I am really struggling here.

[OldBaldy1701E]

There is so much of me that wants to post a long screed about just how horrifying it is that many of us are going to die while our 'betters' are sitting around safe in their expensive homes casually discussing things, like this is some kind of chess game.

But, why bother writing that? No one will care about it, and when (not 'if', unfortunately) those animals start literally mowing down anyone they want to in the street, they will just redirect the discussion and continue to sit safely (mostly because these types generally don't go out in 'the streets').

It makes me want to throw up.

People like me are 'expendable'. We are just fodder. We are not rich, we are not leaders of the economy, we are just peons. Thanks to the societal rigging that was done over the past sixty years or so, we won't ever become anything but peons. And now, we are moving targets. Which is fine with those in power, I guess. I mean, other than threats of 'action' by using a system that was corrupted and tweaked to favor the very people we are trying to use said system against, we don't seem too willing to put a stop to this.

Because it has not stopped yet. It has only gotten worse. And, our leaders? They are talking. And talking. And talking.

Until it happens to someone of 'merit', we are doomed to die in droves while our 'masters' hold meetings and urge 'caution'.

How marvelous.

[Walleye]

1. Unfortunately, they aren't animals. They are men. Don't let them off the hook.

[Dear_Prudence]

2. No statute of limitations on murder.

Some of the storm troopers will eventually be brought to justice. I take heart in seeing the tens of thousands who took to the streets in subzero weather in Minneapolis; a thousand businesses closed as part of the protest. But it is deeply upsetting and I am with you there. As for wanting to throw up, I am with you there too. 🤮

[Siwsan]

3. I'm right there with you

We are watching history re-runs, right before our eyes, and my anxiety issues are outweighing the medication meant to keep it under control.

I am a granddaughter of an immigrant. I am a niece of two uncles who were deployed to Europe during WW ll. One trained fighter pilots in England. One was in the Battle of the Bulge. I am a veteran who is horrified by what's become of the nation I served.

I was also a part of a weekly anti Iraq War demonstration, for about 5 years. We had guns pointed at us. We had cars drive at us. Fortunately these were just cowardly bully tactics used by the purple heart band aid crowd, instead of Neo Nazis. On at least one occasion a black SUV pulled in to where we parked our cars, and men started taking down all of our license plate numbers. Yet I never worried because we were not doing anything illegal.

Now, when I attend rallies and protests I worry that a gun might just go off and a car could likely drive in to the crowd.

I worry about my cousin's wife. She is a Japanese citizen who has held a green card for decades. I worry about their 3 sons who have dual citizenship.

My brother is a school bus driver. In addition to the constant vigilance needed to get the kids to and from school, he's now also having to keep an eye out for any ICE activity so that he can protect any of his at-risk kids.

Right now, live is pretty much an ongoing nightmare.

[Clouds Passing]

4. We are in a state of national shock

[multigraincracker]

5. May take awhile, but this too will pass.