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13. I'm in the same boat.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #12)

Wed Nov 9, 2022, 08:20 AM

Nov 2022

I guess I put too much hope in this election. I'm tired of just barely surviving as a democracy, i want to live in a fully realized one. But clearly this will not happen in my lifetime.

you're right about the young people. Many of them are just beyond great. But sadly the rightwing media machine is busy turning many others into zombies. it just sucks.

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So I didn't look yesterday [View all] barbtries Nov 2022 OP

i didnt watch anything yesterday but ozzie and harriet reruns as i was samnsara Nov 2022 #1

It's so frustrating. Island Blue Nov 2022 #2

yeah, and i hate what it says about the people in NC barbtries Nov 2022 #4

The news is great, but it is frustrating when your local disappoints. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #3

She's not just local. barbtries Nov 2022 #5

What I mean is that overall Dems have done well. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #6

yes. barbtries Nov 2022 #7

It's awful when you know your own reps suck. And your own neighbors Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #10

thank you, barbtries Nov 2022 #11

I'm more upset we lost the NC supreme court MyMission Nov 2022 #15

i hadn't even gotten around to the SC issue, barbtries Nov 2022 #16

I'm a numbers nerd MyMission Nov 2022 #17

It literally makes me physically ill. The attack littlemissmartypants Nov 2022 #8

it's good to be validated. barbtries Nov 2022 #9

I know I won't live to see any substantial change. Not in my lifetime. littlemissmartypants Nov 2022 #12

I'm in the same boat. barbtries Nov 2022 #13

❤️ littlemissmartypants Nov 2022 #14