their anger, bitterness, and where it's directed - which I admit, is a goddamn hard thing to do.

I hate to be pessimistic or cynical. I really do. But I have come to recognize the sobering truth that there really is no rational reason to believe that things are guaranteed to get better. This is depressing, even horrifying to believe. But I unfortunately, really think it is true.

We've gotta fight, somehow. We can't give up, even when it feels too difficult to keep going. ESPECIALLY if it feels too difficult to keep going. Somehow, in some way, we NEED to find a way to fight for our very lives, our very futures - and those of everyone else, for that matter. Otherwise, what are we here for?

[MFM008]

1. What you said

And I have an ulcer.

[J_William_Ryan]

2. How you feel is perfectly warranted and appropriate.

And although the following is a lot of ‘ifs,’ this is still something to consider:

If a half dozen or so Senate Republicans reject their Party’s reckless, irresponsible agenda, it’s possible Social Security, Medicare, and some environmental regulatory policies could be saved.

A majority of Americans don’t want these programs interfered with or ended – enough Senate Republicans feeling the political head and not wanting to touch the third rail of politics should be sufficient to kill any ill-advised ‘reform’ of Social Security or Medicare.

And if there are no more Supreme Court vacancies before 2020, and if a Democrat is elected president in 2020, what damage caused by Trump and his fellow idiot Republicans would be minimal.

[Alice11111]

3. Yep! Yep! We must aggressively pursue a plan

I'm the same. We must obstruct, speak the truth ( not meekly hint and tippy toe), delay, obstruct. ..maybe move, if you are lucky enough to do that. If US loses tax base of workers and professionals, really bad for people like trumpsters who hardly pay. They support their spending on the backs of the workers, and they pass laws to make it even worse. Yet, they convince these desparate people to vote for them. (Seems like Karl Marx, economist and historian, pointed out this pattern.)

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. I think right now we have to focus on what is going to happen when in 6 days the

president of the United States is working for Russia.

What wll that do to our intelligence services, how many thousands of them will be fired, killed or will quit?

Then, how many in our military will refuse to fight the war that will start?

While that is going on I fully expect the GOP to repeal and NOT replace ACA so they can punish Obama supporters.

Internationally speaking we are in very bad times, very deep waters and we may not even have to worry about healthcare.

[mopinko]

6. my daughter is terrified.

she is gender queer, and her best friend is trans.
even here in the heart of blue chicago, she is terrified. she has been bugging me to apply for irish citizenship, so she can apply.

she knows i would take a bullet for her, or her friends. that i would spend my last dime. and somehow that is worth exactly nothing.
i cant stand it either.