It’s been just over a month since the election. What are you hearing/experiencing out there? For me:
An 8th grade student at my library asked if T was going to ban Percy Jackson. He’s worried.
Dystopian books are suddenly popular again after the pandemic.
A friend’s 28 yo son is stepping away from the family. They are too liberal for his liking. She’s crushed.
My nephew is questioning his whole childhood and upbringing after his dad put up a T sign in their yard. He’s wondering who his dad really is.
My husband has a lot of T voters as customers (construction field). They are now telling they’re worried there will be a big recession starting next year and it will hurt their business. Wut?!
I’ve taken a big step back for my mental health, getting my headlines here from the likes of @GottaLaff @jaykuo @aaron.rupar
How’s everyone holding up and what are you hearing?
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@madrobin Well I think the 8th grade student you mentioned really illustrates what I've been hearing: a whole lot of people being really afraid because they've been really misinformed about how the US government actually functions.
By the 8th grade I would hope that a kid would have enough civics education to know that presidents don't have the authority to ban books like that.
But, a lot of people really don't understand how their own governments work, and that leaves them susceptible to all sorts of crazy conspiracy theories and other fear-mongering, so they end up falling for this stuff.
On the other hand, there is a good bit of the country that goes the complete opposite way, and it's amazing how wide that divide is with people having such opposite ideas about how the government works.
But then, that's how we got this election result.
