Back in 2016 I was still blogging. Sporadically, but I still wrote 116 posts that year, so I documented relatively well my reaction to the 2016 election. I guess nobody was reading, though, since there aren't many (if any) comments.
My first post, two days after the election was, The Dystopian Future is Here. The crazy thing is that there is a page on Parable of the Sower that features an entry on November 6, 2024 that is about an election of a president who is going to dismantle many government programs! 😱😱😱
The next post, from Nov. 15 was Still Grieving and Anxious about this Unprecedented Election... It's Scary to be in Uncharted Territory! in which I describe how the week after about the election was and finished asking many questions:
There are just too many worries and concerns. It's hard to stop grieving and move on. What about the environment? Foreign relations? the Middle East & Syria and the refuge crisis? What about the immigrants (including me)? What about marriage equality and access to contraceptives and Roe vs. Wade? And the Affordable Care Act?
Let's all hope we're wrong, that our fears are unfounded, I'm sure everyone would love to be proven wrong. Sigh...
Roe vs. Wade is gone. Now they will try to dismantle the rest.
In any case, 24 hours after I realized that man had won, I am feeling almost ok. My husband is completely reconciled to everything, he thinks he understands the appeal of this person and why it happened.
I was dreading teaching today, but it went ok. I am still sad and angry -- last night I was just angry, hating the world and everyone who voted for that creature, and I still am, but I feel like the best thing to do is to figure out ways to resist and hopefully in two years we can have the house and senate back.
That is... if he doesn't go full on fascist and destroys democracy as some think he may. I 'm not so sure. He brags a lot, but I don't know how much harm he'll do. Maybe I'm wrong and he'll do a lot. Time will tell.
