I remember when...

[lyricae]

Livejournal was a place to catch up on what was going on in my friends lives. It was a place to hear good news and bad news and to know what was important to the people I care about. Those days are gone. Livejournal has become a forum for people to whimper and whine when the political situation was not going their way and to gloat when it is. I

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[rmd]

you know, whether or not i agree with it, i've come to find most political whining annoying.

i'm sorry you're getting overwhelmed by it and feeling attacked by people.

i'm hoping i'm not included as a gloating party in the above rant since most of my whining is much more personal than political. (ie cats, house, etc). if i am, then i'm terribly sorry and certainly didn't mean to attack you or any of the republicans i know and respect.

[lyricae]

I suspect that the people this post is aimed at know who they are. You are not one of them. I'm happy to hear from you any time! Please feel free to email me whenever you like, as I will not be checking livejournal.

[jessicac]

I'm sorry to hear that livejournal and people's general attitudes are grating against you and causing you unhappiness. Where LJ is concerned, most people's journals will probably go back to normal after a week or so. I keep meaning to post more often, but with Moira and work LJ posting mostly doesn't get my time.

If there are still journals that you enjoy or people you only keep updated with on LJ, I'd suggesting cutting out all other LJs on your friends list so you onlny see/read things that you're interested in and make you happy.

[llachglin]

Cheryl, I respect you and Joe. You may vote for Republicans, but you are not the Republican Party

[lyricae]

I can only say that I have gone out of my way to avoid discussing politics with anyone. I don't spout my political viewpoints and expect people to accept them or bugger off. I never have. When I do respond to an issue that I feel I cannot ignore the most common response I get is that I should leave the discussion to the people who understand these things. I think the there is a misconception that because I don't ram my politics down the throats of people with whom I know I disagree, that I don't have a political opinion. That is not the case, I just choose not to make an issue of it

[annathepiper]

I don't know what to say to this, really, or at least I don't know what I can say that will actually mean anything to you. Erik has already made some eloquent points about my general reasons for posting about political issues on my journal, and to that I will simply add that I'm deeply saddened that you feel as though our differing political positions mean we can't be friends any more.

I will understand if you choose to ignore this comment, and I wish you and Joe well for the future.

[lyricae]

I don't dislike you or anyone else. I recognise that everyone has a right to their political beliefs and to be honest the politics is only a small part of the issue right now. I'm just very very tired of being convenient. I want to see people when they don't need anything from me. I want to be able to walk into a room with my husband and not face an uncomforatable silence. I want to know that my friends really are my friends and that I am not just a person to call on in a crisis. There are many people out there about whome I do not feel this way, but there are many people I do. It's hard right now, but I'm not trying to alienate anyone. I'm just saying that I would like to be called when it isn't about what I can do for people. I would like to know that people just want to hang out with me.

[annathepiper]

These desires are all totally understandable and human and valid. And I'm sorry you feel that way. And I'm not sure what I can do about it except to offer the assurance that, well, we absolutely considered you included in the invites we've sent out across various channels for Thanksgiving.

The invitation still stands. We're not going to tell you you're not welcome in our household because your politics differ from ours, because that's blatantly not true, and we don't work that way. And this is true not only for Thanksgiving but also for poker or anything else we organize. We haven't done anything in a while, but, well, things have been kinda chaotic around here, y'know?

[lyricae]

I appreciate that. We are going to be having company ourselves on Thanksgiving, which is why we did not rsvp for the Waif's meal. I appreciate the invite though.

[risu]

Attention-Deficit Disorder,
written mostly with my fingers in my ears

**

The world is bright. The world is loud.
Color spreads in waves
And chaos in the clouds.

We spread sails on the foretopmast
Catching from the noise
The whispers of the world.

We'd love to catch the wind that loves:
Our fellow sailors
Speaking in words of light

The world is loud: a leeward shore.
Beautiful and wild
And rising to a roar.

We are the animal that strains
To catch sounds
That the wind drowns out

We cannot hear. We cannot speak.
The sails thunder.
Terror makes the mast to creak.

Wonder sprays.

If under this riot of sound
Some blessed meaning
Should be found

Then night will tell. The wind must park
People answer for
Each other in the quiet and the dark.

Copyright (C) 2006, R. Sean Borgstrom

[risu]

> written mostly with my fingers in my ears

Literally, lest this be misunderstood. ^_^

[lyricae]

Just to clarify, hun, none of this is aimed at you. You hang out with me every single week and I appreciate your friendship. I don't believe that you are hanging out with me for any other reason than that you enjoy my company and that is very important to me. Hopefully next week I will be feeling better. Right now I'm still sick. I have a temperature, I can't hold down any food, and to top it all off our furnace has gone out. Cross your fingers for fun tea time next week.