Back when I used to go to church, I never understood why they pronounced “finished” that way. But it today it makes since. IT IS FINISH-ED. I’m excited about anyone other than Trump being in office. I am VERY excited to have a black female President. Yet my anxiety is thru the roof. I just need us to get thru this. I’m worried about it all. If you ever told me that there would be a president being inaugurated and there would be thousands of national guards, and 12 of them were removed as possible inside threats…
I cannot thank you guys enough. I’ve thrown all my personal shit on you and made you my unwilling therapists and my heart could not be more full at this moment. I am so grateful for you. And I just now watched RHOD. I thought it was a great episode and I felt bad about not recapping.
Hopefully today will be a better day. And Apologies for when I can’t get here my sleep schedule is fucked up. You guys have not idea how much I appreciate you. And if you need something just email me and I’ll find a way to make it happen. However I am way behind on emails. I have like 300 to get to. I can’t stay away from you guys. I need you WAY more than you need me. xo ~tt
I have waited for this day for four years. May we all heal and grow.
You know I loved this site and I have been a reader/supporter for many, many years of Tamara and the site. But I don’t feel welcome here any more. Because I share a different political view than the groupthink mob here. I’m sad that I’m not welcome here anymore because I’ve invested many, many years here and had many life events happen along with you all. But I am not welcome and it is evident.
I’m sorry. I cannot align with Communists.
Okayut the la sweetie we are not communists. And even more importantly , You are welcome here. But the last four years have been terrifying for a lot of us. And I am independent But trump was not a Republican
You’re exactly right Trump was no Republican
I agree with the original poster. If you support Pres Trump, you are really not welcome on this site. Typical Liberals who fail to see the impact on our economy. Give the USA a couple years..ole Joe will spin us into a recession & it will be your fault. Maybe you will be excited about that.
When you start referring blindly to people as “typical” anything you’ve already lost the argument.
Good for you!
For goodness sake, look up the meaning of communism and socialism and try to understand with an open mind the meaning of the words…Look up the history of communism…Soviet Russia and the Eastern bloc after the Second World War.
I’m old enough to remember people being smuggled across the Berlin Wall in suitcases from Eastern Germany and killed trying to cross the Wall.
Calling the readers “Communists” is a load of uneducated crap and an insult to all those people who died fighting against communism!
Look up and away to the rest of the World instead of contemplating your navel, you may like the view and learn something
.This Canadian rant is over now..and really, your worries are unfounded!… your Democratic party is to the right of our Conservative party, and far right to our Liberal party .. won’t get into our New Democratic Party or our Green Party …It’s great having a real political choice…maybe that’s the problem, don’t you think?
I appreciate YOU and hearing your opinions.
THAT is what makes OUR country great. The RIGHT to disagree and not be punished for expressing our opinions — even when our opinions differ from the popular, and/or the party in power.
I have been a staunch Democrat since EARLY CHILDHOOD. I was a very young child when JFK ran against Richard Nixon. Before I even saw JFK, I KNEW I did not trust Richard Nixon. I was too young to know how to analyze political opinions. But I instinctively was repelled by Nixon.
But even way back then, I appreciated hearing the other side. It fascinates me to this day how people who agree on so much can see politics so differently.
This is TAMARA’S site, not a public forum, but she respects different views, along with most posters here. I have seen Tamara defend the posts from people she politically disagrees with and chastise people for postings berating them. Not always, but often. And, we all need to remember that she doesn’t allow the most vitriolic posts to be published — EVEN WHEN SHE AGREES WITH THE POSTERS’ POLITICS.
I hope, as time goes by, you will feel welcome again and resume posting more frequently. I mean … your name says so much about why I find your non-political posts so clever and so funny…
Nor am I welcomed. I could say so much about comments made today but will refrain. Just always remember folks “ignorance is bliss” and so we shall move on, I don’t think y’all will be happy what the next four years will bring but I personally have summarized this site to be all about unhappy people. I was here for recaps of shows and not for political comments. It seems that there have been fewer recaps of TV shows and more criticizing our former President even managing to bring him in on the TV recaps. Goodbye and good luck to those with mental problems. I know it is a real thing as I have witnessed here. My thesis has been completed.
so anyone who doesn’t support the orange one has mental problems – good bye and good luck to you
Who the hell is a Communist? You really need to get a dictionary and find out the definition of that word.
Please stop with the communist mumbo jumbo. My mother lived under Stalin’s rule and it was hell on earth. Her father was sent to the gulag and my mom and her 12 siblings were left to starve. People who don’t know the definition of communism throw it around like it’s nothing and it pisses me off. I don’t care how long you’ve been here, stick to posting about reality TV if you feel bad.
Yes, we need to start distributing dictionaries because evidently some folks are not able to use Google to find Webster’s. We’ve just survived 5 years (yes, 5) of name-calling, & it is a short-cut way of being ugly. It is also an effective way of bullying & propagandizing. Enough! Time to get back to adulating & exercising our brains again.
Aaauuuggghhhh, spellcheck got me again! Adulting, not adulating.
You’re welcome here. Don’t go. We all need each other right now. There is too much uncertainty in life. Covid makes me extremely anxious. People we know have died. Let’s get through everything together.
Since when has there been a groupthink mob here? I think that was the cat lady days. Communists? Seriously? Tamara, I guess I missed your communist posts.
I never said that at all- simply trying to call for unity. Please read actual words before you say something bitchy.
Had you even bothered to read (instead of hallucinate) you would also have read that I voted for Biden, celebrated his win, but you seem to think I’M the one calling people communists? Because I’m advocating unity? What the actual fuck is wrong with you?
You represent EXACTLY the kind of people who will cause ongoing divisiveness in this country. READ WORDS AS WRITTEN- maybe you’ll actually learn something. Stay huddled in your camp- don’t bother ever reaching out to anyone advocating unity (who voted for Biden). Your name suits you well, “Belladonna”- deadly nightshade.
Kat- You’ve had a tough time here lately but please slow down and scroll up…Belladonna’s response is to Never Been Jaxed, not you. NBJ said those things, not you. Which makes your post pretty ironic?
Thank you. That was not aimed at you Kat. I’m sorry that you thought it was.
Oh God- I am SO embarrassed and SO very sorry you guys! Belladonna- when you said “cat lady” and I was the only “cat” posting here I ASSumed it was me. And (and I swear I;m not pulling a “Braunwyn alcohol excuse card” here- I was drinking a lot last night. Trying to walk a middle ground and trying to get people to try to see that the reasons 74 million voted for him are very complex (so that we don’t have half the country feeling despised which leads to more anger which could lead to Trump or a similar figure being elected again) – I’m telling you- gets lonely! People are more comfortable in their safe camps- I get it. Anyway- I’m sorry I got paranoid and mean to you. The “drunken Irishwoman” came out with a vengeance…
Kat, the “cat lady days” has nothing to do with you. That’s a reference to a group that posted here a long time ago and got pissed off and left. Tamara coined cat ladies years ago about a different group of commenters.
I have six cats and am a PROUD cat lady! I’m not leaving!!
P.S. This is sarcasm FYI. I find the “getting rid of the cat ladies” phrase hilarious…
Ha! Gigi, I have one cat and one dog. And if the cat didn’t have to be top dog, I would have more cats! He’s an asshole but we love him.
I’d be interested in hearing what you like best about the fact that nearly 30 million of our neighbors in the US do not have health care insurance and therefore suffer poor access to medical care as a result.
me too. I won’t say I told you so when they see
Sadly I feel the same way and my visits here have tapered to a minimum. I have enjoyed many threads and commonality with other posters here ver the years but the vitriol is real if one does not conform. Maybe someday people will calm themselves and realize hate in any form the problem.
i totally agree with you. I voted for frump but also didn’t like many things he said and did. I’m biding time like others have for the last 4 years. I try to remember I like this site for its entertainment value. If not one person agreed with my politics, I would still stay. Life is too short to fight over politics that change every 4 years. I relate to Tamera so much. I know how it is to have feelings that i don’t know what to do with and just need someone to listen. She is honest and open about her feelings. I gained so much respect when she decided to not recap a show that triggered her. I have my own triggers but an not brave enough to make them public. Here’s to a chance for peace. If we all can dial down the “cult” references, it would be a lot easier to try to get along with others. I can easily say the same about those who voted opposite of what I did. But it accomplishes nothing and just widens the divide. I may not have voted for Biden but I still respect the office to call him my President!! Time to value our differences and be peaceful.
Amen to this. I have nothing but respect for what you just said, although we voted differently. For goodness sakes, about half the voters don’t get what they want every single presidential election. You hunker down and try again in four years. That’s the beauty of a democracy.
This
Jaxed, you ARE welcome here. At some point politics will not be all-encompassing and we will get back to light-hearted discourse. Hopefully. I’m sorry if my comments have ever been rude or dismissive. I’m pretty conservative though I voted for Biden. I would think plenty of us would have reservations about either candidate as President.
BYE!
Very sad isn’t it, how self righteous snd utterly unkind Biden supporters have become.
While they support killing aging citizens, unborn children yet excessive need to defend say a “tree” any “tree”
Utterly soulless……
BIGGEST SMILE EVER EVER EVER
It is a sad day for me and 74 million Americans, however I pray for our country and Biden. I hope for the best.
wow. i am so sorry it is a bad day. Just know we still love you
Thanks, TT. I support our President regardless if I voted for him or not. Always. As should all Americans.
Melinda, thanks for putting that out there like a true American. Without a Democratic Nation, such statements would never be permitted. We’re so lucky to live together in this damned, nutty country we all call home. I lived in Moscow for 6 months during my Senior year abroad and I have to say that when my feet hit American soil, I wept. We’re so blessed and we don’t realize it until we’ve been away for a lengthy spell in a non-American place. I blame Rap lyrics! (Just kidding.)
Survival in these tough times is quite easy: Just keep it simple.
Be a good friend to yourself and each other. Stay hydrated, wear a mask, Stay active and avoid long periods of sedentary non-movement and breathe.
We’re must keep celebrating our battle wins daily by posting here openly and freely.
Remember, not everyone is able to do this across the planet!
I agree with you I am not a Biden supporter but I am an American and we have a new president now hopefully things will go well. I don’t think Biden is a cure-all to everything that ails this country but as an American I hope we can all recover
The entire Republican Party needs to get its good name back!
I think the best way to do that is to work TOGETHER on the Hill. It isn’t about making Biden look good or bad. It’s about taking back our Constitution and working TOGETHER to heal our country.
Just as in a HEALTHY personal relationship, “What’s good for you is good for me and what’s good for me is good for you.” What’s good for the country is good for BOTH parties.
I am kind of excited to see what happens on the Republican side as we move forward. This is an opportunity for the Republican Party to teach and demonstrate what that party really stands for. There are many people — especially younger voters — who haven’t ever seen that. (This coming from a lifelong registered Democrat, but someone who votes the CANDIDATE, not the party. Except in 2020, I checked ALL BLUE. For the first time I can remember.)
First stop with the communism accusations, calling Democrats libtards, supporting a racist nazi (not aimed at you Nanette). I want to see the Republicans take back what they are.
I’m not a communist because I want affordable health care.
And stop accusing people of saying things they absolutely did not say. READ A PERSON’S ACTUAL WORDS before hurling accusations at people. The “cat lady” who voted for BIDEN is NOT the person calling people communist.
Good morning everyone.?
I hope that everyone has a good day?
Love you all, no matter what, in other words unconditionally. ??
I don’t want the Trump people to leave us. I’m sorry if I do and I really don’t know my phone number and if I am not a phone person so other than right now it will go voicemail.Remember that? I am trying here. am trying EVERYTHING.I don’t wan you to go. But if you have to because we are celebrating Biden then okay you have all the numbers to reach me. I’m sorry you support a talk show host with no government experience to be our president. And what I would have told you had you called was I ANGUISHED over that election. It was for me like an idiot and a horrible womaN. I can’t tell you how much I hate Hillary Clinton. BUT IT IS A LOT.fine don’t call me..
LOL, TT. You are such a gem! You have made everyone feel both welcomed and rejected at least once (if you are a long time poster). I forgive. forget, move on, and then come back.
Ok. Listen.. this is some B.S.!
Don’t you let people guilt trip you for being happy! How selfish of them! F that noise!! I mean, you have been raw and honest about how frightening trump and his extremists have been … and some poster here can’t just let YOU breath. No mam.. nope. You don’t need to reach out so personally to people like that.
They can post here. After all, so many articles are about NON-POLITICAL things, ya know.
Tamara, you really do not need to give them your attention or ask them to stay.
You wanna go because so many of us want to celebrate? Bye Party Pooper!
AMEN to this!!!!!
Amen Krista!
I’m with Krista!!
Tamara!!!
This is a GREAT day!!
I’ve been listening to gospel this morning! So happy!
Kamala Harris is a victory for women everywhere.
It’s already a much better feel. From them paying respect to all the souls we needlessly lost to a pandemic, and watching them with their family.. there’s so much warmth. To them attending mass with Republicans. It’s a show of unity that our country needs so badly.
I’m thankful for this site. It used to be for the recaps but I successfully quit Bravo. I think now I come here because it feels like a family going through this crazy stuff together. Thank you TT.
I also don’t want the Republicans to leave. But Trump wasn’t a Republican or even a good American. Before his administration, I was a life long member of the right wing party but quickly realized I could no longer support them. I am hopeful Biden will make America kind again.
I so agree! Trump wasn’t a Republican or good American. He is a lunatic that incited his followers to destroy our Capitol and look for and harm, or possibly kill, our lawmakers. I was a Republican for many years until I just didn’t align with them anymore. I’ve been an independent for a long time. In my view, today is the end of a long National nightmare…and I bet for many other countries too. Celebration is definitely in order!
THERE, you came up with a good slogan. MAKA — Make America Kind Again.
People can even UPcycle their old MAGA stuff. Just swap out the “G” for a “K!”
And the color can be Royal Purple. A combo of blue and red!
I think I’ll put it on my IG!
Wouldn’t those be great hats? Make America Kind Again
I agree with Rakely!
I have this overwhelming urge to clean! I’m cleaning my house with love and joy in my heart! It’s a beautiful day!
Trump has held the country hostage (people of color, women, the disabled, immigrants, gays, lesbians, transgenders, scientists, doctors, mask wearers, legitimate media and Democrats and Independents) for four horrendous years.
Goodbye to white male supremacy b.s. Hello equality – we’ve missed you. I feel sorry for those who now feel left out, cause unlike Trump but like Biden I have empathy. I would feel much sadder if the party of hate had gotten its way and we were forever forced to live in fear of not being white or racist enough.
This election the majority of people in our country legally won and their representative is being inaugurated today. Thank God and our well informed electorate.
Amen
I’m out because I came for the entertainment not the politics. Now some are turning on others because they have different opinions. What the hell??♀️ Sh_t if I want politics all I have to do is turn on cable news!
We need to stop! Please ? we’re better than that! Good luck!
I will follow you TT & if the rhetoric on these threads change I’ll join again! Peace ✌
I have no interest whatsoever in TV shows like 90 Day Fiancé and Married at First Sight.
So I don’t bother clicking on those particular posts. And that’s OK, because *not everything needs to be tailored to my personal tastes*
I can’t imagine going to one of those posts and saying, “I come here for Housewives and Below Deck. I’m out because I don’t like what you’re writing about here.”
Nancy dear, nobody is forcing you to click on every post. It’s very easy to keep scrolling to something that does interest you.
Not to pick on Nancy at all, in fact my comment has nothing to do with what she posted rather what you just did.
And that’s this; you make a rather good point.
Well said as that is precisely what I was thinking!
Don’t recall asking for your advice nor & what I’m referring to flew right over ur head! This is exactly what I’m referring to. The ugly rhetoric of I know what your thinking or what you mean! No self awareness! Boy Bye!
Great analogy Ericzku
Thanks, TT. I support our President regardless if I voted for him or not. Always. As should all Americans.
It’s done. We have a new President. He took the oath just a minute ago. Thank god!
And here’s to Lady Gaga she knocked the National Anthem out of the park. Probably the best I’ve ever heard anyone sing it, and that is not an easy song to sing.
Lady Gaga was really good and it is great to see so many different Americans represented on the stage.
And Jenifer lol that’s probably the first Inauguration where Spanish was spoken/sung. You know there were probably a lot of people out there saying stuff like “why are they allowing her to speak Mexican at the inauguration?! ” “Just a bunch of pinko, communist, liberal America haters!”
When she turned to the Capitol flag waving in wind and sang the line “And our flag was still there!” I started crying thinking about 2 weeks ago. They tried, but they FAILED.
We made it!!!!!
For me, it’s like the second coming of Christ. Bringing, hope, compassion, faith and dignity back.
Listen, as a moderate, independent thinker (who voted for Biden), although I am celebrating and breathing a sigh of relief along with others on this site today (and people do have a right to express joy and be happy today), I completely understand how those with differing views feel shut out on this site. Just to be sure that I wasn’t misremembering the kinds of things that were written earlier this month, I went back and reread earlier posts. Despite expressing horror and disgust with the perpetrators of January 6th and with those who espouse the crazy, violent views, I (and a few others) were simply calling for unity, and for not hating 74 millions members of our country who voted for Trump (in other words, not to stereotype each and every person who is a Republican who may have voted for Trump and put them in the same “camp” with the militant crazies).
For the most part, the statements calling for unity and for not stereotyping and hating nearly half of our country were met with a great deal of “you’re either with us or against us”, “there is only ONE side”, and in general, a lot of vitriol and hate. Disdain for those who were not privileged enough to have a college education was expressed (I’m college educated, but I found that to be very disturbing). A few reached out and expressed some understanding of where I was coming from (and for that I am grateful), but for the most part, daring to advocate for some unity moving forward was met with a great deal of intolerance and in one case, a request to be banished to the WLS. I’m sorry, but I find it all a bit hypocritical to call only one party the “party of hate”, when so much was demonstrated right here.
So while I am happy today because I personally believe the country is headed in the right direction, I refuse to “cancel” those who don’t think like me, and I hope that those here who are all of a sudden NOW calling for “kindness and unity” are not only extending that sentiment to those who “think like them”.
So eloquently place. Only Melania could plagiarize such a spot on statement. I look at the whole matter of race in the US and it’s like losing a great amount of unhealthy weight. We have to keep working toward a solution indefinitely, period. Things didn’t just get bad overnight during the last administration (actually, come to think of it, things went left from day one of DJT’s election win). OK still, things have been messed up for ages. We can fix the wrongs; however, for Democracy to remain firmly in place we must strive for greater change without division. And that’s a tough one because Humans are stubborn AF!
So let’s all take a deep breath and start the move forward. The fight is far from over. Time to define our roles in this “New” Republic. Think about what you want to be fixed and get a plan in place and let’s do this!”
And they’re off….!
Thanks, DEL! Yes, the “New Republic”! Love it. And while I don’t know how to reach those on the right who have been radicalized (and I do think it’s gone that far and that there are far more than I had originally thought, and it’s also being fed by some evangelical preachers), I just believe that you don’t solve hate with hate.
I’m going to do some reading/research about radicalization- how it happens, how terrorists are created. I read a great piece a while back in the New Yorker, and it definitely has a lot to do with the isolation and disdain of groups of people. I’m just scared that if one “side” continues to look down their noses upon the other “side” (I’m talking about Republicans in general), the terrible radicalization that has already taken hold may only deepen. I was accused in the January 8th post of “kumbaya” shit, but as a child of the sixties, that’s who I am and I ain’t going to change…
Kat, I couldn’t agree more.
Your ugly came out real fast when you thought I was replying to you.
Yes, it did. See my response and apology from this morning. Also, I somehow turned off the ability to see who is replying directly- I will figure out how to turn it back on. There’s a lengthier reply I just sent, but again, I am truly and really sorry. My demon came out.
Kat, I read the apology, and thank you. I think we were both fast to react during a stressful time. I apologized for unintentionally making you feel hurt and I’ll apologize again.
Thanks, Belladonna! Here I’ve been “beating my head against the wall” trying to advocate for unity and at least trying to understand why people were drawn in by Trump, and “Miss Unity” (me) turned into a damned attack dog when I thought I was being misunderstood. I felt like such a hypocrite. Thank you so much for your understanding!
So…TT, you gonna recap the Inauguration? hehehe
Well if you do link to the poem Amand Gorman recited, it was pretty darn good.
As Biden said it’s time to end the UNcivil war.
I was so happy to see Garth Brooks there…he actually brought tears to my eyes.
Amazing Grace ALWAYS brings me to tears.
I am not really a Garth Brooks fan — I am on the Roots Country Americana side — but I respected his presence as someone who represents a slice of our traditional music. I think he was an excellent choice to deliver that song.
Today’s rendition moved me most since the time it played at Dad’s funeral mass.
I love Garth Brooks. My Dad and my Brother loved him and he will forever remind me of them.
I was so happy he crossed party lines today, and it probably cost him a lot of fans. I saw him in May before the pandemic and he sold out US Bank Stadium two nights in a row…I doubt he’ll be able to do that now.
Um, just because he’s country doesn’t mean he’s Republican. Everyone who’s followed him has pegged him as a big ol’ Dem for a long time or at least an Independent. Has been since the 90s (read the lyrics of We Shall Be Free – he was advocating for marriage equality then!)
Also, the only candidates he and Trisha have donated to? Dems. The other inauguration he’s sung at? Obama’s.
Redneck conservatives have tried to co-opt country as “conservative”…. Willie, Johnny, and even younger Loretta would lie a word.
As I stated I love Garth Brooks forever, but in his own words he called himself a Republican. I would have thought he was a Democrat as well.
“The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced on Monday that the country singer will be part of the swearing-in ceremony for the 46th president of the United States alongside previously announced acts Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez.
The Committee said future first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, personally reached out to Brooks, who joked that he’ll likely be “the only Republican at the ceremony.” However, he made sure to note that his presence there is about bringing people together, not politics.
Even if he were a Democrat, a lot of country music fans are staunch republicans and this may cost him a lot of his base.
You’re implying that country music fans are conservative morons.
Fancy pants. I called myself a county music fan and I am a bleeding heart liberal, but go off. You can’t deny the fact that 74 million people voted for Trump and a lot of republicans tend to favor county music, such as my own family. I applauded Garth Brooks for his performance despite the fact that he may lose fans. Wtf.
Y’all that speech and that poem. I am watching from Scotland and I have been crying like a baby. I moved from SC right before 2016 election. This is just…. such a relief. And an inspiration. It’s so so so lovely to see.
That poem resonated in my ears, my mind, my soul. Let freedom ring.
I know! It gave me chills to hear & see that child poetess–I want to live longer to see her develop more. What a gift she has to share with the world!
Truth, justice and the American way. Superheroes come in all different shapes, sizes, colors and ages. ReMarcable.
And just a shout out to our emotional support Canadians, Australians, English, Scottish, Irish! Like an Oscar speech, I’m sure I’m missing so many but you know who you are!
I can not wait to visit your countries again!!!
It IS QUITE WONDERFUL to read messages of support from all over the world!
Just as it was so sad, and wonderful, to read the messages of sympathy and support following the hostile invasion at our Capitol on Jan. 6.
To think … we all are here together because of the Real Housewives, Jodi Arias, Sheree Whitfield.
But mostly, because of the writing and uniqueness of Miss Tamara, who created — along with everyone here — this community. There are TONS of recap sites — but NONE with a community like ours here. This site is kind of a microcosm of the world, kind of like a family. We fight, we make up, we love. We grow stronger through adversity.
Here’s to all of us … ?????… God (however you see God) bless us every one. (And speaking of every one … where in the world is third-shift, second-shift Shea? I miss you/her!)
Today reminded me of 911, when we all stood side by side as Americans. Now we need to learn to treat each other that way regardless of our diiference. We are all Americans.
Nor am I welcomed. I could say so much about comments made today but will refrain. Just always remember folks “ignorance is bliss” and so we shall move on, I don’t think y’all will be happy what the next four years will bring but I personally have summarized this site to be all about unhappy people. I was here for recaps of shows and not for political comments. It seems that there have been fewer recaps of TV shows and more criticizing our former President even managing to bring him in on the TV recaps. Goodbye and good luck to those with mental problems. I know it is a real thing as I have witnessed here. My thesis has been completed.
Please. All the Trumpers are upset that nothing happened today. No one came and arrested all of the Democrats for “Pizza Gate.” The military didn’t impose martial law. There is no civil war as promised on Facebook. All of it was lies told to you by a false prophet and you all bought it hook, line, and sinker…talk about mental illness. Trump will either fade into obscurity or go to prison. Time to get back to being a civil and respected nation.
JustJenn, your post is a perfect example of why the left has never really understood the other side.
It’s not all Republicans. But it IS the people who continue to support Trump. Parler exposed all of that to be true. I’ve seen people on Facebook that I once respected fall for the rhetoric. People still held out hope that something was going to happen today and Trump would remain President ,despite losing the electoral college as well as the popular vote. People are screaming in stores about wearing a mask because the virus is “Fake News.” These are things, for sure, that I will never understand.
For the record, “all Trumpers” are not upset nothing happened today. And being labeled mentally ill due to supporting Trump??? This kind of statement is alienating and FAR from unifying. And btw, I still support Trump. And I wish no harm or violence on any side if the political fence.
If you believe that all of the Democrats are all part of some sort of sex ring cult, if you believe that the election was stolen despite a plethora of evidence proving otherwise, if you believe that the military was going to impose martial law today, if you believe Covid isn’t real then I believe you are mentally ill.
For the record, “all Trumpers” are not upset nothing happened today. And being labeled mentally ill due to supporting Trump??? This kind of statement is alienating and FAR from unifying.
Skye. I am in complete agreement.
The final straw for me is one of the above posts about deradicalzating people.
You misunderstood, I was referring to the people that stormed the Capitol- do you not see that I’m advocating to not paint everybody with the same brush! Good lord.
JustJenn- as “scorched earth” bitter as I also found that comment to be, I feel that if we continue with the “All the Trumpers” kind of rhetoric, we are really going against all that we heard today. Can we ever get back to being individuals, and reacting to each other one to one? I was about to respond myself to the bitterness in the post, but not by lumping all “Trumpers” in the same category. I hated what she said, but we’re never going to get anywhere by painting everyone with the same brush.
But we can agree to,disagree, that’s cool.
Thank you for saying that
I know not all Trumpers are bad. Just as as I knew not all Muslims were bad after 9/11. The people who are dead set on dividing the nation tend to be people who love Trump and think the rest of the world is out to get them. I’ve tried a million ways to Sunday to reason with the extremists, but everything is a conspiracy theory to them. Maybe some day people will realize that Trump took their money and ran, but until then it’s going to be contentious.
All Trumpers are bad. Anyone who continues to support all of what that man represented is the true problem with this country. I am overjoyed today but to think that this wipes away the reality that at least half of this country is racist or too privileged to overlook racist behavior does not is pure naivety. I don’t have answers for unifying this country and I am uninterested in bridging the gap with racists. Period. Point. Blank.
I tend to agree.
Oh- I meant that the scorched earth bitter comment was the poster before you- not you!
Eugene Goodman (the African-American capital officer) is everything!!!! He did a great job escorting Vice President Harris and her husband today! ?????
Yes. It was a BIG DEAL to recognize one of the “little people” who acted heroically in the worst of circumstances. He is a true hero. Who knows what may have happened if not for his 85 SECOND delay. A LOT can happen in 85 seconds — like dying. Or NOT!
I hope this is symbolic of more things like this to come.
I didn’t vote for anybody, but let’s be clear, A LOT of people voted trump. This was not a fringe position.
I think it’s really naive to act like the clever, biting political commentary here doesn’t bite an actual human. Isn’t that the point?
I came here to read about Chateau Sheree and other fun dalliance in reality TV. There’s plenty of places to hear more political crap, like everywhere else.
Can we talk about Housewives of MIAMI please????
Personally I’ve been wondering if RHOM will come back. I had heard some rumblings. I liked it! The ratings have dropped for so many of the franchises though. Ratings aren’t great for RHOSLC. So, would Bravo consider resurrecting RHOM? We can hope!
“WELCOME BACK AMERICA”!!!! As the Paris Mayor tweeted back last year.
Our morning news shows here in Australia are all covering the inauguration since 3am. I don’t think this has ever happened before. We are all so happy and relieved this day has come I am crying with joy!
I pray that everything will be better for all of you. It will not happen overnight and there will be a lot of sacrifices made but through it all you’ll have a REAL President to guide and lead you. Not a reality tv buffoon.
I look forward to bringing my children back to the US one day which used to be an annual thing for us but sadly Covid has killed it for a while. Maybe we’ll visit you in ATL TT ?
All the best for you guys!
I feel like my blood pressure actually became normal (and it has been HIGH) today. God bless America ??
I hope your anxiety improves. I appreciate you!
Biden’s speech ROCKED!! He’s gonna be fine, we’re gonna be fine!
I’m Canadian, but after watching the inauguration today, which made me weep, I can’t wait to visit you all again❤️
I LOVED seeing Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton. Together. United. This Inauguration Concert is so inspiring to the world.
In today’s NYT suggested reads. THIS is why America is great! We can say all this shit about Trump or Biden and not end up like this woman:
“A court in Bangkok sentenced a woman to more than 43 years in prison for criticizing Thailand’s monarchy. The government has pursued more such cases since antigovernment protests last year.”
I know we can’t link here, but there was a really beautiful editorial this morning in our city newspaper (Baltimore Sun) from a young man who grew up in a “red” area of the state, then went to college. He is now a “blue” writer living in the city, but he goes home to Cumberland to see his family pretty often. In the piece, he wrestles with who he is now (politically), and how can he still love his family and the people he grew up with who are still “red”. Cumberland is a fairly impoverished area now- the factories and the manufacturing abandoned the area years ago. He concluded his letter with the understanding that he can see people as complex humans, still have love for them, and most importantly, he believes that (at least where he’s from), the main thing that got people hooked on Trump (and that keeps them hooked) is FEAR. I hope, as a nation, we can begin to examine the complex reasons related to how we got there, because if we don’t, the hate will only deepen.
Tamera said “ I’m happy to get a black President “
What does this mean ? Last time I checked
Biden is white.
If you mean me, I probably meant VICE President. I’m under the weather. Often make errors when I am at full speed.