The Far Left Have Lost Their Collective Minds....

 I wasn't able to watch the President's speech last night, due to being at work, so am watching clips this morning.  Borrowing this from a friend who DID watch, and I'm in total agreement:

"Y’all knew I’d have a commentary tonight after Trump’s address…wasn’t that an amazing address by our 47th president?

The lunatic lefties were in rare form…the pink outfits to represent the loss of women’s rights less than 24 hours after these bottom feeders voted against protecting women and girls from males competing in women’s sports was pathetic. All while holding their blue and yellow scarves in support of the disrespectful twit from Ukraine. You know…the former adult entertainer who has grifted us for billions of taxpayer dollars to fight a war that isn’t ours to fight. The one who refused a peace deal…the whole bunch should be ashamed of themselves. It was refreshing to see the race baiter Green hauled out of there like the trash he is though.

I do not know how every American cannot be proud of who we have in the White House right now. Seriously. The man is a treasure. The things he’s done and plans on doing are going to make our country great and powerful again. We will no longer be the laughing stock we were when that joke of a deep state puppet with dementia was shitting his diaper and wandering off like a lost…well…dementia patient.

He’s going to protect our children…bring manufacturing back to the US…reduce taxes…improve the economy…stop the flow of drugs and violent criminals across our borders…yet the dirty Dems refused to acknowledge the good he’s done. Maybe they should have just stayed home tonight instead of holding up their signs…well…I’ve got your sign you worthless pieces of garbage!

These hate filled, money grubbing, corrupt f..cks are so pissed that Elon is uprooting their cash cows as fast as a Bernie Sanders fart dissipates in the wind that they couldn’t even clap for the little boy with cancer whom (the President) honored as a Secret Service member…or for naming a nature preserve for an innocent little girl whose life was brutally ended by illegal immigrants. For him honoring the man who died protecting his family from the crazed shooter in Butler, PA or the police officer who died in the line of duty.

All in all…(the) President's address tonight was a refreshing beacon of hope for our country and I’m grateful we have a leader in the White House instead of a DS puppet. "

I also found this:

This is just WRONG! How can some people hate a person so much that they oppose everything he says and does? Someone even posted earlier this week; the President could announce they'd found a cure for cancer, and the Left would yell, "Fake news! You're putting Big Pharma in jeopardy!"

Or announce something along the lines of our water being cleaner and they'd argue against the treatment plants, saying we're killing the planet.

Give me a BREAK!

I watched several clips, and I don't know who that blue-haired woman with the perpetual scowl on her face with the sign, 'Save Medicaid'.....she obviously never listened to her mom when told her face would freeze....and speaking of a child who's on Medicaid (aka Healthy Indiana Plan), he was able to get his wisdom teeth extracted just fine on that plan. So either he's slipped through the cracks, due to following the rules, or because he's not abusing the system, his medical needs will be taken care of.

As to my views on eliminating the income tax? ("OMG....what about all those tax workers you're putting out of business???"), I don't know if it will bankrupt the economy, or if state taxes will go up to compensate, or if they'll implement the Flat Tax that was floated in the 90's. All we can do is try it for a few years and see what it does. I just hope if they ever reinstate it, they don't make it retroactive. Because there's no way I could ever pay that back.

If they do send me $5K? I would be able to:

-eliminate my medical bills

-pay for ALL of my trip expenses

-Put a nice chunk of it toward next year's NYC trip.

THAT's what I would do with the $$. Not go blow it on 'stupid stuff'.

(Of course, item #2 on that list is what my hubby deems 'stupid stuff', but then again, I guarantee a large chunk of HIS would be spent on groceries, eliminating a credit card, and going out to eat, that last item being his own 'stupid stuff'.)

Okay; rant over. My friends who are on the left, I ask you this:

For four years, I've kept my fingers silent, praying for this day.

If I posted ANY of the type of hate/anger towards the former administration, you'd be taking me to task and unfriending me, instead of agreeing to disagree.

WHY must you try to shove your views down my throat? I let you vent and scroll on by, venting my own anger in private. Why can't you do the same?

Why won't you do the same??????????????

So Sick Of This.....

******WARNING******* 

Political Rant Ahead.  Please be advised you might be offended by what I'm posting. 

Today, Feb 28th, is supposed to be the 'Great American Shopping Boycott'.

Here's what a friend posted:

"Over the past couple days, I have concluded that people have lost their ever-loving minds. This is going to be a long one...

First of all, just because I'm planning on shopping tomorrow...I was called a traitor. Really? A traitor? When I popped back off and called the person a libtard I was accused of being 'unkind'. Like calling me a traitor wasn't unkind? What's good for the goose ain't so good for the gander I guess. (I was also called a Nazi)

So, yes. I'm going to shop tomorrow- A LOT- because y'all are being stupid following the orders of a nasty little man who pretends to be a reverend. Your minority of whining babies aren't going to do shit to affect the economy...remember...you are a very small minority of folks who are still screaming from the streets, rooftops and every place you can scream from because your cackling old hen didn't win the election. Maybe if she had done something while she was in office or run on something other than 'reproductive rights'...

Speaking of the Fake Reverend Al Not So Sh***** the tax evader and the race baiter...I got called a racist for referring to him as such. I had no idea the motley fools created two new races...Fake Reverends and Tax Evaders...I guess since they think they can create new genders they thought they could create new races too. Who'd have thought it?

I'm tired of the horrid people who think they can get by with going on social media platforms and threatening to off/unalive or trying to get others to off/unalive people like D***** T**** and El*** M***. Just because your party of love and acceptance and inclusiveness and peace got away with burning cities and murdering innocent people in the summer of peaceful protests in 2020 doesn't mean you can now. There's a new sheriff in town and his name is K*** P**** and with D** B******, so the law will be upheld. If I see you do shit like that, I'll be reporting you to the authorities and let them handle you.

What is it you don't like? Is it that T**** has given E*** the assignment of finding out where your hard-earned tax dollars were being wasted? Or that the federal employees are being made to work for their pay which is funded by the American taxpayer instead of sitting on chat rooms and talking about their fetishes or sharing dirty images? Maybe it's that you don't like that they are shutting off the cash cow to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Al Quaida?

Speaking of Hamas...you folks who are chanting in support of Palestine...did you know you are chanting in support of terrorists who killed two innocent little boys with their bare hands? No? Might want to go listen to the funeral speech of Shiri Bibas's husband or watch the home videos of those little boys and tell me if you still support those inhumane terrorists. If so...you are a disgusting excuse for a human being.

And here's a message off to the alleged witch hunters in North Carolina...how dare you call yourselves decent people? Threatening others for their beliefs because they don't match up or align with yours. You know...over the history of the world...more people have been murdered in the name of religion. Religion is something that was created by man to control people and you folks are living proof of that. Read up on history...Paganism predates Christianity and pretty much every other man-made religion in the world. Where did all those people go when they died? To your burning flames of hell? Which...by the way...doesn't really exist. But you are sure doing a great job of creating a living hell here on earth aren't you?

I hope for this world y'all sit down and do some thinking for yourself. Maybe pretend you're a little kid doing those connect the dot coloring book pages and realize that you aren't connecting the dots in real life. Turn off the mockingbird media (look it up...it's a real thing) which is being paid to feed you full of propaganda. Go in search of the truth on your own instead of believing what you hear. You are being controlled by people who could give two shits about you and even more so, they are using you to do their damned dirty work. Including teaching young kids about sex at an age when they should be coloring or playing with dolls and trucks.

Keep your sexuality in your own bedroom and away from children.

And if you want to load your body full of big pharma's poison...go for it...there are a lot of us who don't, and we shouldn't be insulted and attacked because we made the choice to protect our bodies from the poison that these companies are getting rich from. Hey...while you aren't shopping tomorrow...why don't you boycott big pharma too?

I just want to enjoy the years I have left without having to watch, hear or be accused of things I'm not. It's too late for most of you, so I'm not even going to try to wake you up anymore. Keep your head in the sand or up your asses or whatever place you choose. You do you...I'll do me...but if you continue to come at me with your insults and name calling...expect to get it back...and I'm much better with words because my vocabulary isn't limited to racist or homophobe or traitor or 'magat'.

Have a nice life."

AMEN!!!!!

I can't repost it on my page because 1) I have too many friends on the opposite side of the aisle; 2) Many are DEAR friends, and yes, some are joining the boycott-they have EVERY RIGHT to do so!; and 3) Whenever I post anything remotely political, I get called on the carpet by so-called well-meaning friends on the opposite side who DON'T CARE ABOUT MY RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, and instead, lambast me, block me, or even worse, UNFRIEND me for daring to have a different political OPINION.

Over the last 4 years, I've been mainly silent, biding my time and hoping the tide would turn, and it did. I saw not right-wing people up in arms, threating to boycott, or posting memes of #46 stumbling around (okay, I did see a few!), or making a mockery of our highest office. I didn't see daily posting of 'Where's Camel". I got some cheers every time an EO was passed, or Congress passed a bill. And when AOC opened her mouth and BS came out, yes, I saw a few posts.

But mainly, when I couldn't handle what I was seeing, I either posted Michelle Branch's vid "Are You Happy Now', or David Cook's line, "Be careful what you wish for....you might just get it all....and some things you don't want...."

I don't rant on FB. I rant here, where nobody sees it, ha ha. It fulfills my itchy fingers need to rebutt the craziness and insanity I see in the world, and nobody yells at me here.

Yes, call it cowardly, but I do NOT believe people in the public eye NOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS need to be 'using their platform' in this manner. Yes, I have a voice; yes, I don't have many followers, and even if I did, they have their right to their own opinions. Why should I encourage otherwise?

As a kid, I hated politics. In part because we only got 3 channels and it seemed the President was always interrupting my shows. When I turned 18, I voted the way my parents did, until the 1988 election when my very-politically-involved professor said if we wanted to keep our future jobs/programs, then we needed to vote Democrat. That was fine with me, because I didn't particularly care for Reagan's successor. 4 years later, I liked what I heard coming from Clinton. But in 2000, I couldn't stand Al Gore, and a year later, was VERY HAPPY we had a God-fearing leader. I have no doubt what would have happened otherwise (shudder).

I still don't think I'll ever be a tying vote in any election, but I have been known to switch sides during a primary, to make sure someone I don't like doesn't win. Doesn't always work, but hey, I tried. I never vote a straight ticket in the General Election.

Anyway, getting back to why I'm sick of half the people on my FB feed losing their minds.....

.UTOPIA

DOES.

NOT.

EXIST!

Get over yourselves; stop having panic attacks about what you see on the news and FIND YOUR FAITH!!!

It begs the question: Would you rather be happy or correct?

Anxious or calm?

It's funny; most of the people I see screaming about LGBTQ rights are STRAIGHT. Most of my alphabet friends go about their lives, doing their jobs, eating out, enjoying their lives. I do have at least two that I know of OCCASSIONALLY post about what's going on and why it's wrong for them.

Did it ever occur to the straight ones that the alphabet ones might not need your championship/outrage/heart attacks over perceived attacks?

Let the lobbyists do their jobs. If you want to join 'em, fantastic.

I guess I'm back to staying off social media for another 4-8 years.

If anyone's noticed, I'm only posting the song in my head, memories, or any news.

Probably explains why my algorithm is f***d up, and I'm mostly seeing ads.

UPDATE: For the record, I just bought 3 e-books on Amazon. That's my contribution.

I also decided to conduct an informal experiment on FB, asking the question, "Just out of curiosity, who's boycotting and who are shopping?"

-Only 2 conservatives dared to say they were shopping.

-Liberal friends gleefully posted they were either boycotting or shopping small business and paying cash.

-Other conservatives 'liked' the post.

The takeaway?

-Even though I posted a 'please be respectful of others opinions', some declined to be truthful.

-Only 3 people had never heard of the boycott.

-At work tonight, I was busier than I'd been in a long time.

-Other posts stated friends went to Target and the parking lot was full.

In other words, the only people 'hurt' by the boycott are the ones who refused to shop.

Boycotts Do. Not. Work. Esp in Big Business.

Now Small Business? Cripples them. But of course NO ONE would dare boycott a small business, unless of course you bake cakes and refuse service based on religious views.

I don't care what religion, sex, or political party you claim.....I'll still be happy to talk your ear off about my books:)

Rolling My Eyes......

 Seen on Social Media:

OMG....EM now has your social security number!

I seriously doubt he's going to sell it or steal MY identity....the man is worth 300 times MORE than me!  In fact, in the 1980s-90s, my SS # was on my CHECKS!  In college, my SS # was how my teachers 'anonymously' posted test scores! in the past 40 years, anyone could have swiped it.

But I'm in debt up to my eyeballs, and my $$ flows out faster than it's coming in.  Thank God we don't depend on MY paycheck to pay the bills; I'm struggling to pay my credit card, medical bills, AND save for another NYC trip, as well as pay for my upcoming book signing trips.  I just canceled one hotel room; I have a mandatory meeting the next day at 6am.  And have to travel to my mom's later that same day.  If I skipped the meeting, I'd either have to travel home, unload the car, then drive 3 more hours north, or get up early (again!) the next day.  Think I'll come home from the meeting, unload the car, take a nap, then head north.

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Heard on the news:

Then there's this BS:  A Michigan representative has decided to make sure she can never have kids under the current administration.  *blinks*  Okay; that's your choice.  And you CAN get it reversed, should a future administration's policies be better?

I'll admit, I think Roe V Wade needs to be reinstated.  I'm Pro-Choice, not Pro-abortion.  While I myself wouldn't do it, I don't think the gov't has the right to tell a woman what she can or cannot do to her own body.  I believe in a SAFE way to take care of the issue....the only thing this does is drive it back underground, and more women will die of botched ones.

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Then there's this one:

Welp, can't find it, but it was all about the Prez attending the SB this weekend, and how he was gonna feel butt-hurt b/c T Swift is going to get all the attention and not him. Plus, how he favors the Eagles and she's cheering on her b/f on the Chiefs.  Get over yourself......

Has The Pendulum Swung Too Far?

 I'm concerned about what I'm seeing on social media.  Specifically about the EO's on Medicaid, gay marriage, abortion, free lunch program, and lowering prescriptions for those on SS.

There's also reports of increasing bird flu contamination, putting our chicken population at risk.

I eat a lot of chicken, and we use a lot of eggs.  Don't want to see those prices increase!

Then there was the tragedy of the AA plane vs Black Hawk Helicopter crash.....it's being blamed on DEI???  That's ludicrous. (No, not the singer!)

Here are some posts I've seen in the past 2 weeks:

My anger today has less to do with the Nazi salute at the inauguration and more to do with:

1. the cheering that followed

2. the way people are defending it

3. how we got here in the first place

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A House committee in Idaho passed a resolution to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. (Gay marriage.) It passed 46-24.

It's not a bill, and there's no active legislation... yet. From my understanding, House Joint Memorial 1 is essentially a formal request asking the Supreme Court to "restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman.” They want to bring gay marriage decisions back to the states.

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From Forbes:

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will direct the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security to prepare a “30,000-person migrant facility” at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

From me:

It's Day 9 and we're sending people to camps.

*******

In case you missed it, they just announced they're going to broadcast propaganda in schools:*

The 1776 Commission in coordination with the White House Office of Public Liaison, coordinate bi-weekly lectures regarding the 250th anniversary of American Independence that are grounded in patriotic education principles, which shall be broadcast to the Nation throughout calendar year 2026.

*I could be misinterpreting that these broadcasts are for schools. The rest of this (lengthy) executive order relates to education so that detail is an assumption on my part

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1.29.25

-The White House rescinded the vague executive order from yesterday that paused government funding for many programs

Trump claimed the US sent $50 million worth of condoms to H*mas which they used to make b*mbs

-Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody undocumented immigrants

charged with minor theft offenses (with no due process)

-An executive order was announced to build camps for up to 30,000 undocumented immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

-The White House put forth an executive order that criminalizes teachers for supporting trans and non-binary students

-That lengthy executive order also has some pretty problematic language involving teaching about race and American history

-RFK Jr's confirmation hearing was disrupted by protestors; he dodged questions about past statements

-Bird flu has been confirmed at an Indiana egg farm

-The White House formed the 1776 Commission to promote nationalist propaganda

-A priest threw up a *salute* at the National Pro-Life Summit (and people cheered) and his license has been revoked

-An army helicopter crashed into a commercial plane outside of Washington DC

-Protests occurred across the country/world today (including Evansville and Bloomington) and more will follow

*******

25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico are coming February 1. Remember, tariffs are passed onto consumers. Us. Produce, electronics, lumber, car parts… those are just some of the things we can expect to be more expensive

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1.30.25

-Without evidence, Trump blamed Obama, Biden, Pete Buttigieg, FAA employees with disabilities, and diversity for last night’s airplane crash

-There is a new executive order about investigating the crash, but it actually focuses more on the Obama administration's "dangerous 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' tactics"

-Pete Buttigieg snapped back: "As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying.”

-Trump’s FCC director (Brendan Carr) is going after PBS and NPR, accusing them of violating federal law by airing commercials; Trump and Musk have criticized them of having a liberal bias in the past and have threatened to defund them

-Trump announced 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico to begin Saturday. He has not decided if this will include crude oil. Produce, lumber, cars & car parts, and electronics are just a small part of what we will be paying more for–I haven’t done enough research on this yet.

-RFK Jr’s confirmation hearing continue today; he was questioned about his anti-vax claims, and he seemed to have a weak understanding about how Medicare and Medicaid work

-The Pentagon's intelligence agency has halted celebrations of MLK Jr's birthday, Holocaust Days of Remembrance, Black History Month, Pride, etc. after Trump's DEI order

Is he going to replace it with something better?

Some of my friends in the alphabet soup community are expressing terror; others I've seen who are still in my state seem perfectly fine as they go about their day. The above comments are from a STRAIGHT WHITE PERSON who has recently written DEI into her books, and is a former teacher.

Shall we see what February brings?

Election 2024

It's official, the Republicans are back in charge, and half my friends on FB are losing their sh*t.

Here's what began circulating on Tuesday after Trump took the oath of office:

 This is where I stand. The 45th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, and all or most of the people I love.

Some people are saying that we should give Trump a chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response:

•I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years...Lies about his legitimacy and hatred for his principles and his attempts to work within the system.

•I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid.

•I will not "work together" to subvert the Constitution by illegitimately pushing unfit Cabinet nominees through on recess appointments without the advice and consent of the Senate.

•I will not "work together" to build a wall.

•I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims.

•I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries.

•I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor.

•I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies.

•I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection.

•I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands.

•I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them.

•I will not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone.

•I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive.

•I will not "work together" to slash funding for education.

•I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder.

•I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns.

•I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage.

•I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way.

•I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts.

•I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women.

•I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons.

•I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics.

•I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention.

•I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred.

•I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it.

•I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition."

•I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression.

•I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.

•I will not “work together” to eliminate or reduce ethical oversight at any level of government.

•I will not "work together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators.

•I will not support anyone that thinks it's OK to put a pipeline to transport oil on Sacred Ground for Native Americans. And, it would run under the Missouri River, which provides drinking water for millions of people. An accident waiting to happen.

•I will not "work together" to legitimize racism, sexism, and authoritarianism.

This is my line, and I am drawing it.

•I WILL stand for honesty, love, respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of Life itself.

•I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN:

That "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing... When others are sacrificed to glorify its existence.

Signed,

(2 friends and a whole bunch of others)

I also saw one of my friends mark herself 'safe' from 'watching a convicted felon/rapist put his hand on a Bible he didn't read and swear an oath he has no intention of keeping.'

Ummm....it's now four days later and he's

-Revoked a lot of the bullsh*t orders of the past 4 years'

-Closed the border

-Reinstated the pipelines

-ICE is rounding up convicted illegal felons and deporting them!

I have friends in the LGBTQ community in a panic.

I have friends who live in my town in the LGBTQ community who are going about their daily lives and being happy.

It all depends on what rhetoric you listen to.

OMG.....

 So this just happened.  Last week, Hurricane Helene wiped Asheville, NC nearly off the map, and cut it off from surrounding counties.  They are in need of resources...food, daily items, clothing, housing, gas, you name it.

Today, a popular singer with a huge following made an undisclosed donation to 1400 food banks in-wait for it-

THE UK.

********needle scratch*********

This singer is AMERICAN.

Unfortunately, this singer has backed one of the WORST presidential candidates (IMHO!) in my lifetime.

So where's the donation to your HOME COUNTRY?

Saw a post the other day that our *cough* WONDERFUL *cough* government has donated the following:

$24.4 BILLION to Ukraine

$11.3 BILLION to Israel

$1.6 BILLION to Jordan

$1.4 BILLION to Egypt

$1.1 BILLION to Afghanistan

$1.1 BILLION to Somalia

$1 BILLION to Yemen

$987 MILLION to Congo

$896 MILLION to Syria

$9 THOUSAND to each illegal immigrant who crosses our border without permission.

What did they send the hurricane victims?

$750.  SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS.

Do you know how long that lasts?  For instance in my family, we're surviving EACH MONTH on $5000. That pays for mortgage, utlities, medical bills, my phone, groceries, and gas.  These people will still owe these things.  That $750 will maybe last a week.

So back to my original post:  Why doesn't this singer (TS) donate to her HOME COUNTRY?

And why the hell are we sending money to Syria? Congo? Somalia? YEMEN? 

How many foreign countries are coming to OUR aid?

Unbelievable.

I'm About To Lose A Friend.......Or Several......

 Ironically enough, over this post:

"Don't damage friendships over politicians who don't even know your name. You can have differing political views and still treat each other with kindness and respect...."

I thought it was a perfectly neutral post, and I HAVE REFAINED from sharing memes that line up with my views, because 50% of my FB friends don't share it, and seem to take GREAT PLEASURE in trying to shove their opinions down my throat.

Here's what's got me irked.  A friend's Significant Other, whom I haven't really spoken to in YEARS, decided to comment:

"If a politician has promised to do harm to people you love and you still support that politician, you support the harm done to people you love. Id say that's a pretty valid reason to distance yourself from someone."

Okay,  First of all, did you not see the ‘treat each other with KINDNESS and RESPECT?’?????

2) You’re the SO of one of my good friends, who has stood by you during your transition from male to female. I really have no relationship with you, other than the fact she loves you.

3) When she called me in tears over something you’d done to her, I stood by her, tried to help her process her new reality, and offered advice.

4) When you decided to become female, I supported your decision, because she supported you, even though I don’t claim to fully understand it. 

5) Ever since the pandemic and 2020 election, we’ve been on opposite sides of the political aisle, and pandemic policies.  Did I shame you?  No.  I firmly believe everyone has a right to his/her own opinions and follow them however they choose.  You and she chose to stay home, wash your hands frequently, bathe in sanitizer, cover your mouths and noses.  Did I comment about how wrong I think you were?  No, because it’s YOUR life, YOUR opinion, YOUR decision.

6) My decision on which candidate to vote for is purely and ECONOMIC one.  I HATE the current economic policies, and think we’ll do better if we get rid of the asshats who want to turn the US into Venezuala or any other Communist/Socialist country.  I don’t care about supporting your sexuality worries; I think they’re being blown out of proportion.  And yes, I firmly believe NO ONE should undergo a sex change until a) they talk to a LICENSED THERAPIST, b) are fully ADULT; and c) do their research and understand the risks.  I also believe transgender athletes need their own category of sports now.  It has RUINED Women’s Sports (swimming and boxing, and any other potential sports where MEN excel over women.  I think I even saw where a transgender MALE won a beauty pageant??  I could be wrong…)

7) Again, you’re the spouse of a friend, and I have had to bite my tongue on MANY occasions where we disagree politically.  But at least she doesn’t come on my page and make disparaging remarks.  I refrain from doing the same on YOUR page AND HERS.  My page is for MY OPINION and if you don’t like it, scroll on by.

You’ve hit a nerve, in case you haven’t realized it.

You hate the US so much?  Move to another country.  I’ll even come help you pack.  But I REFUSE to roll over and kowtow to economic policies that clearly ARE NOT WORKING.  The day I have to choose between paying my property taxes, medicine, or FOOD is the day I sincerely hope I’m already on my deathbed.

I used to be a die-hard Democrat, I really did. But this open border/sexuality/climate change BULLSHIT is not doing our country any good.  Economically, we were better off in 2017 than we are now. THINGS ARE WORSE.  Just do your research.

******UPDATE********

11-10-2024

1) S//he did not unfriend me.

2) The election last week was a resounding Republican wave. Reps now control the Senate and possibly (still yet-to-be-decided) the House.

For the record, I've been out of town at my Christmas Event, and woke up Wednesday the 6th to a mix of 'Red Wave' and 'If you voted Republican, unfriend me now...' (WHY?  I actually LIKE you. We can agree to disagree, right????) posts. Liberal friends were posting idiotic, panicked things like: 

"I don't want to have to leave my home again..." For the record, I have several LGBTQ friends in this state and not one of them are expressing the same level of fright that you are.

"The USA voted in white supremacy and dictatorial rule..."  No, we voted back in COMMON SENSE and to stop giving free handouts to everyone but AMERICANS who NEED it.

"If you don't understand why your LGBTQ friend is scared right now, then you don't have an LGBTQ friend.  You KNOW an LGBTQ person." Eye roll.....see above.....

"You can't tell someone you love them, then vote for someone who will burt them..." It's not going to happen.  However, if I'm wrong, I will revisit this and apologize.

I saw another post about the 'Tolerance Paradox'.....it made my eyes glaze over.

A feminist actually posted this as a comment on one of my neutral posts, and it set my teeth on edge. Normally I can scroll on by and ignore it, but this one got under my skin:

"Don't let politics ruin your relationships"

It's funny how this is almost always said by the same people who voted against your rights.  I don't feel comfortable around you. The person you voted for is homophobic, racist, and hates women and none of that was a dealbreaker for you. It IS personal. We have a difference in morals and I do feel differently about you.  You cannot tell someone you love them and then try to take away their rights.

Again, I have to eye-roll. We were raised in the same church; our parents are good friends, but you no longer accept Christianity and The Bible. You let science, feminism, and the legal system to dictate your values.

"If you need to start stashing meds, here's how to do it..."

Another eye-roll moment, for obvious reasons.

I freely admit that I'm exhausted; I've been having 18-20 hour days with only 6-7 hours of sleep and little food. Only history will tell us if I'm on the right or wrong side.  If I'm on the wrong, then I will apologize.  I'm a big girl and can admit when I'm wrong.  I just hope in four years I can look back and be happy, the way I was from 2016-2020.

And for the record, in 2020, I didn't publicly state 'Not my President' or express any anger; I dealt with it; I watched appalled as the floodgates of illegal immagrants streamed in and jobs were lost (NOT due to the pandemic; he halted a valuable pipeline that ended JOBS and made us dependant on foreign oil!  "Green energy' my ass.....when the snowstorm hit, it was GASOLINE which kept drivers warm, not a dying electric car battery!

Every once in a while, I would quietly post 'Hope you're happy now' and 'be careful what you wish for; you might just get it..."  Again, if those words come back to haunt me, I'll admit it.

So okay; you've had your tantrum; you've hidden in your safe spaces for nearly a week. Let's get back to work.