Suffer any consequences for any of this. And that whole "this will take years to undo" line? No one in power right now will undo any of it. They don't want to. And in time, when braver people revolt to get back the rights you lost, you'll shake your head at their "misguided, disruptive extremism."

Ground up. Unless there's a massive, MASSIVE change, we're just going to move on without accountability or punishment.

Democrats will not punish their colleagues, and Republicans definitely won't. In the end, no matter who wins later (if there is a later), the current administration will never 2/3

I believe that's called a "radiance"

Just please don't walk yourself off another cliff. Please look into the way the system has been broken & affects everyone, including you. We need action from a new party who actually represents the left. Democrats as a party should die out, & Conservatives neither respect nor uphold the Constitution

And please, don't be fooled assuming democrats will help you. They just to be in power, and will say anything to get your vote. But they'll never meaningfully do anything aside from finger-wag and tut-tut, because actually opposing Cons presents a threat to their extant system of power.

This is why being polite and following decorum is meaningless. "Oh but the judges say--" no. Conservatives don't care. They view you as immoral and want you punished because you're not them, legal precedent be damned. They'd march you into Hell to deliver you even if the path took them there too.

"What happens when they come for you?" Pointless argument. They are physically incapable of imagining a world in which they are punished for just existing, because that only happens to people who "deserve it" and that's never them in their minds.

You're wasting your time and energy on them.

While I do mean every word I said, sometimes I be posting just to feel something

Well enough, yeah. I've gotten into Taoism so the titanic dread of it all has become much easier to handle

I missed seeing your posts! Hope you've been doing well!

I'm never going to stop the genocide in Gaza, reform our Healthcare system, or stop zoomers using ChatGPT for everything while letting their brains atrophy. But I *can* perhaps get a coworker to care more about art, or myself be more helpful to those in need.

That has to be enough.

It's the first oldest tree now