After long silence

[la_marquise_de_]

There are days when silence is the only answer. I've had a lot of those lately. There's not a lot to say when everything seems to be falling to pieces on all sides. And what use are the words of the powerless anyway?

But here's the thing. Today we were presented with a summary of Our Great Leader's Five Year Plan manifesto for our all-new, all-

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[cmcmck]

So how do you think I'm feeling having fought for over thirty years for the few rights we have managed to gain? :o(

[la_marquise_de_]

I've been thinking of you, too. It's scary.

[cmcmck]

Truly scary- and if they destroy our marriage of ten years (after a relationship of thirteen- we celebrate twenty five years next year) what happens to my 'normal' husband's human rights in all this even if I'm weird and expendable?

Oh wait! He married someone weird and expendable so he doesn't count either! :o(

[la_marquise_de_]

That's usually how it works, sadly.
The same hard right that is now running the Tories also have some worrying ideas on mental health. I'm waiting for my compulsory badge as a non-person with a psychiatric condition -- for my own good, of course, just like the now-introduced scheme for registering the nationality of school pupils.

[klwilliams]

I'm so sorry. This is what the looming Trump promises, too. I feel like we've all actually fallen into one of those horrible dystopian novels, only I'm not the young hero, I'm the old, disabled person who's an example of the horror.

I hope something can be done for Britain before too much damage occurs.

[la_marquise_de_]

You may not get Trump: fingers crossed!

[dorispossum]

But you're not powerless at all - you can stop THAT dystopia with your vote, and in just a few weeks. 

[klwilliams]

I sure hope Hillary wins. I'm in California, so she's likely to take the state. (I'm certainly voting for her.) It's the other states that worry me.

[dhampyresa]

I am deeply sorry.

[la_marquise_de_]

Hug.

[lizziebelle]

It's very dispiriting, the direction so many countries are going. I fear for my own; it feels like a bad dream, that such a clown could make it this far. Common sense and compassion seem to have taken a holiday. :(

[la_marquise_de_]

They do. It's very worrying.

[deborahjross]

Can I borrow your skirt? 'Cause we're going to need it rsn. No matter who wins the US Presidential election, we'll be stuck with this upsurge in bigotry.

[la_marquise_de_]

:-(
The skirt is a gem, from the wonderful Holy Clothing, but currently unavailable, sadly.