Originally Posted by
Diamondback
I get ya, Fly--I'm also in a not-quite-same-but-similar state I call "DO SOMETHING Fatigue"--every histrionic sad-music commercial pleading for "JUST A FEW PENNIES A DAY," every whiny little twit with a perceived Butthurtz over "that meanypants wouldn't use my preferred pronoun," and so on... Facts Not Feelings if you want my attention, because I'm a little like my brother nerd Dr. Bruce Banner when somebody insists on pushing too far and pissing me off, except that I retain my mental faculties and make my actions count rather than indiscriminate "HULK SMASH!!!"
So, I say unto you, Democrats: "Please, don't do this. Don't make this personal, because you wouldn't like me when I'm angry. Actually, you're already there, so if you're smart you'll back off." But they never do... and this, ladies and gentlemen, is how an apathetic, disillusioned libertarian gets turned Radical Right.