Siblings, who live abroad, didn’t respond when I reached out to them reacting to the events on Jan 6

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live 2.5 miles from the Capitol and friends all across the country were calling and texting to check on my safety. You never know if people who are willing to storm the Capitol armed with police are also the same people who would also disperse into the nearby communities to spread their mayhem. Your sisters should have reached out to you, if for no other reason because you reached out to them.

This. Even Alexandria and Arlington imposed curfews.

I wonder if the sisters support Trump.

Yes, obviously that must be it. No possibility there’s any backstory about these siblings’ relationships that OP is oblivious to.

You obviously have an agenda.

What? I don’t even know what that means.

[Anonymous]

There seems to be a sort of humblebrag here about scoffing at anyone who experienced any anxiety at all. Really? You were anxious? I went to the National Gallery Gift Shop!

[Anonymous]

There’s also a lot of people who dramatically call it “the attempted coup” when- let’s be clear- this was not a coup. These people were not attempting to set up their own government. They were a bunch of losers who outnumbered police and then trashed the capital, giggling, like a bunch of middle schoolers.

[Anonymous]

It’s normal to reach out. I thought my inlaws would reach out, but no. It’s fine, but just odd.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP do you live in the city of DC itself, or like...Reston?

This is so obnoxious. Like people who live in Reston can’t be scared about what’s happening to our democracy?

Of course they can be scared about what's happening to our democracy. But to think they are at personal risk, is really ridiculous. Let alone expecting others to personally check up on them.
I live and work in Alexandria and can see the Capitol dome from a few steps outside my home. I was not personally scared for myself, and certainly did not expect others to check up on me.

I did however, check in with friends who live and work directly on Cap Hill, because they are much, much closer to the situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s also a lot of people who dramatically call it “the attempted coup” when- let’s be clear- this was not a coup. These people were not attempting to set up their own government. They were a bunch of losers who outnumbered police and then trashed the capital, giggling, like a bunch of middle schoolers.

You don’t read much news, do you?

[Anonymous]

OP here.

There’s a reason I posted in relationships and not in politics.

Upon further reflection this was just one more incident of my sisters not being available to casually chat (via text, which is lower pressure than a phone call because it doesn’t require an immediate reply), and that’s what hurts. Yes, I found the event scary, and not because I get my life was in danger - I have no problem with the fact that others might not have get scared, but that doesn’t invalidate my feelings.

But more importantly I thought the event (which truly was an intended coup, though many buffoons got caught up in it) was something we would connect over, because it matters to Americans, even those living abroad.

It was not something they wanted to connect over, but as I reflect further, they also increasingly don’t want to connect with me or each other over anything, really - family, kids, jobs, whatever. I thought a “big” and relatively impersonal political event might be the exception, but it wasn’t.

I don’t know how to stay connected to my family, especially since they live so far away, and it sucks.

[Anonymous]

^ get = felt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s also a lot of people who dramatically call it “the attempted coup” when- let’s be clear- this was not a coup. These people were not attempting to set up their own government. They were a bunch of losers who outnumbered police and then trashed the capital, giggling, like a bunch of middle schoolers.

I have been dumbfounded by the relentless narrative around this thing. A coup? Give me a break. It was exacxtly as you describe. I live less than a mile from there. Wasn't even remotely concerned for my safety, nor was anybody I know who lives on Capitol Hill. But of course, I am only friends with reasonable people who aren't sheep. I bet OP lives in NoVa and wasn't even close.

[Anonymous]

OP, FWIW, I don’t think you were being needy or melodramatic.

This was a big event, and could have turned out much worse than it did. I live in NYC and was glued to the TV from about 2 pm until I went to bed. At various times it looked more or less chaotic and violent. While I was clearly in no physical danger, I did feel that this event was dangerous to democracy and that someone quite high up was clearly complicit in staying the hand of LE, which I find very concerning.

People overseas think this is a HUGE deal, I have no idea why anyone would say otherwise. I did receive correspondence from friends abroad about it, and the media carried articles about the foreign response. People were shocked.

Your sisters kind of suck. Even if they were asleep while it was happening, if they woke up and saw some emotional texts from you, at least they could have responded. Some people seem to think that only the announcement of a death is worthy of a response

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, FWIW, I don’t think you were being needy or melodramatic.

This was a big event, and could have turned out much worse than it did. I live in NYC and was glued to the TV from about 2 pm until I went to bed. At various times it looked more or less chaotic and violent. While I was clearly in no physical danger, I did feel that this event was dangerous to democracy and that someone quite high up was clearly complicit in staying the hand of LE, which I find very concerning.

People overseas think this is a HUGE deal, I have no idea why anyone would say otherwise. I did receive correspondence from friends abroad about it, and the media carried articles about the foreign response. People were shocked.

Your sisters kind of suck. Even if they were asleep while it was happening, if they woke up and saw some emotional texts from you, at least they could have responded. Some people seem to think that only the announcement of a death is worthy of a response

And that's the thing. You weren't nearby, you probably watched on CNN. It was a bunch of buffoons getting swept in a herd mentality in the heat of the moment. It was not an attempted coup. The media is once again just pushing an exagerrated narrative for people like you and OP to keep watching, clicking, and hating Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, FWIW, I don’t think you were being needy or melodramatic.

This was a big event, and could have turned out much worse than it did. I live in NYC and was glued to the TV from about 2 pm until I went to bed. At various times it looked more or less chaotic and violent. While I was clearly in no physical danger, I did feel that this event was dangerous to democracy and that someone quite high up was clearly complicit in staying the hand of LE, which I find very concerning.

People overseas think this is a HUGE deal, I have no idea why anyone would say otherwise. I did receive correspondence from friends abroad about it, and the media carried articles about the foreign response. People were shocked.

Your sisters kind of suck. Even if they were asleep while it was happening, if they woke up and saw some emotional texts from you, at least they could have responded. Some people seem to think that only the announcement of a death is worthy of a response

Where do you live, OP? Where were you that day? Seems a lot of us would like to know just how much in harm's way you were.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, FWIW, I don’t think you were being needy or melodramatic.

This was a big event, and could have turned out much worse than it did. I live in NYC and was glued to the TV from about 2 pm until I went to bed. At various times it looked more or less chaotic and violent. While I was clearly in no physical danger, I did feel that this event was dangerous to democracy and that someone quite high up was clearly complicit in staying the hand of LE, which I find very concerning.

People overseas think this is a HUGE deal, I have no idea why anyone would say otherwise. I did receive correspondence from friends abroad about it, and the media carried articles about the foreign response. People were shocked.

Your sisters kind of suck. Even if they were asleep while it was happening, if they woke up and saw some emotional texts from you, at least they could have responded. Some people seem to think that only the announcement of a death is worthy of a response

+1

It’s like the only “fear” people think is valid is immediate threat to one’s life. Those people literally sound like lizards, with no ability to use their prefrontal cortex to have other, more complex and nuanced types of fears.

[Anonymous]

So they did nothing and you got no attention? SO you came to dcum to post about this lack of their attention to you to generate more attention?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they did nothing and you got no attention? SO you came to dcum to post about this lack of their attention to you to generate more attention?

Trolls gunna troll.