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mwmisses4289

(5,386 posts)
27. I suspect it is because most of us realize there is nothing we can really do.
Mon Mar 16, 2026, 04:32 PM
Mar 2026

We can be aware of the news, we can go to protests if our health permits, we can vote, we can volunteer, we can take it one day at a time, we can only do what is in within our ability to do. And we feel guilty, because we feel like there is something, anything, that we should be doing to correct this awful mess, when the reality is that the little many of us can do, we are doing, even if is just being kind to someone.

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Yes, it's weird. DemMedic Mar 2026 #1
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What about all those overdue library books, troll? NewHendoLib Mar 2026 #4
Damn it, I had a new hat for Library Girl. Emile Mar 2026 #5
🤣😂🤣🤣 QueerDuck Mar 2026 #8
Same Niagara Mar 2026 #3
Yes, area51 Mar 2026 #6
We could try Farmer-Rick Mar 2026 #18
The reason Trump was never going to help the Iranian protesters MadameButterfly Mar 2026 #38
Relatable. Every day I think about calling my congress critters to complain about what is going and always have to LymphocyteLover Mar 2026 #7
Call anyway Seinan Sensei Mar 2026 #17
I call my 3 congress critters about once a week. I ask for a response every time and never get one. LymphocyteLover Mar 2026 #22
They need to hear it. Don't make it easy for them MadameButterfly Mar 2026 #39
Congress critters MadameButterfly Mar 2026 #40
The top stories on all the news feeds are about the Oscars now. Arthur_Frain Mar 2026 #9
I wonder why that is? BannonsLiver Mar 2026 #11
Is it to their credit or to their detriment as a news organization Arthur_Frain Mar 2026 #14
It's not earth shattering that US media would be talking about the Oscars 12 hours after the ceremony ended. BannonsLiver Mar 2026 #15
No it's not. Arthur_Frain Mar 2026 #19
And many hundreds of moonscape Mar 2026 #21
Somehow we have to do both MadameButterfly Mar 2026 #41
yes, same here markie Mar 2026 #10
that time is coming MadameButterfly Mar 2026 #42
I refuse to allow Trump that kind of power over me. BannonsLiver Mar 2026 #12
It bothers me but also scares me ecstatic Mar 2026 #13
I also beyondtimes Mar 2026 #16
What I overheard this weekend... llmart Mar 2026 #24
I really like your response to that woman.. whathehell Mar 2026 #37
Bothers me immensely. hamsterjill Mar 2026 #20
Same here, in a Deep South state too. raccoon Mar 2026 #23
It is surreal. Snackshack Mar 2026 #25
I feel the same way, Ferrets are Cool. HeartsCanHope Mar 2026 #26
I suspect it is because most of us realize there is nothing we can really do. mwmisses4289 Mar 2026 #27
Be grateful you don't have Lindsey Graham. stage left Mar 2026 #28
His defeat would be a good reason to celebrate, and he's babylonsister Mar 2026 #32
Yes, indeed. It could happen. stage left Mar 2026 #47
No, I have tubberville Ferrets are Cool Mar 2026 #33
Same. Talk about a useless waste of oxygen. eppur_se_muova Mar 2026 #44
God help you. stage left Mar 2026 #46
I may owe taxes this year and I'm considering not paying. I'll send the IRS a letter saying I will invoke the LT Barclay Mar 2026 #29
i didn't know that story MadameButterfly Mar 2026 #43
Tens of millions just don't care. About anything. At all. Sux Evolve Dammit Mar 2026 #30
You know what pisses me off the most? GoodRaisin Mar 2026 #31
Yes, especially during tax season RT Atlanta Mar 2026 #34
I just freeze in my tracks about 3 times a day in anguish for the people being murdered. 58Sunliner Mar 2026 #35
Situational Awareness <-------------------+-----> Mental Health eggplant Mar 2026 #36
"There isn't much else I can do..." OldBaldy1701E Mar 2026 #45
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