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KJ ([personal profile] owlmoose) wrote2016-11-10 11:03 pm
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A small election linkspam

I spent far too much time today posting to Facebook about the election. (I actually made a post apologizing to my friends for getting all up in everyone's notifications to yell about the Voting Rights Act.) But I also came across a few gems, which I would like to share here. Hopefully soon I will have brainspace to think about other things, but not yet.



That's all for tonight. I shared a number of these on Twitter, which seems to be my main home for linkspamming these days. If people are interested, I'll try to do the occasional round-up, but for the latest-greatest, follow me over there at [twitter.com profile] iamkj
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[personal profile] lea_hazel 2016-11-11 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
Automatic voter registration, redistricting, a new VRA and dismantling the electoral college. That's what I'm getting out of all the experts I've been reading, but maybe I misread the conversation.
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[personal profile] conuly 2016-11-12 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
Redistricting by a neutral commission.
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[personal profile] princessofgeeks 2016-11-11 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
The problem with that post about how to deal with Trump supporters in your life is this: For those of us in red states, that would mean cutting of everyone.

If I took their advice and cut these people out of my life, I would be divorcing my husband and never speaking to my parents again. Or any of my inlaws, nieces or nephews. The only person in my entire extended family who shares my political views is my sister.

So I'm really supposed to divorce my husband over this? I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm tempted. But this is a terrible thing to be confronted with. When I married him he didn't think this way. He's changed over the last 20 years and we basically can't talk politics any more.

I don't know what to do, but I don't see how cutting myself off from my entire family is going to help in any way.

So that's my two cents.

I am grieving and like everyone else looking for things to do. I am in one of the reddest red states in the country and have a front row seat for what life in Trump's America is like. I already live there.

Best wishes to you. I am floundering for a path on to get through this. It's like going back in time.
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[personal profile] princessofgeeks 2016-11-11 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Captain Awkward posted a wonderful link to an advice article from the Southern Poverty Law Center about talking in person with bigots in your family, in person, and in person at work, in public, etc.

That was very helpful and suggested to me that I'm on the right track.

But really, there are no easy answers to the situation for any of us who don't share the views of Trump supporters. We have to keep working, when we find the energy. It's such a case by case thing as to when confrontation or silence is the better answer.

Thanks for the hugs.
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[personal profile] grammarwoman 2016-11-11 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for this list. There's a lot of good information to process here.
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[personal profile] princessofgeeks 2016-11-11 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Bless all the librarians everywhere. With the decline of Western journalism you all are more important than ever.
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[personal profile] lassarina 2016-11-12 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for all the links.