Don't despair! I was flabbergasted watching results roll in last night too. How is 'murder, censorship, and tyranny' a winning campaign?! Even though I'm not a republican (or democrat), I was hoping the red wave story would have played out as fantasized. I can't tell you how many people, in this blue area, when talking quietly, say the vector we are on is insane. That made me think the wave would come crashing in. And then the investigations would start. But it didn't. I've been to this rodeo before. Lucy got me again anyway.
And then I realized, I had bought in to the damn story again, for a bit. They had hooked this fish. I was up and down with the red wave. And it occurred to me, faster this time than before, THEY won't be helpful in fixing this. THEY never were going to be. I had hoped they would lift some of this weight, get the ball rolling, crack the narrative. They still might, who knows. Then your words echoed for me...
This is on us. This is OUR job. This is our burden and privilege to shoulder. We get to be the pretty ones. You and me and everyone here. It will take longer. It will be harder. It will be all the more spectacular for it, when we look back and tell the story. We have a setup for an epic story for the ages. We just need to not quit.
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branchandroot
Re: Mucky state of the collective astral around here
Date: 2022-11-09 09:43 pm (UTC)Don't despair! I was flabbergasted watching results roll in last night too. How is 'murder, censorship, and tyranny' a winning campaign?! Even though I'm not a republican (or democrat), I was hoping the red wave story would have played out as fantasized. I can't tell you how many people, in this blue area, when talking quietly, say the vector we are on is insane. That made me think the wave would come crashing in. And then the investigations would start. But it didn't. I've been to this rodeo before. Lucy got me again anyway.
And then I realized, I had bought in to the damn story again, for a bit. They had hooked this fish. I was up and down with the red wave. And it occurred to me, faster this time than before, THEY won't be helpful in fixing this. THEY never were going to be. I had hoped they would lift some of this weight, get the ball rolling, crack the narrative. They still might, who knows. Then your words echoed for me...
This is on us. This is OUR job. This is our burden and privilege to shoulder. We get to be the pretty ones. You and me and everyone here. It will take longer. It will be harder. It will be all the more spectacular for it, when we look back and tell the story. We have a setup for an epic story for the ages. We just need to not quit.
The whale was never the answer. You are. We are.
Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
Murmuration.