Since the election, things have been weird. In fact, weird doesn't even cover the whole... vibe. My little business that sells pronoun and pride flag buttons saw a bump in business selling 'you are safe with me' buttons – enough that I was able to make an upgrade or two. I don't like the reason, but I appreciate the support. Both in giving me business and in wearing flair that sends out the message that you're NOT MAGA.
It's kept me busy, which has been very welcome. I cried a bit the first two days. Not because my candidate lost, but because the country lost and in doing so revealed itself to be beyond redemption. That last spark of hope that humanity would do the right thing fizzled out that night.
Spoiler: Humanity almost NEVER does the right fucking thing.
And so here we are, on the other end of that tense tense tense election, and I happen to be one of those “pronoun people” the right has scapegoated... I have no idea how things are going to go in the next however many years. I have a sliver of an idea based on how the first term went, but this man now has no checks, no balances, and no one with a shred of humanity, empathy, or compassion is anywhere near government.
To paraphrase one article I read... we're about to find out what happens when 1% of the country is targeted with the full wrath of the United States Government.
For cheaper groceries.
Really America? 🤦🏻
The groceries aren't even going to get cheaper because none of the people who voted for this guy understand economics at even the most basic level. I can't even try to be empathetic towards people this blind to reality. I don't even think it's an education thing, I think it's a weak mind thing, and I'll go further to say I think religious belief is what makes that mind weak in the first place. Weak enough to fall for a cult that pretends to be a political party.
Fucking idiot shitbags.
But... look... I have to move on from this... reality is what it is and all that. I just have to take steps to protect my own peace and my own family. Queer, trans, and nonbinary people don't just cease existing because the government is ceded to a bunch of idiots. It just means we have to exist for ourselves and ourselves alone.
It also means the constraints of reality don't really apply to us anymore – not in the same way they apply to other people at any rate. When society creates a box and tries to force you into that box, but you don't actually fit, that means you have literally everything else. All the people in that world? All they have is what's in that box. You? You have everything NOT in that box, and that's a whole lot more.
I dunno, maybe that's why my creativity has been off the charts lately. 😁