Political Frustrations - Overwhelming Thoughts

Sep 03, 2008 21:08


I know ignorance is not the solution.  But I just cannot stand to get involved in politics.  I do vote and if I don't feel educated enough to make a decision, I'll turn to people I trust who are in the know for advice.

But today's news and tonight's speech overwhelm my senses.  I am ill tonight.  It started with listening to Amy Goodman on the radio ( Read more... )

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queen_of_wands September 4 2008, 11:49:32 UTC
Last night I watched a couple of clips on YouTube of Amy Goodman being arrested and another (I think) reporter getting trampled by the police. And I cried. I thought about the details in an email I'd seen about one Pagan Cluster protestor who was arrested and realized I'd distanced myself from it, reading it like it was a novel, and if I read it like it was about a person I knew it made me sick.

I have never been able to consistently take in any news media because I am too emotionally affected by it. I don't know how to reconcile this with my desire to be aware of what's happening in the world and to be able to make (often small) changes to participate and hopefully make things better. I am less politically active than I would like to be because I cannot bear to take in all the information I need to be truly engaged.

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