That’s easy to say from a position where one is under minimal risk.
Many of us here are not in such an advantageous position.
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Lots of us will have our lives completely uprooted and destroyed, for sure… and we don’t know how bad it’s going to be, but some here have a larger measure of insulation than others (myself included, being a white, middle class woman)… But I really don’t feel like dismissing the upset and grief people are feeling is particularly helpful, although I’m sure that wasn’t the intent… but that’s certainly how it came off…
I’m also remembering in 2016, how when he got elected the first time, and lots of people were highly upset, and we got told that it was going to be bad, sure, but we’ve had bad presidents before… thing is, WE WERE FUCKING RIGHT ABOUT HOW BAD THINGS WERE GONNA GET… I feel like some of that same thing is happening again. That and people just pinning the blame solely on the democratic party, AGAIN… 
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To be frank, it was even worse than I’d ever expected.
I am not sure that I or anyone else who’s imperiled can survive another four years of even worse fuckery than the last time.
What I do know is that I will never forgive those who actively voted for fascism, and if we end up on Fury fucking Road as survivors, I will not forget “who killed the world…” Or who enabled it.
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But what do we build? Do we keep tending our gardens, or do we start erecting walls and digging escape tunnels? The answer is not simple or the same for everyone.
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Yeah… I agree.
Yep…
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For people who wish to discuss their own plans for coping and surviving, I started a new thread…
Seems like it’ll be needed.
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No problem, i wasn’t being sarcastic or implying you erroneously left something out. I think his billions itself do make Pritzker suspect, but I just meant that a sort of ironic effect of that wealth is that he has little financial reason to pursue the relatively small potatoes to be gained from corruption as a governor.
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My condolences and deepest sympathies for your loss.
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Yeah. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t considering buying a gun when I get to Missouri.
I’ve heard a few times over the past 2 days, “It will be ok. We’ll get through this.” Last time, over a million people didn’t get through it. What will the body count be this time?
It feels awfully similar to victim blaming. Everyone is so focused on the people who didn’t vote, and on what Harris and the Democrats did or didn’t do, and the 70+ million people who voted for this get a pass? Nah. Fuck that.
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Yeah. Everyone who voted for Trump is, at best, dangerously ignorant and/or genuinely stupid.
At worst, of course, they’re fascists.
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Just to be clear: “RCMP Interception” means being asked if you are in need of medical attention, given a warm coat if you need one, being taken to an intake center where people like The Welcome Collective will help you out, then asked why you’re here.
So yes, Roxham Road is closed, but people are crossing lots of other places and everyone is gearing up for the influx. I didn’t realize the estimate for undocumented people in 
is around 500,000.
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No “mistake” here;
I know exactly what kind of country I live in; I have ever since the election of 2000.
Still… I held onto a glimmer of hope anyway, like it was a fire ax:
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It’s already started.
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Holy fucketing fuck.
Not quite the same level of WTFing hell as that, but…
He’s figured out it’s from a guy he had a problem with on ebay, but still… JFC.
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yup
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