You’re not alone. The shock of 2016, and seeing some of my friends celebrating the result, sent me into a spiral. Get to a therapist, because honestly your reaction is completely rational but you’re going to need tools to stop it consuming you.
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I don’t think he ever shied away from pointing out its tragic inevitability if you push a group of people far enough, but his goal was always to avoid it.
…it is as necessary for me to be as vigorous in condemning the conditions which cause persons to feel that they must engage in riotous activities as it is for me to condemn riots. I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots. But in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•In addition to Musk, multiple top DOGE officials leaving Trump administration: Sources11·2 months agoyep, their work is done
and the pitcher on the mound… this is all coming together
does “every fucking word that came out of my mouth” count?
bidet I learned
you shit in your bidet?
tryagain@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is personally your favorite insult or what is the best comeback you've heard that destroyed someone?51·3 months agoI’ve always liked “waste of skin”
tryagain@lemmy.mlto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•We call people who want to regress conservative and not reactionaryEnglish6·3 months agoRegressives. As opposed to Progressives.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Trump says US will soon announce tariffs on pharmaceutical imports3·4 months agoLot of BDSM crafters about to pivot to medical supplies. Restraints? Harnesses? Relaxants? Something to bite on? They’re so ready for this.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What song or songs have lyrics that are relateable and connect to your feelings on a deepish level?4·7 months agoA Place For My Head by Linkin Park. Not all the time, but when it’s bad it’s bad.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto World News@lemmy.world•The diplomatic crisis between Israel and IrelandEnglish161·7 months agoThis Israeli propaganda belongs somewhere other than Lemmy. There’s no greater diplomatic crisis between Israel and Ireland than there is with any of the other countries that have recognised Palestine’s statehood, it’s just that Ireland is small economy, and home to a lot of American tech giants, so (Israel thinks) might be easier to push around. Good luck with that.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Donald Trump gets bad news about his tariff plan from Americans in new poll50·8 months agoI don’t think he’s planning on worrying about polls ever again.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto Technology@lemmy.world•The ‘Unsettling,’ Nearly Normalized Surveillance Tech Monitoring the U.S.-Mexico Border.English161·1 year agoFarm Fresh from Gaza to Tijuana to a town near you: it’s Foucault’s Boomerang!
I need to hear more about this date.
tryagain@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Biden says he’ll call for Supreme Court reform in final months in office51·1 year agoGive it up for Jimmy Carter
tryagain@lemmy.mlto World News@lemmy.world•William Crowther: Vandals topple Australian colonial-era statueEnglish162·1 year agoHow good are vandals though
tryagain@lemmy.mlto News@lemmy.world•Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure41·1 year agoThey’re already selling prime Mediterranean beachfront real estate blocks. Palestine will be eradicated if all goes to plan.
I’m almost at the antipode of my spawn point but I moved here late enough in life that, while the rest of my household call here home, I still think of my birthplace as home. Some days it’s hard.