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… and damn, it feels good.
I did not vote in 2016, and I’m still ashamed of it. Apathy won, but it won’t this time.
Our ancestral sisters fought for our right to go to the polls. They fought for our rights to own a bank account and to participate with equity in the workplace. They fought for our ability to free ourselves from abuse. They fought for our bodily autonomy. We owe appreciation and gratitude to them, and we have the opportunity to thank them today.
Show up and show out not only for yourselves, but for our future generations of women and girls.
If they want to take our rights away, we are gonna make it damn hard for them to do so. Let’s show them how pissed we are that they’d even consider any of it.
They won’t take us back. Let’s do this. 💙
Harris / Walz 2024🇺🇸
Absolutely! I hope apathetic voters are showing up and realizing what’s at stake. I hope we have learned from the past two election cycles.
But it just feels really great to vote for a woman. I hope to be able to hear “Madam President” very soon.
The US is behind in quite a few metrics. Hopefully we can change that. We are capable.
I teared up while filling out the ballot. Then, when my partner and I left, I looked to him and said “hopefully this isn’t the last time I’m able to do that.”
It definitely is as a learning moment. I’ll never sit out an election again. I’m hoping we have a record turnout today and that the American people exercise their right to vote. I hope we preserve that right today.
Democracy is a precious and fragile thing. It takes participation of the electorate to work. I hope we don’t take this for granted today. There is still time to change course. VOTE VOTE VOTE!!
Thanks for doing it the first time, I wish I had. Maybe this is Hillary’s legacy, to prime us for this moment. I’m not a praying woman, but I’m doing whatever the spiritual equivalent is today. I hope it sticks too.
Thank you, that’s a lovely sentiment. I’m not stopping here, either. The only way is forward.
And heaven forbid, if this doesn’t turn out, we don’t stop there!!! We are not going to be quiet, we are not going to comply.
Yes! I voted in the primary election and it’s satisfying to vote again on candidates I supported in the primary. We should be voting at every opportunity. Politics affect everybody.
May your cousin have even better opportunities and circumstances than we do!
It’s definitely overwhelming; I’ll be crying off and on today. Hopefully tonight there will be tears of joy as early returns come in.
Also, fuck that husband.
Okay well I love that. Thanks for sharing! To Susan 🥂
I love to hear that!!! I’m hoping for a blue wave and a GOP [electoral] assbeating
And I’d like to thank the GOP for making their intentions blatantly clear enough for people to feel threatened. Thank you, Trump, for making me realize how important it is to uphold our civil rights through organization and involvement. I guess the disgusting sack of shit is good for something.
And you’re welcome. Thank you.
I’ll never support the GOP after this, ever. I’m hoping it’s a “fuck around and find out” situation for them this year.
I want better for your daughter. I don’t want to look at younger girls and women and feel that we failed them.
Can you imagine being a suffragette and seeing women sit this out? I think of it as an insult to their legacy. We can move on from the shame of past apathy and we can move forward by participating and making our voices heard.
Thank you for thinking of your daughter. I wish my father would do the same, but he’s chosen to be hateful toward me for my politics instead. I guess he’d rather support a rapist than his daughter.
It can happen anywhere. Next time, the fascist will just be a little less orange. We have to be active and informed.
Major kudos to you for putting yourself through major inconvenience to exercise your right and to make your voice heard. Many people would consider rain too much a burden to vote. Thank you!
So am I. I’m exhausted, and I’m having a hard time envisioning how I’ll handle much more of this chaos. Hopefully we turn the page today. Thank you for voting.
Exactly this. Listen, it’s not fun being “politically involved”, most of the time. This shit is hard to absorb on a daily basis, but saying “I’m not involved in politics” is the epitome of apathy. Politics affect us all, we are all involved in some way or another, and there’s no sense sticking our heads in the sand and acting as though we cannot institute change and progress. We should, at minimum, have a rudimentary understanding of our civic process and of who is in charge or seeks to take charge.
I’d rather be a bleeding heart liberal than the alternative. Empathy 2024
I hope your mama gets to see some real hot girl shit tonight when we elect the first black female president. 💙
Hey, we learned our lesson and it’s okay. Today, we did the right thing. Thank you for voting!
I was just talking about this. Someone told me they saw a lot of POC in the lines and surely that should be promising. I don’t know, because I can’t tell what the fuck is even going on anymore.
Latino people vote for an openly racist person who has explicitly said he wants them deported. Women vote for a rapist who has already successfully stripped reproductive rights from them. Military members vote for a draft-dodging prick who calls veterans suckers and losers.
I don’t even know.
I LOVE to hear from a past Trump supporter (which I assume is what you mean). That takes serious guts to admit and to come to terms with, and it’s a huge sign of accountability and ability to change, given what a cult the current GOP seems to be absorbed in, I think that’s very good on you.
We are 51% of the population and I say it’s high time they start recognizing that. We will not submit.
Wish I could’ve had this moment with my mom. She just finished telling me she’s not gonna vote because “we have no good options.” I just want to scream.
It’s past time. But America is always grappling with a deeply racist and misogynistic past and foundation, with only a portion of the population eager for progress and change. We are a young nation but it’s truly no excuse.
I absolutely will. I voted last midterm, I voted in the primary this year. Hell, I even pay attention to aldermanic races now. It’s stressful but satisfying.
I think it’s okay to be ashamed. If enough people who had the mindset I had, just gone out and voted, we may have a completely different situation today. Perhaps we would barely know anything of Donald Trump and his daily musings if we had shut this shit down in 2016. I just hope enough people have realized their mistake, and are planning to do differently this time.
I’ve been trying to handle the racism my whole life. Now, I’m having to reconcile with the fact he would rather fervently support a rapist than try to meet me halfway.
Story time, I’m still so sad about this: my dad came over to my mom’s for dinner, started saying I need a gun if I want to camp (I’m a big camper) because some camper was brutally murdered by a guy who just got out of prison. He tells me this story and then starts saying “I mean, they’re just sending these people in from everywhere, these people are animals.” So I ask if the murderer is as an immigrant, is that why he’s tying immigration to this story? He tells me the murderer was not an immigrant. So I again ask, why are you tying it to immigration, then? He about flipped the table, he said “fuck this I’m DONE” and left before dinner was served. He hates me now, and chooses fights with me.
I cried and I tried. Over months, I sent her things about Kamala’s professional history and her policies. I sent her a fraction of the unhinged shit Trump has done. I just talked to her Sunday and she was pretty adamant. I’m barely speaking to her now. This is after my dad got ignorant with me over immigration and I’m about to go no-contact with him.
Trump has destroyed so much.
That was four years ago, you’re in the wrong timeline bud, best of luck.
I don’t even wanna act like this is the only issue, because it’s not, but Facebook and TikTok are both a huge fucking problem. People feed on sound bites and absolve themselves of any responsibly to seek out reputable sources for their information much less spend any sort of time researching and reading. So a sizable portion of people hear Trump say “tariffs”, have no idea what a tariff is but their orange god said it so it must be good, and that’s just fine for them. It’s fucking infuriating, thank you for matching my energy. I JUST CANT
Not to mention that astronomical cost it would take to deport people!! I obviously think it’s cruel and immoral but I’m trying to catch the people who seem to only give a fuck about money: it is going to cost a fuck load of money to do a mass deportation if it’s even as feasible as he acts as it is. Let’s be honest, too, about how much of our economy depends upon immigrants. Farmers, would you like to have a word?
And then on top of that he wants to put tariffs on all of our goods, so everything is going to become exorbitantly expensive and it falls on the consumer.
I mean??????!!!??
It’s all depressing for sure.
I keep seeing people still cite his history as a businessman (if you can even call it that) as a testament to his ability to bring back our economy. And I’m just sitting here like…. he is basically promising to ruin our economy. Between the tariffs bullshit and Elon Musk (who will be the DOGE cabinet appointee 😵💫) coming out and saying there will be a recession if Trump is elected.., what the fuck is anyone even talking about? It takes just a few minutes to research tariffs and to anyone with rudimentary understanding of, well, anything fiscal, it’s clear that tariffs as the answer will just wholly fuck us over.
They are billionaires, they don’t give a fuck about us, they’ll crash and burn it all down to buy things up for cheap and increase their own wealth.
It is all fucked if he gets in. And a vote pertinent to the economy, as well as it’s doing post-covid, should NOT be a single- issue vote.
I just can’t. I’m convinced they don’t want the same rights as men. Idk how to see it any other way.
Aww thank you for the kind words.
I like to think this (plus the same sentiment shared with family and friends) has been my way of saying “I didn’t know I was being an asshole, and I wish I hadn’t been an asshole, and I’m sorry for being an asshole.”
Because I’ve surely been super unhappy with a lot that has transpired since 2016, and though I’ve still been vocal about my complaints, I would have felt better with myself if I had made the right decision to participate. I wouldn’t have the guilt I do. And maybe I’m one of thousands who could’ve made the difference. I feel complicit. But I’m here to do better moving forward.
I’ve been a broken record this year about telling people their vote counts. If we all assume our vote doesn’t count… well then, it doesn’t.
I’m so sorry you went through that. I’m glad you’re still here with us.
On that end, I wish people realized that loss of abortion access does not only affect women who did not want to be pregnant. That’s what being pro-choice is about, the procedure NEEDS to be available to ALL women.
❤️💙❤️ I’m obsessed with the Golden Girls and my spirit animal would be a mixture of Blanche & Dorothy.
Eat dirt and die, trash- indeed!
Same to you, sis. It’s hard. I’ve taken on the project of organizing my basement (way over due) and creating a good stockpile and bugout bag juuuuust in case. It’s giving me something to do, and it’s making me feel prepared and safe.
So am I. I’m trying to keep busy today.
Happy to hear you voted. You’re doing your part, and you’re correct, it feels great!
I’ve been saying this. This isn’t just about us- we are voting for the rest of the world as well.
Susan B up there like “listen bitches, I got arrested years ago for what you’re able to do now”
Thank you, white dude! We love an equality-driven man!
Even though you’re a troll, I’ll take the opportunity to answer your question and give you an educational reply.
It’s okay to use “female” when it’s used as an adjective to another term, such as in biology. Ex: female dog, female human
When talking about a person who identifies as a feminine entity, it’s preferred to use “woman”. Ex: smart woman, tired woman
Now get the fuck outta here.
It was a wake up call indeed. I just remember thinking “meh what’s the worst that could happen?” I thought fascism only happened in other places.
Republicans were depending on our apathy and complacency. THEY are the minority. They pushed us far enough that I think maybe we realized what we have before it’s too late… I hope. Congrats for your first time voting.
Major props. I’m proud of you. We can always do better. I think a Trump voter in 2016, as problematic as it is, was different from a Trump voter in 2024 after everything we have been shown. Congratulations on your growth, and thank you for being here.
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Same same same. If he wins, it’s a huge testimony to the lack of education and social media poison in this country. Things will be tense for a long time, but with concerted efforts the majority will win out.