tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post7836408601159288847..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: ComfortingDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-76484169216798725772016-11-14T18:15:26.483+00:002016-11-14T18:15:26.483+00:00I don't think it's shallow to want to regr...I don't think it's shallow to want to regroup and focus on home and comfort for a bit. It seems like a positive thing to do at the moment. It's not Trump himself that worries me so much as what it says about how the world is going. I think back to my childhood and the uncertainties of the Cold War, the worry when things hotted up during the Falklands conflict (second hand and half understood fears for me as a child, but frightening nonetheless) and the nagging paranoia that the troubles in Northern Ireland caused, and which came far closer to me than Islamic fundamentalism so far has. For the last twenty years it's felt like the world has been on the right track, and now suddenly it's as if we've taken a giant step back. <br /><br />I really hope your husbands health insurance doesn't become an issue, that your students are alright, and that the New Year brings optimism with it (it would be about bloody time). Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-43238889041309152202016-11-14T18:04:57.431+00:002016-11-14T18:04:57.431+00:00I actually am a Hillary fan, I really admire the w...I actually am a Hillary fan, I really admire the way she's kept on fighting for what she wants despite everything that's been thrown at her. I would have loved to have woken up to the news she'd won - but not to be. I found after the brexit vote it took weeks before I could have conversations with customers without one, or both, of us, becoming tearful. It also took weeks before I stopped feeling an urge to apologise to people, or explain that it wasn't my choice or how I'd voted. The increase in racist incidents that some of my co workers have experienced since then is really upsetting.<br /><br />The numbers are frightening too, so many people didn't vote, and then of those who did the split is close - again like brexit, and to a lesser extent, the Scottish referendum. It's hard to be dragged along by such a slim majority. (I'm hazy as to exactly how the American system works, but guess understand that Hillary won the popular vote by a good margin even if she didn't get the electoral collage votes). Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-63476324628119630532016-11-14T02:28:03.743+00:002016-11-14T02:28:03.743+00:00I'm so devastated by the election. We have stu...I'm so devastated by the election. We have students who are scared and I'm wondering how my husband will have health insurance. We're about to go into the Christmas season and I want to focus on home, warmth, and comfort. I also don't want to be shallow. I'm trying to find a balance between panic and peace. Amanda R.https://figandthistle.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-42905651474951387062016-11-13T23:42:36.803+00:002016-11-13T23:42:36.803+00:00So many people woke up at 3 am (in this country) a...So many people woke up at 3 am (in this country) and were distressed beyond words. Many in tears, including kids, who fear that they and their families will be deported. What is even more distressing is reading of the possible Cabinet choices. Many, many of us were not Hillary fans (although we voted for her) but after thoughtful, intelligent, engaged, knowledgeable and dignified Michelle and Barack Obama we have an angry and ignorant vulgar bully. I don't have a TV but have been watching Saturday Night Live and the Steven Colbert show on the computer. Thanks for them!<br />ginnynoreply@blogger.com