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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 06:23 PM Feb 2019

This will NOT be a rant. I'm too damned tired for that.

I am tired of us having to "be the adults" while those on the other side behave like the characters in "Lord Of The Flies".

I am tired of having to "respect the office of the president" while the current occupant of the White House daily defiles it.

I am tired of "waiting for the Special Counsel to do his job" while the APPARENT traitor and criminal he's investigating appoints totally unqualified ideologues to the federal bench who will pollute our justice system for decades.

I am tired of watching my party let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I am tired of the media often treating racist, misogynistic and homophobic bullshit as simply "a competing view".

I am tired of talking heads who treat moral pygmies like Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham like they are normal human beings worthy of respect.

I am tired--- but you can bet your ass I will be in the fight till I assume room temperature. Tomorrow will be a better day.

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This will NOT be a rant. I'm too damned tired for that. (Original Post) Atticus Feb 2019 OP
Well said... ADX Feb 2019 #1
Amen! SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #2
Take an emotional break lunatica Feb 2019 #3
"tired of...moral pygmies...(treated)like they are normal human beings worthy of respect" handmade34 Feb 2019 #4
+1000000. Well said. Duppers Feb 2019 #5
I am tired too, sick and tired, pooped, etc. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #6
Best non-rant I heard all day. Great post, I am so tired too. Pepsidog Feb 2019 #7
if a normal, non rich person pulled just 1/10th of the crimes trump did yaesu Feb 2019 #8
Good post. I share my sentiment and feel your frustration. ooky Feb 2019 #9
Hear, Hear! smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #10
Me too. I agree! mountain grammy Feb 2019 #11
Amen! Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #12
I'm tired of the GOP using progressive causes to beat up on Democrats Saviolo Feb 2019 #13
I'm tired of "going high".... Heartstrings Feb 2019 #14
I couldn't have said it any better, Atticus Ohiogal Feb 2019 #15
I'm tired too... Blue Owl Feb 2019 #16

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
3. Take an emotional break
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:03 PM
Feb 2019

There’s a hell of a lot of fighting in our future.

Put your worries aside the way you take your jacket off when you come home. Do something you truly love to do. The jacket will be there when you head out again.

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
4. "tired of...moral pygmies...(treated)like they are normal human beings worthy of respect"
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:23 PM
Feb 2019

yes, yes and yes... I too am tired of all of these and more... frustrated because I am unable to do more than I do

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
5. +1000000. Well said.
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 07:39 PM
Feb 2019

Every word.

This: "tired of watching my party let the perfect be the enemy of the good."

I posted about the ratfucking and the Greater Good hrs ago.





yaesu

(8,020 posts)
8. if a normal, non rich person pulled just 1/10th of the crimes trump did
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 08:17 PM
Feb 2019

he would have been hauled to jail on day one.

Saviolo

(3,280 posts)
13. I'm tired of the GOP using progressive causes to beat up on Democrats
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 09:00 PM
Feb 2019

They're great at it, and it's infuriating. They slide that wedge in on a Democratic politician because 20 years ago they held an opinion that is super not cool now, and it just erodes and erodes the trust away more and more each day. To be fair, some of the people they've shamed need to go because that's just how it is, but I just wish it worked on them. They have no shame. You can shame them using progressive causes, because they actively oppose them anyway. And you can't shame them for going against their party line because their party line is so odious that we'd -WANT- them to.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
14. I'm tired of "going high"....
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 09:13 PM
Feb 2019

How's that been working out for us?

"It's our time to make a move
It's our time to make amends
It's our time to break the rules
Let's begin....."


Ohiogal

(31,979 posts)
15. I couldn't have said it any better, Atticus
Thu Feb 7, 2019, 09:20 PM
Feb 2019

Loved what you said about the ignorant BS being treated as “a competing view.”

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