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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

lmao

Coming from someone who has openly yearned for a Trump presidency?

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Coming from someone who has been on several weeks of mandatory leave from work because I started self harming in public after listening to yet another fucking horror show coming out of Gaza. I had to be sent home because I was crying and hitting myself.

How do you live with yourself? I'm genuinely curious, because I can barely do it. I've had to stop listening to news in the car or I'll drive into traffic. I'm voting for Aaron Bushnell because they're far braver than me. I hope Trump has a heart attack.

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Get a grip, talk to a therapist or trusted friend. It's OK to not be plugged in 24/7. "If it bleeds it leads" is true and being inundated with horror constantly absolutely wears you down.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I'm literally mandated to talk to a therapist to keep my job now.

But I don't think it's okay to tune out. I'm complicit. I deserve to suffer for that. People who tune out are rejecting the responsibility they have to their victims to hear their stories and learn their names. I can't look away, I don't have that right.

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

You have a terrible therapist.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Children dying under the rubble don't get therapists. I'm lucky I can talk to someone, but I don't deserved to feel better. I deserve to suffer.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Coming from someone who has been on several weeks of mandatory leave from work because I started self harming in public after listening to yet another fucking horror show coming out of Gaza. I had to be sent home because I was crying and hitting myself.

Which makes it all the more insane that you've openly yearned for a Trump presidency.

How do you live with yourself? I’m genuinely curious, because I can barely do it. I’ve had to stop listening to news in the car or I’ll drive into traffic. I’m voting for Aaron Bushnell because they’re far braver than me. I hope Trump has a heart attack.

By doing what I can, and keeping in mind the historical perspective.

Tomorrow isn't going to be a fucking utopia. Even an overwhelming, sudden, and ideologically 'pure' victory won't bring a utopia tomorrow. But we fight day by day, and generation by generation, to make a better world.

this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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