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hlthe2b

(106,333 posts)
1. Umm... This is pretty disturbing... Care to elaborate? Are you talking about San Francisco?
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 04:48 AM
Oct 4

What is going on there specifically?


If you are generally anxious with the days until the election quickly dwindling, I get it... I would imagine all of us feel that way.

RandySF

(70,614 posts)
2. Yeah, but nothing specifically about it.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 04:58 AM
Oct 4

I just feel like we (in general) are in store for something horrible. But hey, I could (I hope) be wrong.

hlthe2b

(106,333 posts)
4. The overwhelming misogyny toward Harris (and ALL WOMEN) that includes violently hateful rhetoric is causing me
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 08:16 AM
Oct 4

anxiety--especially as supposedly supportive "news" sources do nothing but echo it (Morning Joe this AM was rightly discussing the issue, but rapidly turned to stressing Harris' need to win over men's votes and did an entire 45-minute segment on why they (less educated blue collar [i.e., "macho" men] would not/should NOT support her)--uggh

Yet the 10 seconds discussing Springsteen's endorsement was paired with a segment suggesting Walz was not going to appeal to the "men's men" that Vance inexplicably had begun to attract after the debate.

So, I know the men who frequent DU and are staunch Democrats may be as annoyed and baffled as I am at those who think Walz is not "man enough," but I'll ask, nonetheless... Can "real men" not be "nice?" Do they have to lash out and show unbridled hate and resentment toward educated, intelligent (and yes, opinionated) women to be considered "men's men?"

Yeah, this did not do a lot for my own anxiety either.

multigraincracker

(34,069 posts)
3. Systemic anxiety is a sign of the times.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 05:24 AM
Oct 4

I’ve found that 86.3 of my worries never come to pass. Not saying our worries are invalid or unfounded, but we are able to do our best to combat them with our time and positive actions.
Your post help, so thanks.

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