Freida
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I'm losing my freaking mind over it.
I'm off most media, but still can't escape it because it is everywhere.
Anytime I turn on the TV all I see is attack ad after attack ad. It's so hard to figure out what the politicians plan to do to better the country because they are so busy sending out negative "world will end!" ads against each other. And the lies. The never ending lies. From all of them - both sides. It is just astonishing the levels they will dive to just to make the other half look bad. And their supporters believe every word.
My biggest challenge is how divided we are as a country - the two sides are so far apart that they can't find anything near a middle ground. I truly think we are heading for a civil war because the belief that the election is rigged has been driven into so many people's minds. Plus, the hatred that has been allowed to run unchecked for years now has created an environment where behavior that would have never been allowed in the past is considered the norm today.
I don't see anyway out for us.
No matter who wins the presidency the senate and house will stay the same so this pattern will continue- which means no one will be trying to keep us together but will continue to force us apart.
I desperately want to come back to this post in two or three months and say I was wrong.
But I don't think there is any chance that it ends that way.
As one commentator put it -- The American experiment is over.
I hope, really hope, I'm wrong.
I'm off most media, but still can't escape it because it is everywhere.
Anytime I turn on the TV all I see is attack ad after attack ad. It's so hard to figure out what the politicians plan to do to better the country because they are so busy sending out negative "world will end!" ads against each other. And the lies. The never ending lies. From all of them - both sides. It is just astonishing the levels they will dive to just to make the other half look bad. And their supporters believe every word.
My biggest challenge is how divided we are as a country - the two sides are so far apart that they can't find anything near a middle ground. I truly think we are heading for a civil war because the belief that the election is rigged has been driven into so many people's minds. Plus, the hatred that has been allowed to run unchecked for years now has created an environment where behavior that would have never been allowed in the past is considered the norm today.
I don't see anyway out for us.
No matter who wins the presidency the senate and house will stay the same so this pattern will continue- which means no one will be trying to keep us together but will continue to force us apart.
I desperately want to come back to this post in two or three months and say I was wrong.
But I don't think there is any chance that it ends that way.
As one commentator put it -- The American experiment is over.
I hope, really hope, I'm wrong.