Hanging In There Emotionally

Hanging In There, Emotionally 

I wrote this a week ago and did not post.  This was followed by another "bad" week - UN, North Korea, Kaepernick, Jemele Hill, Puerto Rico receiving little help.  It gets hard to take just watching.

How are we all doing out there?  Hanging on?  Okay, so the fact that our potus retweeted the golf ball to the head and thinks that is funny is a travesty.  Travesty - def.

a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something:

"the absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice"

synonyms: perversion of · distortion of · corruption of ·

[more]

misrepresentation of · poor imitation of · poor substitute for · mockery of · parody of · caricature of · farce of · charade of · pantomime of · sham of · spoof of · apology for · (poor) excuse for

I'd say that's an excellent word about now, wouldn't you?

Do Not Normalize Crazy

That is for anyone to do that.  But it is unbelievable it came from the so-called president of our United States.  What an embarrassment.  But then it goes back to Katy Tur’s book, and Hillary’s book and the Republican convention - the shirts, buttons, posters that demeaned people, were disgusting, and threatening.  This stuff still is threatening.  These are not just idle threats out there.  We know there are many american people who feel like that and would act on it.  Some of the things that Katy Tur wrote in her book i.e. Trump kissing her - remember when he bragged that he could kiss women because he was rich and powerful.  (PUKE).  I am a woman, by the way.  SOOOOOOO disgusting.  How did a sexual predator get to be president?  

I am one of those people who voted for Hillary Clinton.  I respect her, just so you know where I’m coming from.  I love Hillary for her brains, her continuity, her experience, integrity.  Honestly, I see through all this media crap that is going on now.  I would feel the same way if it was Bernie and he was being treated to same way for telling his story of corruption, etc.  

She has every right to say “What Happened,” as we need to know what happened.  I do.  I have wished that Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, and many other strong politicians with integrity would speak up.  We need your voices.  We cannot depend on the media.  Look at the fact that Sean Spicer was on the Emmy’s.  Who thought that was a good idea.  He has defended Trump, twisted facts, manipulated, lied - now we honor him by laughing at the Emmy’s. I don’t think so.  

I look for integrity, people above all this “crap.”  There is no other word for it.  I am an older single woman, who is a Lesbian.  I raised 3 children, and now have grandchildren, who are all taught how to treat people, how to be decent citizens, how to respect each other.  Yes, they all had the ability to learn that and act that way, and I am very proud of them.  None of us would treat people this way, neither would any of the people I choose as friends.  Disgusting.  I would never want to meet Trump.  He is a disgrace, he is wrecking our country.  Even though not a lot of laws have been passed, they are trying, and they are trying to appoint judges.  I won’t even start on my opinion of what has happened to the Republican party.  This is not the republicans of old.  They started changing with the Tea Party, giving in to their demands, and also becoming the “party of NO” during Obama’s Presidency.  They now have no policies they strive for except more money for the wealthy, and repeal the Affordable Care Act.  Oh, yes - gut social security, because I take so much from the government - wait, I already paid that into the government, I’m just getting it back.

Hanging In There Emotionally

How do I not pay attention to this craziness?  I am a therapist and have always worked with people on the more severe end of the behavioral spectrum.  Now, it is out there everywhere.  I almost wrote that it is becoming the new norm, because it is not.  It is just the “loudest voice in the room.” Which is an excellent analogy.  In substitute teaching, sometimes with tough populations of teenagers, the “loudest in the room” is often the one being inappropriate, disrespectful, arguing with me, and twisting everything being said.”  I stand there and I hear it and I watch it, but the only way to get through to it, is to try to find “back doors,”  remain calm, look for an opening of rational thinking on their part.  Because the truth is, they are not listening to anything I have to say nor do they want to.  Sound familiar?  In a simple request of “talk more quietly”, from a small number of students I may get “what are you talking about, we’re not talking”, “everyone else is talking”, “why are you yelling at us?”  What does one say to that, since none of it is true.  Such is our government today.  So much has no truth.  Sean Spicer, Sarah Sanders, Mnuchin, McConnell, Ryan, Trump, among many have all stood in front of the camera and lied.  So, crazy making behavior.  We ask ourselves “what the hell is going on here? Is it me or them?”