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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

Do you live around here, or have friends or neighbors? It’s hard to believe you, if you do.
I guess if things are fine for you, great. But don’t you care about what others are going through?

I don’t know about you, but even though things somewhat ok for me (in spite of 3 hours daily commute since so-called RTO that has been pretty rough on my family) and I have a job and a lot of financial security, and I can afford to buy Christmas presents and send my kid to college, I feel less happy knowing I have neighbors who have lost their jobs, people losing their homes, had their livelihoods destroyed through no fault of their own, or who fear deportation even if they have literally done nothing wrong and followed the law to a T.

This area definitely has a different feel now. It is sad and subdued. If you aren’t noticing any changes, lucky you I guess.

If they were following the law, they would have came to the United States legally.

The people I am talking about DID come to the United States legally, and should be able to feel safe, but they don’t feel safe because they are seeing evidence that ICE could detain and deport them too. Even if they are ultimately found to be here legally, detention is not great. How would you like it if you got picked up and detained for a few days on your way to work?

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Anonymous wrote:For those claiming DC is less safe, there have been 25 murders since the NG came on August 12 in almost 4 months.

Previously, there were 100 murders from January 1 to August 11.

For comparison, DC had 274 murders in 2023. How is it factually less safe?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

This may sound callous but those murders didn't really affect me. My contracts being cancelled, the government shutdown, the DEI muzzle, my LEGAL employees getting snatched off the streets, that all really affects me.

And? I don't get your point.

I think that they meant that most of the DC murders are localized to an area that isn't really part of that poster's world. Whereas the changes since Trump came to office have impacted them directly in several different ways. Therefore, the reduced murder rate doesn't change their life much and the decimation of the rule of law and Federal government (not to mention economy) have in fact impacted them.

This. PP is saying that Black lives don’t matter. Hope this clarifies the issue.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Other than in your mind, how has Trump affected you? Honestly.

I hate trump, but he has no tangible impact on my life.

Do you live around here, or have friends or neighbors? It’s hard to believe you, if you do.
I guess if things are fine for you, great. But don’t you care about what others are going through?

I don’t know about you, but even though things somewhat ok for me (in spite of 3 hours daily commute since so-called RTO that has been pretty rough on my family) and I have a job and a lot of financial security, and I can afford to buy Christmas presents and send my kid to college, I feel less happy knowing I have neighbors who have lost their jobs, people losing their homes, had their livelihoods destroyed through no fault of their own, or who fear deportation even if they have literally done nothing wrong and followed the law to a T.

This area definitely has a different feel now. It is sad and subdued. If you aren’t noticing any changes, lucky you I guess.

If they were following the law, they would have came to the United States legally.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve found this to be a liberal female phenomenon for the most part. Males are just rolling with it and going about their lives.

Men don’t use electricity or eat or need health care?

There is a reason why typical white males need so much DEI to help them compete, they kind of suck.

Just subjugate women, deport brown people, institutionalize racism, and tada, claim superiority. They are just sad
Little boys.

I’d like to thank you and all the other debilitatingly depressed and anxious females the proved my point with their 5 pages of posts.

DP. Tell me what is so great about being a callous, uncaring person? Should we all endeavor to just care less?

Exactly! The people who are unbothered are psychopaths and/or gluttons at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:For those claiming DC is less safe, there have been 25 murders since the NG came on August 12 in almost 4 months.

Previously, there were 100 murders from January 1 to August 11.

For comparison, DC had 274 murders in 2023. How is it factually less safe?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

This may sound callous but those murders didn't really affect me. My contracts being cancelled, the government shutdown, the DEI muzzle, my LEGAL employees getting snatched off the streets, that all really affects me.

And? I don't get your point.

I think that they meant that most of the DC murders are localized to an area that isn't really part of that poster's world. Whereas the changes since Trump came to office have impacted them directly in several different ways. Therefore, the reduced murder rate doesn't change their life much and the decimation of the rule of law and Federal government (not to mention economy) have in fact impacted them.

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides skyrocketing consumer costs and the constant chipping away at the institutions that (kind of) kept civil society operating (prosecuting corporate crime, vaccinating kids against diseases, etc.), it's mostly a creeping sense that the bad guys (even if you like the bad guys, because it rattles people you don't like) are in charge... and that takes a toll.

Even if you like him, everyone knows (or can see that) Trump is a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat (as in not paying carpenters/plumbers/electricians, etc. in his career as a bankrupt "developer".) His sons are comically horrible douchebags, and the people he's surrounded by are people who would associate themselves with a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat for whatever gains they think they can extract for themselves. There's a lot of ick happening in that Administration.

It's just a general malaise. Owning the libs (with all their be-nice-to-the-poor-people lecturing) is incredibly satisfying to a certain kind of voter, but then the buzz wears off.

Does it wear off? I feel like it’s the only thing that keeps them supporting Trump.

Well, true. The feeling of owning the libs is so gratifying for many (most?) Republican voters that some of them end up paying for it in ways they regret. (Check out the FAFO section for some examples.) Many of them blame the owned-libs (now renamed "the system" or "the gubmit") for their suffering.

As has been mentioned, if Trump told them that wiping was woke, you can be damned sure that magaland would get really smelly.

It’s pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Stop drinking the NPR cool aide. The USA is doing well under Trump, even if he is personally a gruff and unpleasant person.

How is it doing well? Go on….

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Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

Stop drinking the NPR cool aide. The USA is doing well under Trump, even if he is personally a gruff and unpleasant person.

Anonymous wrote:I used to love living here. Now, I feel overwhelmed and sad most days, like
Trump is destroying everything on a macro level — and making us all in DC less safe (and afraid) on a micro level.

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Anonymous wrote:For those claiming DC is less safe, there have been 25 murders since the NG came on August 12 in almost 4 months.

Previously, there were 100 murders from January 1 to August 11.

For comparison, DC had 274 murders in 2023. How is it factually less safe?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/dailycrime

This may sound callous but those murders didn't really affect me. My contracts being cancelled, the government shutdown, the DEI muzzle, my LEGAL employees getting snatched off the streets, that all really affects me.

And? I don't get your point.

I think that they meant that most of the DC murders are localized to an area that isn't really part of that poster's world. Whereas the changes since Trump came to office have impacted them directly in several different ways. Therefore, the reduced murder rate doesn't change their life much and the decimation of the rule of law and Federal government (not to mention economy) have in fact impacted them.

Thx. TBH, I think I got it, but wanted the poster to spell that out.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides skyrocketing consumer costs and the constant chipping away at the institutions that (kind of) kept civil society operating (prosecuting corporate crime, vaccinating kids against diseases, etc.), it's mostly a creeping sense that the bad guys (even if you like the bad guys, because it rattles people you don't like) are in charge... and that takes a toll.

Even if you like him, everyone knows (or can see that) Trump is a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat (as in not paying carpenters/plumbers/electricians, etc. in his career as a bankrupt "developer".) His sons are comically horrible douchebags, and the people he's surrounded by are people who would associate themselves with a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat for whatever gains they think they can extract for themselves. There's a lot of ick happening in that Administration.

It's just a general malaise. Owning the libs (with all their be-nice-to-the-poor-people lecturing) is incredibly satisfying to a certain kind of voter, but then the buzz wears off.

Does it wear off? I feel like it’s the only thing that keeps them supporting Trump.

Well, true. The feeling of owning the libs is so gratifying for many (most?) Republican voters that some of them end up paying for it in ways they regret. (Check out the FAFO section for some examples.) Many of them blame the owned-libs (now renamed "the system" or "the gubmit") for their suffering.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides skyrocketing consumer costs and the constant chipping away at the institutions that (kind of) kept civil society operating (prosecuting corporate crime, vaccinating kids against diseases, etc.), it's mostly a creeping sense that the bad guys (even if you like the bad guys, because it rattles people you don't like) are in charge... and that takes a toll.

Even if you like him, everyone knows (or can see that) Trump is a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat (as in not paying carpenters/plumbers/electricians, etc. in his career as a bankrupt "developer".) His sons are comically horrible douchebags, and the people he's surrounded by are people who would associate themselves with a life-long liar, bullshitter, and cheat for whatever gains they think they can extract for themselves. There's a lot of ick happening in that Administration.

It's just a general malaise. Owning the libs (with all their be-nice-to-the-poor-people lecturing) is incredibly satisfying to a certain kind of voter, but then the buzz wears off.

Does it wear off? I feel like it’s the only thing that keeps them supporting Trump.

Anonymous wrote:I was meaningfully less happy since 2020, and I am pretty sure I would not be happier had Kamala won and Biden 2.0 disaster continued. For people entirely disenchanted with performative politics while masses are distracted from real problems it has been a sh*t show regardless who is a power for a long while now. Trump = cartoon villain is certainly the dominating topic here and a stupid debate.

Objectively, there are many people in this area meaningfully less happy because of losing their Fed jobs, or fearing being deported, which makes sense. These two categories have absolutely valid reasons to be a lot less happy than others. For everyone else chugging along, what other categories of people would have legitimate hardships under this administration they didn't have already during Covid disaster and Biden's runaway train?