I feel I have no choice at this point but to leave politics alone, stay to myself, and rely on my white male status to keep me safe from bigots. Democrats arenβt doing it. I cannot stand the religious right, and I donβt trust the religious people on the left to do whatβs best for everyone.
Don't leave. Don't stay by yourself. We'll get thru this. It's probably gonna be a longer battle than we think. Let's concentrate on smaller elections and the mid terms. π
So you helped elect Trump π‘
Democrats literally have ZERO ABILITY TO DO IT because we took away ALL of their power.
As long as we have First-Past-the-Post elections, doing anything OTHER than voting Democrat (e.g. voting green, or staying home) is the same thing as voting for the nazis. If you think otherwise, that's copium.
Youβre a piece of sht
Take a break! I have to take breaks from time to time for my mental health. It will take all of us, including you to fight for our democracy.
Without you, thereβs less of us Indy and I agree with your views on politics all the time. Thereβs a place for you. I promise. π
I canβt be alone, and Iβm feeling pushed farther and farther away from the Democratic Party by the voters.
Iβm 63 and have been a Democrat since high school. This crop of Dems in congress is limping aimlessly through the biggest attack on American soil since the Civil War. Theyβre failing us. All I know to do is fight back & keep hoping someone will grow a pair and lead the resistance to victory.
Hi.. I hear you. And I see youβ¦ with all of my heart. Sometimes, when itβs easiest to walk away, is the time to push forward for the result you want. Donβt take it from me - that was my therapistβs recommendation 10 years ago. And without it, I would never have met you. π
Iβve never felt more hopeless than I do today. Thanks though. Love you, too.
Rest as needed. Stay in community. Hydrate, eat healthy, & try to find some joy. Do, at least, 1 thing that makes you happy everyday. Laugh as much as you can. We are with you, friend.
Beautiful π. And move towards happiness if you're not. You don't have to stay anywhere.
Stay with me, my friend. πππ
What is the alternative?
We push back Indy. π
There's a *lot* of Christian atheists in the world. But you're pretty annoying, so I can understand why you wouldn't want to hang out with each other.
Thatβs the stupidest thing Iβve ever read.
You should read some of the things people rebelling against their specific Christian upbringings say
Yes, you are inbred. lol
"Do What Thou Wilt!" ooh you're so wicked. what a rebel.
youβre sad
Not as sad as using "inbred" like the bad guy in an 80's teen drama
Youβre very sad. Also, Iβm not an atheist. Try being less wrong sometime.
Okay now I'm curious. What's a Christian atheist? Isn't that a contradiction?
Religion is people. You can belong to a congregation and broadly share their beliefs, even accept the historicity of a Jesus figure, but still reject the idea of a biblical "God"
This is something a lot of atheists raised in a Christian tradition struggle with, especially in America, where Christian Nationalists have made it an all-encompassing social system. Religion is about ordering the world and our relationships with each other. A *lot* of non-god things fit that bill
Not sure I agree with that. Religion seems very "God-ish" to me, and about an idea not about people really. Thanks for answering though.
So he's not completely full of shit, he was just being an asshole by using it as a weapon against someone he assumed it applied to. Let me see if I can do better, as an ex-christian. When you move out of religion, you do a lot of "unpacking." Realizing your religion caused you to view... /2
The world in a certain way. For example, my sect of Christianity taught that humans are inherently bad, and hopeless, and only god can help. ...that comes with a lot of baggage. Lack of self respect, sellf esteem, guilt over things you shouldn't have to be feeling guilt about, etc. /3
See, in the process of losing your religion, you experience true freedom for the first time. You're no longer bound to the hopeless ways you were told the world was. This is just one example. The way the bible sets up god/authority as inherently abusive isn't great either.
It sounds like you were raised in a specific Christian culture and haven't thought much about what other religions believe. Religion is fundamentally a relationship of people to each other and the world, and that only sometimes has a "god"
Have you considered that the Democratic party is not for you? Maybe you are more aligned with Democratic Socialism?