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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeside the passing of a family member and some others Friday will be the saddest day in my life.
I love my nation and I will grieve for her.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)A hug for you and your family.
As for our nation, she's down but not out.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)I never felt this way about another president. As much as I disagreed with Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and The Bushes I never felt as if they wanted to intentionally do harm to the people I care about.
I told my buddy Drumpf reminds me of the type of guy who would get two homeless men to fight and promise to pay the winner fifty dollars and then not pay the victor.
Siwsan
(26,264 posts)We just passed the 2nd anniversary of my sister's death, and the 2nd anniversary of my mom's is in two weeks. So this nightmarish travesty is happening smack in the middle of what is already a pretty intense period of mourning. My ability to function is running on empty.
redwitch
(14,944 posts)Bereft is how I feel now.
jeffreyi
(1,943 posts)I was in high school. Some students wore black arm bands to express their distress. Maybe I will wear one on inauguration day, as a gesture of mine.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)The assassination of Bobby Kennedy
The assassination of Dr. King
The passing of Muhammad Ali.
Trump.
3catwoman3
(24,005 posts)I have accused myself of being melodramatic, but not since 1978, when my younger brother and only sibling died in an ice diving disaster, have I felt this much despair and unwillingness to accept reality. I remember standing in our dining room before leaving for his memorial service, saying to myself, "This can't be happening. This can't be happening. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING."
That happened. This is happening. it is so very, very much more than the difference between party philosophies. It is the difference between decency, dignity and decorum on the one hand and depravity and decadence on the other.