I was there for Obama's inauguration. It was so freakin' cold that my friend and I stayed indoors to watch it on TV.
I remember feeling so hopeful, especially after Bush left. I remembered seeing an older African-American woman crying. It felt so special, like we were going to be okay.
Who would have though that Bush was just a prelude.
@pacosurfer, how wonderful that you were there! It was freakin' cold, but boy was I happy! My husband and I lived in the DC Metro area at the time, so we decided to check things out the day before. The air was electric -- strangers were smiling at one another, it was wonderful. I know how horrible it feels now, and I know we can't replicate that hopeful feeling of the inauguration of the first black President -- but I also believe that we can feel that joy again. And I don't believe that joy will be fleeting -- I think it will come because we will have learned some painful lessons about ourselves, and will come to appreciate everything we have. I believe in one of your posts, you called it a "reset"?
Yes, I’m always looking for a reset; which is why I have embraced minimalism. I’m always trying to shed the energy I am absorbing
What kind of narcissistic sociopath is this orange turd. How can he go to q place where something horrific has happened and take this kind of picture with big smile. Not even a normal smile but a demented smile
Reminds me of the Joker in the 1989 Batman film; the one with Jack Nicholson.
this was a strain of a laugh; passive-aggressive. He did not want to be there
There was a picture posted of T and his wife at the hospital in which T has his hands on an injured girl’s stomach - which has become a meme for “congratulations on surviving a massacre”. He had that same crazy looking grin on his face. I actually had a physical response of being punched in the gut when I saw it. I don’t want to post it because I find it that disturbing but if someone wants to see it it was amongst the pictures on the New York Post website in the article about their visit.
There have been several times lately that I have had this same punched in the gut feeling, including when the details of what happened to Jamal Khassogi came out and when the details of family separations and SM’s part in them became public.
I think this is my body’s reaction to being confronted with pure evil. ?
I was just saying this to a friend a few days ago. Lately (past year or so) ive had this intense physical reaction to certain photos/ videos. I have many emotional reactions to horrible news- as do many, but these ones are different. I told a friend it was like seeing photos from the holocaust camps when we were in school studying that era. Then it clicked- it was because i was being confronted with not just horrible sadness, it was literal evil. It feels the same to me, that kind of evil.